Traffic Officer

We are currently recruiting for Traffic Officers to be based at the following outstation:
Chieveley Oustation

You will provide a customer focused service through effective management of the strategic road network as part of a team by dealing with the management of incidents such as road traffic collisions, removal of debris and other unplanned events.

Our Traffic Officers operate 24/7, 365 days of the year, so our officers work 6 days on, 3 days off and shifts consist of a variety of shifts.

The starting salary for this role is up to £34,762.50 (made up of base salary plus 25% shift allowance and £1500 RRA) increasing to up to £36,262.50 (made up of base salary plus 25% shift allowance and £1500 RRA) after 9 months probation.

**What you’ll be leading on**
- Work within a team to contribute proactively and achieve required performance targets.
- Communicate using a range of technologies including radio and mobile telephony to provide accurate and timely scene updates to colleagues, partners, stakeholders and customers
- Take personal responsibility for the safety of self and others by reporting and acting on any potentially unsafe activities or conditions
- Maintain records of vehicles and equipment

**To be successful**
- You will need to have a full clean driving licence to be considered for this position and during employment as you will be required to drive as part of your role
- Live within one hour's commutable distance of the vacancy location
- Experience of motorway driving
- Knowledge of and experience of contributing to safety in the work place
- Provide and deliver a high quality customer service
- Self-Motivated Team Player
- Experience of successfully working unsupervised

**A bit about us**

Making sure our customers have safe and reliable journeys is at the heart of everything we do in Operations. We keep the roads open for business and play a key role in making sure the network we manage is fit for purpose today and for the future.