Senior Transport Planner

Description

• Prepare technical and financial bids and engage in business development activity
• Manage project finances (including invoicing and contract/commercial management), tracking progress and budget on assigned projects ensuring commercial success
• Remain point of contact for clients, addressing needs and queries on assigned projects
• Prepare high quality written reports and technical analysis with ability to present outcomes
• Assume the role of Project Manager on medium-sized projects taking responsibility for the successful delivery
• Provide management and direction of sub-consultants on assigned projects
• Develop an understanding of Mott MacDonald methodologies and project management principles, and implement on live projects
• Technical delivery and management of small and medium transport projects with minimal supervision.

Requirements

• Skills in managing own time and the time of others, setting priorities for others in order to meet deadline.
• Candidates in the UAE will be preferred.
• A self-starter and the ability to work both alone and in teams resolving complex tasks.
• Membership to a professional institution affiliated to the transport sector.
• Bachelors in Transportation and Civil Engineering; A MSc in Transport Planning or in CivilEngineering would be highly advantageous.
• Highly competent in the use of junction capacity analysis software SIDRA, Synchro and HCS.
• Experience of managing working on multi-disciplinary proposals.
• Working experience of using industry standard transport modelling software such as CUBE (STEAM) and/or VISSIM/VISUM.
• Demonstrate the ability to use initiative to solve the majority of problems that could occur on a project
• Experience in making sound judgements on complex and sensitive issues.
• Abu Dhabi project experience required.
• Minimum 8 years’ experience (minimum of 4 of which should be in the UAE).

Benefits

• Competitive annual leave
• Annual company performance bonus scheme – Subject to company performance
• An annual professional institution subscription
• 90 calendar days paid maternity leave

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance