Senior Transportation Planner

Job description / Role

- Conduct data collection for transportation planning and traffic engineering projects in coordination with project teams (e.g. traffic counts, etc.)
- Closely work with Traffic Modelers for the development of traffic models, network simulations for transport planning and traffic engineering
- Closely work with Traffic Modelers for the calculation of trip generation and origin-destination matrices, and calculating and analyzing traffic volumes
- Prepare drawings, including circulation and parking plans, signage etc.
- Prepare transportation and traffic impact studies reports
- Validate and review transport and traffic impact studies with clients and authorities
- Perform peer review on other teams’ design deliverables and review and comment on deliverables prepared by junior team members
- Support Project Managers in managing project budget and resource allocation
- Support Project Managers in managing changes in project scope, schedule or budgets and manage variation orders and claims accordingly

Requirements

- Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering
- Graduate Degrees in Transport Planning, Traffic Engineering / Management or related topics are preferred
- Chartered Professional Engineering certification or equivalent is preferred
- Knowledge and proven track record of transport planning and traffic engineering
- Understanding of international engineering standards and codes
- Proficiency in transport / land use planning, traffic modeling, ITS and other information systems
- Familiarity with traffic modeling software, such as VISUM, VISSIM, Synchro, MXROAD, SIDRA, HCS, AutoTURN, CUBE etc.
- Strong operational modeling skills
- Strong quantitative and analytical skills
- Strong communication skills
- Proficiency in spoken and written Arabic and English, French is a plus

Experience Required to Execute this Role
- 8+ years of experience in the transport planning and traffic engineering in a top tier regional / multinational engineering consultancy firm
- Experience with development of traffic impact studies and traffic engineering plans
- Exposure to global best practices, trends and technologies in transport planning and traffic engineering
- Experience in the Middle East is preferred

About the Company

Khatib & Alami, a multidisciplinary urban regional planning, architectural and engineering consulting company, offers clients an integrated approach toward the ever-increasing need for reliable project delivery systems. In-house expertise and the continuous recruitment of bright and innovative professionals enable us to meet the challenges of development with due consideration to environmental protection, social and economic characteristics of society. In close concert with clients, we have been able to consolidate factors that make the resultant project coincide with the client's vision within the time frame and budget set out for implementation.

K&A started its consulting services in Lebanon and extended the areas of its professional activities in accordance with the growth of its experience, and its human and financial resources. The company operates in various countries including Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Sultanate of Oman, State of Qatar, State of Kuwait, Kingdom of Bahrain, Yemen, Jordan, Palestine, Syria, Iraq, Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Libya, Sudan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Belgium, Gabon and USA. K&A employs around 4,000 professionals and technicians. Since 1984, K&A has continuously ranked among the top 100 International Design firms as published by Engineering News Record (ENR). K&A has also obtained the ISO 9001:2000 certification for its Quality Management System (QMS).