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Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Overview
This role is designed for a mid-level transport planner with 3–6 years of experience, who can balance technical expertise with strong communication and teamwork. The position emphasizes regional project experience, proficiency in transport modelling tools, and the ability to contribute to both strategic master plans and detailed traffic impact studies.
Your role
- 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.
- Technical delivery and management of small, medium and large-scale transport assignments with minimal supervision
- Working closely with Project Managers and other Atkins 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
- Application of technical competencies, as well as sharing these with junior staff.
Location
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Job Type
Full time
Ref
R-140013
Salary range
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About you
Qualifications
- Degree qualified in relevant field (civil engineering, transport planning or equivalent).
- The candidate will be degree-qualified in a related professional field and ideally holding a master's qualification.
- 8-10 years' experience (at least 5 years' experience in the Middle East).
- Experience in leading and delivering transportation projects within a multi-disciplinary technical environment together with knowledge of Middle East and/or International Transport Planning standards and practices is essential.
- Transport modelling experience, report writing, and presentation skills are essential.
Essential Requirements
- Arabic language proficiency is advantageous.
- 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.
- Hands on capability of using modelling software such as VISUM, VISSIM, SIDRA, SYNCHRO, HCM.
- Project experience in the Middle East and familiarity with local trends and transport planning practices and standards.
- 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.
- Experience in providing the appropriate junction analysis to assist traffic impact assessments
- Excellent communication in written and spoken English.
- 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.
- Project management and commercial competence.
- Must be willing to travel internationally.
Behavioral Competencies
- Highly developed interpersonal skills, such as high competency in listening and communicating.
- High attention to detail and eye for technical excellence.
- A positive attitude that focuses on improving team work and co-operation at all times.
- 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.
Why choose AtkinsRéalis?
Wherever you are in your career – and whoever you are – AtkinsRéalis is for you. Here, support and collaboration are a vibrant part of a culture that lets you choose where – and how far – your career can go. Take on projects that push boundaries and drive sustainable impact, surrounded by colleagues who believe there's no limit to how brilliant you can be. It's time to join a like-minded team where you'll be rewarded, supported, and free to be your kind of brilliant.
Rewards & benefits
Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career.
This includes:
- Tax-free salary.
- Comprehensive life insurance coverage.
- Premium medical insurance for you and your dependents.
- Generous annual leave balance.
- Flexible and hybrid work solutions.
- Remote work opportunities outside of country.
- Company gratuity scheme.
- Discretionary bonus program.
- Annual flight contribution.
- Relocation assistance.
- Transportation & housing allowances (available for remote work locations).
- Employee Wellbeing Program: 24/7 access to specialists in finance, legal matters, family care, personal health, fitness, and nutrition.
Seize every opportunity to sharpen your skills, expand your expertise, and be recognized for the impact you make.
About AtkinsRéalis
We're AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's'infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.
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