Traffic Safety Officer

Traffic Safety Officer – Manchester – Highways/Civils – Permanent – Negotiable Salary
My client are a specialist civil engineering and highways contractor serving local and transport authorities throughout the North West of England, they offer a wide range of civil engineering and highway construction services. They are looking for a Traffic Safety Officer to cover their North-West Sites.
This role is Monday to Friday 07:00 – 16:00
Role and Responsibilities:
- Loading and unloading Traffic Management vehicles with Signage and associated devices in a safe and organised manner.
- Accurately complete Daily Traffic Management Site Check Sheets, ensuring that all variations, modifications or adjustments to a traffic management scheme are fully recorded and authorised.
- Record signage and devices used per job via daily diary.
- Accurately measure distance using Traffic Management vehicle odometer, measuring wheel, or other means of measurement.
- Accurately layout a traffic management scheme in accordance with basic rules, from a generic traffic control diagram (TCD) or formal traffic management plan (TMP).
- Accurately complete Site Hazard Assessments and implement control measures to suit the site.
- Accurately and regularly complete site checks and monitor traffic behaviour and or flow to ensure safety is maintained at all times.
- Driving and towing, inclusive of extended reversing with an arrow board or VMB (Visual Message Board).
- Filling and loading of sandbags.
- Cleaning of Traffic Management vehicles and signage at the end of shift.
- Perform all other duties to control traffic, pedestrians and cyclists to protect maintenance workers, work crews and members of the public.
- Constantly patrol the sites that have been allocated to you to ensure that traffic and pedestrian management is suitable and maintained throughout the working day.
- Inspect sites that have been allocated to you at the start and end of every working day.
- Collect and return to the compound or depot any signs, cones, fencing, barriers etc. that are surplus to requirements.
- Ensure barriers are bagged in straight lines, interlocked or tied together to prevent removal.
Candidate Requirements:
- NHSS 12D M1/M2 Working on Single Carriageways.
- NHSS 12D M3 Static Works Low Speed Dual Carriageway.
- NHS 12D M5 Multi Phase Traffic Signals.
- CSCS Card.
- Driving Licence.