Transport Planner

Job description / Role

Atkins has been established in the Gulf for over 40 years, having first carried out design and supervision commissions in the Gulf area in 1967. The regional head office (Dubai) was established in 1979.

We provide a full range of design, engineering and project management services for buildings, transportation and other infrastructure programmes.

Atkins in the Middle East now employs around 2,000 staff serving Gulf clients across all market sectors from offices in Abu Dhabi, Al Ain, Doha, Dubai, Jeddah, Kuwait City, Manama, Muscat, Riyadh, and Sharjah, major infrastructure projects in Qatar.

We are currently looking for a qualified Transport Planners with between 3 to 5 years experience to join our Transportation Planning Business in the Middle East.

Responsibilities:

Completion of assigned tasks
Adherence to Atkins Quality Manual and Procedures
Coordination with other design disciplines
Qualifications - External
Technical Competencies
Essential
Must have a minimum of degree in planning or transportation and over three years related professional work experience, post university graduation.
Understanding of transportation planning, development/access planning public transport issues and transport demand theory.
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
Project experience in the Middle East and familiarity with local trends and transport planning practices and standards
Competence with Microsoft Office suite of software
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
Must be familiar with working to Quality Assured Systems
Must be willing to travel internationally
Experience with model softwares such as AutoCad, SYNCHRO, SIDRA and HCS
Desirable
Capable of communicating in Arabic effectively, both written and spoken
Contribute to preparation of transport planning reports including existing conditions analyses, trip generation, junction analysis, parking assessment for projects undertaken by the department
Capable of presenting Transport Planning Projects to an unskilled audience
Capable of using junction analysis software/microsimulation such as VISSIM, aaSIDRA,SYNCHRO, HCM
Competency with EXCEL software

Requirements

Requirements:

The Transport Planner will be a degree qualified professional with a minimum of 3 to 5 years experience ideally you will also hold a Master’s qualification in a related field. With a strong working knowledge of Transport Planning/Modelling.

Qualifications:

Degree qualified
Ideally MSc and or chartered status
This role requires working on a variety of transport planning studies – large scale transport masterplan assessments as well as traffic impact studies for multi-disciplinary planning projects in the public and private sectors. Working closely with Project Managers and other planning department staff to ensure timely completion of the necessary analysis, reports and plans as assigned.

Behavioural Competencies:

Essential

Highly developed interpersonal skills, such as high competency in listening and communicating.
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
Team Player
Rewards & Benefits

We offer an excellent package which includes:
A competitive salary
Accommodation allowance
Transportation allowance
22 calendar days annual leave (based on 5 day working week)
Medical and life insurance cover
Company gratuity scheme
Discretionary bonus scheme
Annual flight allowance to point of origin
Employee Well-Being Programme – 24 hour free advice on financial, legal and family care specialists and also access to personal health, fitness and nutrition consultants

About the Company

Atkins is one of the leading providers of professional, technology based consultancy and support services to the industry, commerce and governments in all of the worlds major economies. With over 17,000 staff operating in Europe, the Middle East, Asia Pacific and the Americas, Atkins has a broad range of skills and resources and provides Clients with a comprehensive service throughout the entire life cycle of the projects in the built environment.

We aim to be the international first choice supplier of technical and integrated services. Shaped by our customers' needs, our vision is to:

• focus on quality
• seek world class design and excellence
• strive to add value
• be flexible to the evolving needs of a changing society

Atkins first carried out design and supervision commissions in the Gulf area in 1967. From its regional head office in Dubai, U.A.E. Atkins Middle East now employs over 2000 staff located in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Oman (Muscat ), Qatar (Doha) Bahrain (Manama), Kuwait (Kuwait City) and India (Bangalore).