Graduate Highways Engineer 2025

Would you like the opportunity to help people travel safely and easily by all modes of transport across Greater Manchester?

Are you seeking a new challenge in highway engineering whilst also progressing your career?

Your role

As a UTC Engineer, you will be involved in many exciting projects, including cycling and walking initiatives and public transport projects (such as the Greater Manchester Bee Network and Quality Bus Transit) as well as helping to deliver TfGMs vision as set out in our 2040 Strategy.

You will also be involved in designing and implementing adaptive signal networks and will work alongside experienced Urban Traffic Control Engineers, allowing you to develop in your role.

Occasionally you will also be required to work out of office hours including at weekends to help manage traffic at events.

Who are we?

Greater Manchester is embarking on an exciting period of transition and evolving with a growing population and economy. Transport for Greater Manchester manage the largest number of traffic signals outside London. The challenge of managing such a large conurbation offers the opportunity to gain a wide breadth of experience.

The Infrastructure Design Group (IDG) team are responsible for the design, installation, and maintenance of traffic signal installations across Greater Manchester. They work closely with a variety of organisations, including the local authorities, walking and cycling groups, bus operators, tram operators, and many more. In this team you would contribute to the geometric design of new and existing traffic signal-controlled junctions and take a role in developing design solutions at junctions that cater for all transport modes, including walking and cycling.

The Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS). team manage the operation of the traffic signals across Greater Manchester. In addition to formulating plans for day-to-day operation they also develop and implement strategic plans for events such as premiership and international football matches at the Etihad and Old Trafford Stadiums, large concerts, and roadwork schemes. The ITS team also carry out junction modelling, working closely with the IDG team to develop innovative signal solutions. The team also provides advice to the districts of Greater Manchester regarding development proposals.

What you’ll bring

What you do and how you do it is important – whatever type of role you work in at TfGM – and even small behaviours and actions can have a really big impact. At TfGM, our behaviours bring to life our values of Deliver, Care and Adapt.

You will be keen to develop your knowledge of the principles of traffic and transportation and have experience of using computer systems for data related to modelling.  You will have an enquiring mind with the ability to use numbers and data to analyse and provide solutions to complex problems and create reports with the flexibility to adapt to changing workload demands and new organisational challenges.

You will also have a degree, MSc, BTEC, HND or HNC in an engineering discipline, science, maths, geography or similar.

What we can offer you

We have 3 permanent opportunities for talented graduates, as well as more experienced traffic engineers, to gain experience and develop within our Highways teams, whether that be our Infrastructure Design Group (IDG) or Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS).

This is a career graded role, the salary for this role is £31,915 - £36,683 per annum for entry at Graduate Level 1 and £39,360 – £43,817 per annum for more experienced candidates entering at Engineer Level 2, both depending on skills and experience.

At TfGM we encourage candidates to discuss flexible working options at any stage of the recruitment process. Our benefits include:

• 28 days holiday per annum (plus bank holidays)
• Flexible and hybrid working options to promote and support a good work/life balance
• Free bus, rail or Metrolink travel to and from work within the Greater Manchester boundary
• Local Government Defined Benefit Pension Scheme which includes life cover of 3x your salary and options to increase your pension contributions
• Commitment to learning and personal development and upskilling with reimbursement of professional fees, where essential to the role
• We promote good physical and mental health and can provide additional support to staff via our employee assistance programme when required

What's next?

To apply please submit your CV and complete your application ensuring that you provide clear examples against the criteria questions, all appointments will be based on merit. Our short-listing process is anonymised, so please do not include your name or contact details on your CV. If any personal details are included these will be visible to the hiring manager.

TfGM is proud to be an equal opportunities employer that encourages and celebrates diversity. We want to recruit and retain a workforce that reflects the communities we serve and welcome individuals from all backgrounds by committing to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. We will offer support and reasonable adjustments if required and we also have a Guaranteed Assessment Scheme which you can find out more information on here.

For this opportunity, you must be able to prove you have the right to work in the UK - if in doubt please visit the following link Employers' right to work checklist - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). Please note we are not a licensed sponsor. Please note we may close the advert early if we receive a high volume of applications.