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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Network Services Engineer - Highways & Traffic Services - **Company:** Reading Borough Council - **Location:** Reading, UK - **Salary:** £44,075.0 - £50,269.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** AutoCAD, GIS Applications, Network Service, Network Administration - **Published:** June 30, 2026 - **Apply:** https://uk.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=a0d138da3e11f782 ## About the Role * Experience delivering highway, parking, transport or traffic management schemes * Strong knowledge of relevant legislation, regulations and technical guidance * Experience with Traffic Regulation Orders and associated legal processes * Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills * Project and budget management experience * AutoCAD or equivalent mapping software experience * The ability to lead projects and supervise junior staff About You: You will be a proactive and motivated engineering professional with strong technical knowledge and a passion for delivering effective transport and highway solutions. You will have excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to present complex technical information clearly and sensitively to a range of audiences. Organised and adaptable, you will be comfortable managing competing priorities, leading projects and supporting colleagues within a collaborative team environment. You will bring a customer-focused approach, strong problem-solving abilities and a commitment to innovation, sustainability and continuous improvement in service delivery. You'll be part of a team that relies on each individual to play their part to the best of their ability. As well as the colleagues that you work closely with every day, you'll also be part of Team Reading, playing your personal part in making Reading a successful and vibrant place. Our vision is to ensure that Reading realises its potential as a great place to live, work and play, and that everyone shares the benefits of this success. Our values and behaviours guide how we will achieve this: Work Together as one team - work collaboratively, with each other and with our partners, and demonstrate the Team Reading values in everything we do Drive Efficiency - show initiative, be adaptable to change and put forward ideas to help improve delivery and efficiency. Take responsibility for our own learning and development and for reaching our potential. Be Ambitious - be demanding of our own performance - striving to be even better - and be prepared to engage with and challenge leaders in a constructive and positive way. Make a Difference to Reading - maintain the highest levels of customer service and be flexible and willing to provide the services needed at the time they are needed. ## Description As Network Services Engineer, you will lead on a broad range of highway and transport engineering projects including: * Network management schemes * Road safety improvements * Parking management initiatives * Active travel projects * Traffic Regulation Orders (TROs) * Urban traffic management support * Event planning impacting the highway network You will act as a subject matter expert within the service, providing technical leadership, project management and professional advice to stakeholders, elected members, contractors and the public. 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