Road Safety Manager

Road Safety Manager / Casualty Reduction Manager

Glasgow onsite 2 day per week.

Contract inside IR35 starting ASAP until 31st March 2025.

Certain Advantage are recruiting on behalf of a Public Sector Transport client for a Road Safety Manager who can offer experience as a Chartered design engineer with experience of road design standards and experience managing a programme of works.

Strong communication skills along with stakeholder engagement skills is essential.

You'll be joining an important team whose responsibility it is to monitor road safety statistics and to manage the delivery of road safety improvements.

The team work with a range of stakeholders to identify mitigation for identified road safety issues across the Trunk Road network, and manage the delivery of road safety improvements to address these issues through the contracts of the Trunk Road Network Operating Companies.

Responsibilities

• Monitoring programme development, programme delivery and budget performance of the relevant Operating Company units in delivering the Accident Investigation and Prevention (AIP) measures through the use of the Asset Management Performance System (AMPS). This will require the successful candidate to monitor and report on the delivery of a budget of approximately £6 million encompassing the Trunk Road Network in the North West and South East operating company areas, including the Forth Bridge operating company.
• Coordinating stakeholder engagement, technical input and research effectively to inform in the identification and application of best practice in the development and delivery of road safety engineering across the network .
• Working with colleagues and stakeholders to lead the delivery of engineering measures to support the delivery of the targeted 2030 casualty reduction objectives.
• Contributing to the drafting of reports, responses to public letters and other forms of correspondence and briefings for Ministers.
• Attending site visits with Police Scotland and the OC to review the circumstances of fatal accidents that have occurred previously on trunk roads.

Essential Skills and Experience

• You will be a Chartered Engineer (C. Eng.) within a relevant discipline registered with the UK Engineering Council, or equivalent, with demonstrable experience of Road Design Standards.
• You will have experience of using, interpreting and analysing a variety of data and evidence sources to provide clear, concise and robust outputs to assist decision making.
• A track record of managing workloads and staff and of delivering programmes to defined timescales and deadlines and of monitoring progress towards targets.
• Good written and verbal communication skills, including experience of report writing, liaising with professionals both within and outside of the public sector.

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