Traffic Officer - Thame, United Kingdom - Highways England

Highways England

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Thame, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

We are currently recruiting for Traffic Officers to be based at the following outstation:
Milton Common Outstation, OX9 2JN

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 Earlies, Lates and Night shifts.

_The starting salary for this role is up to £31,372 (base salary of £25,310 plus 20% shift allowance and £1000 retention allowance), increasing to £32,632 (base salary of £26,360 plus 20% shift allowance and £1000 retention allowance) 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.