Transportation Planner

Job Summary

The Transportation Planner contributes to the development of traffic demand analyses and forecasts, transportation master plan studies, traffic impact studies, road safety assessments, etc. The job holder works closely with senior project team members for the review and validation of deliverables to ensure the proper implementation of all client requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct data collection for transportation planning and traffic engineering projects in coordination with project teams (e.g. traffic counts, etc.)
• Closely work with Traffic Modelers for the development of traffic models, network simulations for transport planning and traffic engineering projects
• Closely work with Traffic Modelers for the calculation of trip generation and origin-destination matrices, and calculating and analyzing traffic volumes
• Prepare drawings, including circulation and parking plans, signage etc.
• Prepare transportation and traffic impact studies reports for projects
• Validate and review transport and traffic impact studies with clients and authorities for projects
• Perform peer review on other teams’ design deliverables
• Support Project Managers with the management of client relations and expectations, as needed
• Support Project Managers in client presentations and workshops, as needed
• Support Project Managers with responding to client clarifications and technical issues, as needed
• Ensure client satisfaction with transport planning and traffic engineering deliverables

Required Qualification, Experience, and Skills

• Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering
• Minimum 2+ years of industry experience in the transportation planning and traffic engineering
• Experience with traffic impact studies, report writing
• Familiarity with development of traffic impact studies and traffic engineering plans
• In depth knowledge in traffic engineering and transport planning
• Knowledge of transport / land use planning, traffic modeling, ITS and other information systems
• Familiarity with traffic modeling software, such as VISUM, VISSIM, Synchro, MXROAD, SIDRA, HCS, AutoTURN, CUBE, etc
• Strong operational modeling skills
• Strong quantitative and analytical skills
• Proficiency in spoken and written English and Arabic