Principal Transportation Planner

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Parsons International
Principal Transportation Planner
Dubai, UAE

Parsons is a technology-driven engineering services firm with more than 70 years of experience in the engineering, construction, technical, and professional services industries. The corporation is a leader in many diversified markets with a focus on infrastructure, defense, and construction. Parsons delivers design/design-build, program/construction management, systems design/engineering, cyber/converged security, and other professional services packaged in innovative alternative delivery methods to federal, regional, and local government agencies, as well as to private industrial customers worldwide. For more about Parsons, visit www.parsons.com

JOB OVERVIEW:
The Principal Transportation Planner is the advanced level position who works on transportation planning, traffic engineering and transportation modeling related assignments and designs, manages and performs a wide variety of projects ranging from individual project traffic impact analysis to corridor and regional transportation studies. The duties specified below are characteristic of the range of duties and responsibilities assigned to this position, and not intended to be an inclusive listing.

Designs and conducts complex technical transportation planning and traffic engineering studies.
Collects, analyzes and interprets transportation data, designs survey, develops long-range transportation planning priorities, summarizes data and prepares reports, and reviews transportation model inputs and outputs.
Performs project management for large planning and corridor studies. Duties include developing proposals; developing and tracking project budget; corresponds, makes presentation and maintains contact with public and private clients.
Facilitates meetings. Prepares written reports and recommendations. Exercises tact and courtesy in working with members of the general public, and interacts effectively with Authorities, Board members, other government officials, private developers, professional and technical colleagues and staff.
Leads CADD and Engineer staff.
Performs other responsibilities associated with this position as may be appropriate.

Requirements

Master’s Degree in Civil, Traffic, Transportation Engineering or other related engineering disciplines.
At least 15 years of relevant traffic and transportation design and planning experience.
With significant and extensive experience in Dubai.
Adept in database management techniques, statistical and computational analysis principles and methods.
Proficient with standard computer spreadsheet, word processing, presentation software, transportation planning software including VISUM, VISSIM and Operation Analysis Software, and techniques and methods.
Excellent written and oral communication skills.
Preferably can speak and write in Arabic.


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About the Company

Parsons is a leader in many diverse markets such as infrastructure, transportation, water, telecommunications, aviation, commercial, environmental, planning, industrial manufacturing, education, healthcare, life sciences and homeland security.

Parsons provides technical and management solutions to federal, regional and local government agencies as well as private industries worldwide.