Graduate Traffic Signals Engineer (Consultancy)

Are you a forward thinking and aspiring undergraduate in your final year of university?

Are you excited to take the next step in your career? Join our graduate programme at Yunex Traffic and see for yourself how this programme could help shape your professional career.

As our cities get bigger and more complex, Yunex Traffic makes mobility safer, more efficient, and more sustainable with forward-looking infrastructure and transport solutions. Yunex Traffic designs, markets, manufactures, installs, and maintains a wide portfolio of international traffic management products and is the UK market leader in the traffic signal business. This includes intersection and pedestrian traffic controllers, intelligent urban traffic control systems, variable message signs, public transport, and car park guidance systems to enhance road safety and improve traffic flow in congested urban and inter-urban areas.

This is your chance to learn about how our work impacts everyday life across the world – you could be there at the centre of it, helping us shape the future.

The challenge

Part of being a #TrafficTransformer graduate at Yunex Traffic means you’ll take part in our fantastic graduate development programme, gaining practical experience working on real projects in a leading, global intelligent traffic systems company. You’ll bring fresh perspective to what we do, helping us to achieve our goals. We will provide an in-depth training plan to help you develop the specific skills and knowledge required for your role. By the end of your programme, you will be set up with the best knowledge and hands-on experience to equip you for your professional career in Yunex Traffic.

Here is a taste of what you can make a difference in:

• Assist in the delivery of a wide range of traffic engineering projects across the UK in accordance with current national/local standards, guidance and best practice
• Assessment and mitigation of risks associated with traffic engineering projects
• Travel to site visits and customer meetings with overnight stays where appropriate
• Preparation of technical reports and specifications
• Preparation of consultancy/design quotations

The location of this Graduate role can be Poole, Leicester, or Glasgow, depending on the applicant.

The candidate

We are looking for forward-thinking, inquisitive candidates who demonstrate the following characteristics:

• High level of communication skills, both verbal and written, will be necessary as you will be expected to liaise with other parts of the business and with customers

• Ability to solve complex problems
• Ability to achieve objectives with strict deadlines and manage your own workload
• Enthusiasm to learn and develop new skills

Minimum Educational Requirements

• Degree in Engineering or related subject
• Full UK driving licence

The benefits of the Yunex Traffic graduate programme

• A comprehensive 2-year graduate programme that allows you to be part of a global leading business in intelligent traffic systems. This will then lead to a permanent role within the business.
• Complete a graduate development programme, which will provide you with a variety of training and development courses and opportunities, including leadership, self-awareness, communication, and time management.
• Opportunity to develop your career whilst offering a competitive salary and 26 days holiday.
• The chance to join a community of highly skilled professionals who will help you on your learning journey
• Mentorship and support to help you develop professionally.
• The opportunity to make a meaningful impact on our business, staying at the forefront of innovation and excellence
• A flexible benefits scheme with access to private medical care, discounted cinema tickets and gym membership and so much more!

What else do I need to know?

If we all thought the same, we would never think of anything new. That’s why we recruit great minds from all walks of life. We embrace diversity and create what’s right for the world by employing the people who live in it.

Yunex Traffic recognise that building a diverse workforce is critical to the success of our business. We strongly encourage applications from a diverse talent pool and welcome the opportunity to discuss flexibility requirements and workplace adjustments with all our applicants to encourage agile working and innovation.

Recruitment Process

Applications for our Graduate roles will close on 17th January 2025.

We will be holding in-person assessment centres which will allow candidates the best opportunity to showcase their potential and suitability for this role by using a variety of assessment types.  Assessment centres typically include a combination of tasks and activities such as group problem-solving tasks, individual interviews, presentations, and role simulation exercises.

For some roles, there will also be an initial video (Microsoft Teams) or telephone interview. These interviews are likely to be held before the assessment centre. These interviews are typically competency based and a chance for us to find out what your motivations are for your next career.

Assessment centres will take place between January – March 2025.

Our Graduates will join the business on 1st September 2025 so you must be available from this date.

Right to Work

Please note, if you are applying for a graduate role at Yunex Traffic, you must have the Right to Work in the UK for the duration of graduate programme (2 years). Unfortunately, we are currently unable to sponsor anyone joining us on our Graduate Development Programme who doesn’t have valid right to work in the UK.

Additional Information to help with your application

If you would like to hear more about Yunex Traffic and what we do, check out our Virtual Work Experience with Springpod here! This is an on-demand programme that you can complete at any time. If you complete this, be sure to let us know on your application, or via email at ukcareers@yunextraffic.com.

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We look forward to hearing from you!