Principal Transport Planner

Atkins Realis Group

Responsibilities:

• This role requires leading and contributing to a variety of transport planning studies including large scale transport master plan assessments, traffic impact studies or multi-disciplinary planning projects in the public and private sectors. This would involve the following responsibilities:

• Technical delivery and management of small, medium and large-scale transport assignments with minimal supervision;

• Working closely with Project Managers and other AtkinsR alis departmental staff to ensure timely completion of the necessary analysis, reports and plans as assigned;

• Preparing high-quality written reports and technical analyses with the ability to present outcomes to concerned parties;

• Advising the client and stakeholders on transportation matters;

• Representing the Transportation Team whilst interacting internal client, as well as external stakeholders / statutory authorities;

• Ensuring deliverables adhere to prevailing QA/QS and document management protocols; and

• Application of technical competencies, as well as sharing these with junior staff.

Qualifications:

• Degree in Civil Engineering, Transport Planning or equivalent.

• MSc and / or chartered status

Essential Requirements:

• Must have a minimum of degree in planning or transportation and 10+ years related professional work experience after university graduation.

• Candidates based in KSA will be preferred.

• Arabic language proficiency is advantageous.

• Working experience of industry standard transportation modelling software such as VISUM/VISSIM & SATURN.

• Hands on experience in junction/capacity analysis software such as SIDRA & SYNCHRO or similar.

• Experience in delivering transportation projects within a multi-disciplinary technical environment;

• Competency in a range of transportation planning skills including development planning principles, access control, functional planning, public transport issues, temporary traffic management, pedestrian and non-motorised transportation issues, and transport demand theory;

• Previous Middle East or Gulf experience ( minimum 5 years), and familiarity with local trends and transport planning practices and standards including securing approvals from statutory authorities;

• Experience with transport assessment, preliminary highway design and a good appreciation of transport appraisal and modelling techniques;

• Practical understanding of the role and importance of transport planning in development access, citywide mobility and assisting people s needs;

• Project experience in the Middle East and familiarity with local trends and transport planning practices and standards (KSA and UAE).

• Experience in providing the appropriate junction analysis to assist traffic impact assessments;

• Excellent communication in written and spoken English;

• Experienced in project/financial management;

• Experience in giving technical presentations to diverse and non-technical audiences;

• Advanced skills and competence with Microsoft Office software including Excel, Word and PowerPoint;

• Familiarity with electronic document management and quality assurance systems;

• Must be willing to travel internationally.

Behavioral Competencies:

• Highly developed interpersonal skills, such as high competency in listening and communicating

• A positive attitude that always focuses on improving team work and co-operation

• Good communication skills, oral and written, including presentation competency

• Ability to work without excessive supervision

• Ability for self-checking & correction of work

• A team player.