Operational Road Safety Consultant - #1721017

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Your impact

You are a safety-focused professional with a passion for delivering technical excellence in design. You bring experience in road safety, including operational safety reviews, road safety audits, risk assessments, and safety governance. Your approach is grounded in a strong understanding of health, safety, and environmental legislation, and you actively promote a culture of safety in line with Jacobs’ values. Your collaborative mindset and attention to detail ensure that every project meets the highest standards of safety and quality.

About The Opportunity

This is an exciting opportunity to join our Aviation, Rail and Technology group within the wider Transportation business unit delivering services centred on key transportation markets to clients principally across the United Kingdom but through our networks and growth strategies supporting projects across the world. We are looking to appoint Operational Road Safety professionals at Engineer level to support our projects.

Jacobs is a market leader in the transportation sector and some of our largest clients include National Highways, Transport Scotland, the Welsh Government, Hertfordshire County Council and many other local authorities. Internationally, we work on some of the world’s mega projects, for example, the King Salman International Airport.

We value collaboration and believe that in-person interactions are crucial for both our culture and client delivery. We empower employees with our hybrid working policy, allowing them to split their work week between Jacobs offices/projects and remote locations enabling them to deliver their best work.

Here's what you'll need

• Experience in road safety engineering and carrying out road safety audits, operational safety reviews, safety risk assessments, collision analysis and investigation
• DMRB GG119 Certificate of Competence and current compliance with DMRB GG119 as Audit Team Leader or Member
• Good interpersonal and communication skills (both written and verbal)
• Good understanding and working knowledge of using design standards
• Membership of a relevant recognised industry Institute / Institution and ability to demonstrate eligibility to work towards obtaining Incorporated Engineer (IEng) Chartered Engineer (CEng) registration if not already registered
• Full UK driving licence
  
  
  

Our Culture

Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion and diversity. We put people at the heart of our business and we truly believe that by supporting one another through our culture of caring, we all succeed. We value positive mental health and a sense of belonging for all employees. Find out more about life at Jacobs.

We aim to embed inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we’re more connected, and if we are diverse, we’re more creative. We accept people for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, mental health, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you’re pregnant or on family leave. This is reflected in our wide range of Global Employee Networks centred on inclusion and diversity - find out more about our employee networks here.

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