Assistant Transport Surveys Technician
| Posting date: | 26 June 2024 |
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| Salary: | £29,697 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 17 July 2024 |
| Location: | Woking, Surrey, GU22 7QQ |
| Company: | Surrey County Council |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | SCC/TP/288442/1233_1719403615 |
Summary
This full-time, permanent role has a starting salary of £29,697 per annum based on a 36 hour working week.
We are excited to be hiring a new Assistant Transport Surveys Technician to join our fantastic Transport Studies team. The team is based in Woking and Leatherhead, and our work comprises a mix of physical outdoor, office based and home working.
Rewards and Benefits
- 26 days' holiday (prorated for part time staff), rising to 28 days after 2 years' service and 30 days after 5 years' service
- Option to buy up to 10 days of additional annual leave
- An extensive Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to support health and wellbeing
- Up to 5 days of carer's leave per year
- Paternity, adoption and dependants leave
- A generous local government salary related pension
- Lifestyle discounts including gym, travel, shopping and many more
- 2 paid volunteering days plus 1 team volunteering day per year
- Learning and development hub where you can access a wealth of resources
About the Team
The Survey Team is part of Transport Studies which is responsible for providing a database of traffic movement data by monitoring and maintaining traffic counting equipment across Surrey. We use the data to make important decisions on local transport and infrastructure changes to improve the economic prosperity, wellbeing and resident experience in Surrey.
About the Role
We now have a great opportunity for an enthusiastic individual to join us in the Survey Team. As an Assistant Transport Surveys Technician, you will become an expert in planning, collecting and managing movement data from across the County. You will install and maintain roadside equipment that detects vehicles, cyclists and pedestrians, resolving technical problems that occur, enabling the collection of accurate and reliable traffic movement data.
We receive frequent requests for vehicle counts, classifications, speeds, cycle counts, turning counts, pedestrian crossing counts and desire lines. Typical equipment you will work with to obtain this information is induction loop counters from Clearview Intelligence, pneumatic tube counters from Metrocount, Speed Detection Radars (SDR's) from Tagmaster and camera systems from Vivacity Labs and Miovision. You will analyse collected data, taking into consideration occurrences which may impact the data such as roadworks and collisions, working as directed by the Transport Analyst.
The job is very practical, involving a mixture of on-site work travelling throughout the county, maintenance and preparation at our workshop in Leatherhead, and desk based office work typically in Woking or Leatherhead. A Surrey County Council van will be provided for your work.
Shortlisting Criteria
To be considered for shortlisting for this position your application will clearly evidence the following:
- Minimum 5 GCSEs at Grade C or above, or equivalent, or able to evidence ability at an equivalent level
- Good IT skills including database management systems, MS Excel and email
- Experience with analysing data and producing reports
- Ability to work independently as well as with others
- Good administrative, analytical and organisational skills
- Able to prioritise and plan your own workload, being flexible about day to day activities, working on your own initiative
A valid driving licence to drive in the UK and willingness to travel across a wide geographical area. Reasonable adjustments where needed will be made for successful applicants who have a disability or long term health condition to enable them to fulfil the requirements of the job.
The job advert closes at 23:59 on Monday 22nd July 2024 with interviews planned for week commencing Monday 29th July 2024.
Our Commitment
Surrey County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. A guaranteed interview will be offered to all disabled applications where:
- The candidate has evidenced the minimum criteria for the role through their application
- The candidate has chosen to share that they have a disability on the application form
Our application form and onboarding process will provide an opportunity to request any reasonable adjustments for the interview and/or the role. We want to be an inclusive and diverse employer reflecting the community we serve and particularly welcome applications from all underrepresented groups.