Job Description

ITS Project Manager Highways

The Role

• Play a key role in the management of our transport technology sector in Scotland

• Overseeing our contractors to ensure high performance levels, value for money and delivery of the outcomes we want from our ITS.

• Project manage critical ITS projects to support the oversight and development of the Traffic Scotland System.

• Support decision making and strategy development around system obsolescence / investment, future systems architecture and connected / data services. Support the management / optimisations of traffic signals.

Qualifications

1. Member of a relevant professional industry body.

Experience

Essential

* Demonstrable experience and expertise relating to ITS systems management.

* Demonstrable relevant ITS project management experience in a roads (or transportation) environment.

* Demonstrable experience of working with a wide range of stakeholders, developing, and maintaining credible relationships and experience in providing advice and support to a senior level.

* Demonstrable experience of contract management and successfully delivering a range of priorities in a complex and challenging environment with a flexible approach to team working.

Desirable

* Expert knowledge relating to ITS systems development and application, including that relating to contemporary / emerging technology solutions, systems architecture, hosting and security.

* Experience relating to the management, operation and optimisation of traffic signals.

* Traffic system contract – technical IT services

* Ensuring its secure

* Ensuring software is up to date & working as it should

* Responsible for managing the contract

* Performance, service level agreements, developing the system as agreed

* Client manager role – over seeing how contractors/supply chain are delivering

* Assess future system & improvements/contributions/software solutions

* Bit of contract management/intelligence and planning across system development.

Essential Criteria

* Direct experience within ITS – traffic management systems, technology/software/hardware on how they work.

* Managing types of services/technology.

* Speak the language & understand

* Traffic systems overseeing contractors to make sure signals are working efficiently & preventing delays.

* Direct experience within ITS

* Direct system experience – underlying tech, data, software/hardware

* General PM capability – work with supply chain/stakeholders

* Specific Technology experience

* Bespoke TS system

* Good handle on the way services are moving towards Cloud – contemporary understanding.

* Traffic management systems towards road operations

Qualifications

* Experience is more beneficial

* Ideally – member of association within industry – doesn’t have to be chartered