Senior Road Network Engineer - Operations

Senior Road Network Engineer - ITS Operations

Senior Road Network Engineer - ITS Operations Job Snapshot Role:
Senior Road Network Engineer - ITS Operations

Location:

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Industry: Civil Engineering Function:
Civil & Structural Engineering

Experience:

Minimum 10 years Job Type: Full-time Position Overview Senior Road Network Engineer - ITS Operations in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia is a senior Civil Engineering opportunity for a Saudi National experienced in road network operations, Intelligent Transportation Systems, traffic management, highway maintenance, and smart-city mobility. Parsons is hiring an experienced engineer to oversee city-wide road performance, traffic flow, pavement and roadside asset condition, ITS integration, incident response, and transportation readiness for daily operations and major events within a complex giga-project environment.

Job Details Country:
Saudi Arabia City:
Riyadh Industry: Civil Engineering Function:
Civil & Structural Engineering Salary:  Estimated salary range based on similar jobs in the job city; please confirm the final offer with the employer. Gender: Any Candidate Nationality:
Saudi National Job Type: Full-time

The Senior Road Network Engineer will help maintain the safety, availability, and operational resilience of highways, urban streets, intersections, transit corridors, and associated infrastructure across a large city environment. The position combines traditional highway engineering with real-time traffic operations, ITS technology, asset management, and event mobility planning. The engineer will use traffic telemetry, field inspections, maintenance information, and centralized monitoring systems to identify congestion, infrastructure defects, operational risks, and emerging network constraints.

Close coordination with Traffic Management Centers, emergency services, contractors, security teams, public transport operators, parking operations, and technology specialists will enable rapid response while supporting long-term network performance improvements.

• Oversee daily operational performance across highways, urban roads, intersections, transit corridors, and associated transportation infrastructure.
• Monitor live traffic conditions through Intelligent Transportation Systems, Traffic Management Systems, CCTV, roadside sensors, detectors, and traffic data feeds.
• Analyze vehicle speeds, traffic volumes, journey times, congestion patterns, incidents, and network capacity to identify operational constraints.
• Review traffic signal performance and support optimization of signal timing plans to improve intersection efficiency and reduce recurring congestion.
• Coordinate incident response with Traffic Management Centers, City Operations, Security, emergency services, and other operational stakeholders.
• Support rapid management of accidents, vehicle breakdowns, obstructions, infrastructure failures, and other events affecting road availability.
• Develop practical traffic measures for planned and unplanned disruptions while preserving safe access and network continuity.
• Inspect roads, pavements, intersections, and supporting infrastructure to assess physical condition and maintenance requirements.
• Identify cracking, potholes, rutting, settlement, surface deterioration, and other pavement defects requiring intervention.
• Prioritize preventive and corrective maintenance according to asset condition, operational importance, safety risk, and lifecycle requirements.
• Coordinate pavement rehabilitation, resurfacing, road marking, and related highway maintenance programs.
• Monitor barriers, guardrails, signage, street lighting, stormwater drainage, road markings, and other roadside assets.
• Sequence maintenance activities to minimize lane restrictions, congestion, and disruption to road users.
• Monitor road and ITS maintenance contractors against approved specifications, safety requirements, SLAs, KPIs, and performance standards.
• Develop and review Temporary Traffic Management plans for construction works, maintenance activities, sporting events, concerts, festivals, and other high-demand operations.
• Plan lane closures, traffic diversions, detours, temporary controls, and alternative access arrangements.
• Coordinate major-event transportation strategies with parking, public transport, venue operations, security, mobility teams, and emergency responders.
• Assess expected event demand against available road capacity and identify potential congestion points before operations begin.
• Integrate road network planning with parking arrival and departure strategies to reduce queues around major destinations.
• Use historical and real-time traffic telemetry to identify recurring bottlenecks and opportunities for operational improvement.
• Support integration of CCTV, Variable Message Signs, traffic signals, detectors, roadside sensors, and other ITS devices with centralized operational platforms.
• Contribute to operational readiness for connected, autonomous, and emerging smart…