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We're looking for a Traffic Engineer to join our Highways Northamptonshire team in Brixworth, Northamptonshire. In this role, you'll work within our Traffic Engineering team, to deliver innovative traffic engineering schemes for North Northamptonshire Council and West Northamptonshire Council.

 

Can you imagine a world without transportation links via land, sea or air? Nor can we! Your journey is our journey, come and join us at Kier Transportation and make a difference. Supporting the movement of people, goods and equipment. 

 

Location: Brixworth, Northamptonshire - travel to the office required with some remote working available

Hours: Permanent, Fulltime 37.5 hours per week - some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us

We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role

 

What will you be responsible for?

As a Traffic Engineer, you'll design practical solutions to traffic engineering and road safety challenges.  You'll manage scheme delivery and work on multiple projects simultaneously

Your day to day will include:

  • Planning, developing and implementing traffic engineering schemes to specification, budget and agreed targets while liaising with project teams and clients
  • Producing detailed AutoCad drawings
  • Preparing Bills of Quantities, Inspection and Test Plans and Pre Construction information
  • Delivering technical designs with minimal supervision in line with approved design procedures and systems

 

What are we looking for?

This role of Traffic Engineer is ideal if you:

  • Hold a HNC/HND or equivalent in Civil Engineering with experience in traffic engineering and highway design
  • Understand traffic/highway design principles and can produce drawings in AutoCAD, plus use of Keysign, Keyline and AutoTrack software
  • Have a solid working knowledge of Health & Safety including CDM 2015

 

Rewards and benefits
We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

 

Diversity and inclusion
Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here.

As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

 

We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier

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  • Location:  Northampton
  • Vacancy ID:  9451
  • Background check:   None
  •  Closing date: 3 Feb 2026
  • Flexible Working:  Yes
    Flexible working could include part time, job share, condensed hours, or flexible start/end times.


 

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