Transport and Mobility Engineer - Traffic Operations

Role:
Transport and Mobility Engineer

Location:

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Industry: Civil Engineering

Function:
Civil & Structural Engineering

Experience:

6-8 years

Job Type: Full Time

Country:
Saudi Arabia

City:
Riyadh

Industry: Civil Engineering

Function:
Civil & Structural Engineering

Salary:
Not disclosed

Gender: No Preference

Candidate Nationality:
Not specified

Job Type: Full Time

Work Arrangement:
On-site

• Support traffic engineering and mobility assessments across intersections, corridors, highways, access points, public transport interfaces, and congestion hotspots.
• Review traffic counts and turning-movement information.
• Analyze travel times, observed queues, speed data, and other operational information.
• Review crash information, detector data, traffic video, and available field evidence.
• Identify operational deficiencies and factors affecting road network performance.
• Conduct field inspections in live urban traffic environments.
• Document existing traffic operations and geometric constraints.
• Assess lane utilization, pedestrian conditions, access conflicts, parking impacts, and other operational factors.
• Maintain accurate records of field observations and analytical inputs.

• Develop and review lane-use modifications and turn-lane improvements.
• Assess access-management opportunities.
• Recommend signing and road-marking improvements where appropriate.
• Support development of signal-timing improvement concepts.
• Evaluate intersection channelization and localized capacity improvements.
• Identify recurring corridor bottlenecks and progression problems.
• Assess queue spillback and operational conflicts.
• Identify opportunities for multimodal transportation improvements.
• Apply engineering judgment to develop solutions appropriate to actual operating conditions.

• Support senior engineers with Synchro and other traffic-analysis activities.
• Use GIS, spreadsheets, and other analytical tools to assess transportation improvement options.
• Assist with comparison of alternative traffic-management treatments.
• Support before-and-after evaluations of implemented improvements.
• Help develop performance measures for traffic and mobility initiatives.
• Apply current transportation engineering practices to operational assessments.
• Adapt international traffic operations and mobility practices to Riyadh's operating environment.
• Explore data-driven and innovative approaches to transportation problems where appropriate.

• Prepare technical sketches and engineering exhibits.
• Develop maps and photographic records supporting traffic assessments.
• Prepare calculations, tables, and concise engineering narratives.
• Clearly document observed deficiencies and proposed treatments.
• Assist with corridor studies and transportation assessment reports.
• Contribute to technical memoranda, presentations, guidelines, and implementation recommendations.
• Maintain traceable records of analytical inputs, assumptions, field observations, and recommendations.

• Consider wider network impacts when evaluating proposed improvements.
• Participate in site meetings and technical workshops.
• Attend coordination sessions with RCRC and other project stakeholders.
• Work within multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Accept and incorporate technical direction and structured review.
• Support implementation monitoring and field verification.
• Assess whether completed improvements are operating as intended.

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Transportation Engineering, Traffic Engineering, or a closely related field.
• 6-8 years of professional experience in traffic engineering, transportation planning, mobility analysis, roadway operations, or related transportation work.
• Working knowledge of traffic engineering principles.
• Understanding of intersection operations, roadway capacity, queues, and lane utilization.
• Knowledge of traffic control, access management, and basic traffic signal operations.
• Experience reviewing traffic data and converting field observations into clear engineering findings.
• Ability to develop potential transportation improvement concepts based on operational evidence.
• Ability and willingness to conduct field investigations in live urban traffic environments.
• Ability to document site conditions accurately.
• Familiarity with Synchro and Sim Traffic, Vissim, HCS, or comparable…