Transport Planner

Overview

We are seeking a qualified Rail Transport Planner with minimum 10 years’ experience to join our Transport Planning and Strategic Advisory Business Unit in the Middle East. The candidate must be a degree-qualified professional with a minimum of 5 years of traffic engineering, transport planning and traffic modelling experience.

• This role requires 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.
• Understanding of transport planning, traffic engineering and travel demand theory.
• Experience in public transport networks and familiarity with international transport planning standards and practices.
• Practical understanding of the role and importance of transport planning in development access and citywide mobility plans.
• Experience in undertaking junction analysis to support the traffic impact assessments.
• Contribute to preparation of reports including existing conditions analyses, trip generation, junction analysis and parking assessments.
• Must be able to communicate in English effectively, both written and spoken.
• Must be able to learn and retain new skills quickly from a variety of sources.
• Must be able to work with limited supervision.
• Some experience project/financial management.
• Competence to assist in growing the Atkins Transport Planning Business as well as to sell Atkins services generally.

• Bachelor's degree in traffic engineering, transport planning or traffic modelling.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in traffic engineering and transport planning with Operations and Maintenance railway project exposure.
• Knowledge of International public Transport Planning standards and procedures.
• Has worked within a team.
• Experience in the Middle East is preferred.

• Tax-free salary.
• Life insurance coverage.
• Medical insurance.
• Annual leave balance.
• Company gratuity scheme.
• Discretionary bonus program.
• Annual flight contribution.
• Transportation & housing allowances.
• Employee Wellbeing Program: 24/7 access to specialists in finance, legal matters, family care, personal health, fitness, and nutrition.