Urban Traffic Engineer - Sharjah

Kapsch Group

Key Responsibilities

• Execute traffic engineering studies, designs, and analyses, including intersection design, traffic flow modeling, and safety assessments.
• Develop and validate traffic signal plans and adaptive control strategies, ensuring efficiency and compliance with regulations.
• Contribute to the integration of ITS solutions such as adaptive traffic control, traffic sensors, C-ITS applications, and low-emission zone management.
• Prepare technical specifications, reports, and documentation to support proposals and ongoing projects.
• Collaborate with cross-disciplinary teams and external stakeholders, ensuring alignment of traffic engineering solutions with broader mobility goals.
• Provide technical guidance to junior engineers and support knowledge sharing within the team.
• Identify opportunities for process improvements and innovation in traffic and mobility management.
  

Requirements

• Technical university degree
• Experience in urban traffic engineering
• Hands-on experience with microsimulation tools such as TRANSYT, Aimsun, or PTV Vissim
• Basic programming skills, preferably in Python
• Excellent English communication skills, both written and verbal
• Strong customer-facing skills with the ability to manage evolving expectations
• Skilled at documenting requirements, decisions, and changes clearly
• Excellent listener with a structured, detail-oriented mindset
• Calm under pressure and adaptable to change
• Residence or interest in relocation to Sharjah. This is a primarly onsite role