Senior Traffic Engineer

Parsons Corporation

The Role

Overview

Senior Traffic Engineer overseeing traffic designs for Riyadh highway projects

Key Responsibilities

  • traffic studies
  • signal design
  • its design
  • project coordination
  • reporting
  • mentoring

Tasks

-Contribute to the successful delivery of traffic engineering projects, promoting safety, and enhancing transportation operations. -Present technical results and recommendations, utilizing your expertise in traffic engineering. -Conduct and document traffic studies following nationally accepted modeling practices. This involves using various analytical tools and methodologies to evaluate traffic patterns, assess safety measures, and recommend improvements. -Lead the project team in preparing traffic engineering plans, which could involve signal designs, signing and marking designs, conceptual designs for intersections, or Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) designs. Your expertise would be essential in ensuring accurate and effective plans. -Coordinate with various subject matter experts, such as surveyors and roadway designers to ensure the successful delivery of projects. This involves facilitating collaboration, providing guidance, and integrating their expertise into traffic signal and traffic control plans. -Overseeing traffic signal, junction, temporary works and other associated traffic engineering designs ensuring effective communication and collaboration with the project team throughout the project stages. -Assist engineers in developing technical approaches for traffic engineering projects and review technical results prepared by others. This includes providing guidance and ensuring adherence to quality standards and best practices. -Provide regular written and verbal updates on project status to the project manager. This involves reporting on project milestones, risks, and issues, as well as discussing strategies to mitigate challenges. -Responsible for developing and managing the scope of each traffic engineering design task, creating the schedule, and establishing budgets. -Provide training and guidance to junior engineers, sharing your technical proficiency and consultancy skills. This involves mentoring, offering technical support, and facilitating their professional development.

Requirements

  • traffic tools
  • pmo
  • bachelor's
  • 12+ yrs
  • its
  • signal design

What You Bring

-Understanding of the use of traffic analysis tools including HCS, Transmodeler, Synchro/SimTraffic...etc\ -Experience/familiarity with related software. -Previous experience of working in a PMO -Bachelor's Degree in Engineering -Experience in one or more of the following areas: ODOT design standards, ITS design, traffic operations studies, or intersection conceptual drafting -Experience in developing traffic signal design plans -Experience in reviewing third party designs and coordinating comments for approval -Experience of working within a multi-discipline team environment -Understanding of the application of traffic operations principles including ITE, MUTCD, AASHTO ...etc -Proactive approach to own activities and helping in other disciplines, as far as practically possible, to assist in PMO overall efficiency. -12+ years of related work experience. -Experience managing large tasks and/or projects

The Company

About Parsons Corporation

-Over decades it expanded into oil, petrochemical, water and infrastructure projects across the US and globally. -It leverages digital tools such as AI platforms, utility data systems, and drone integration alongside traditional design and construction. -Parsons completed high‑profile projects like major bridge, tunnel, and transit works. -Specializing in transportation, energy, environmental remediation, urban development, industrial, and cybersecurity projects. -The firm has delivered hundreds of mega‑projects worldwide, including infrastructure in the Middle East and environmental cleanup contracts.

Sector Specialisms

National Security

Defense

Cybersecurity

Intelligence

Transportation

Environmental Remediation

Urban Development

Geospatial Solutions

Energy

Water/Wastewater

Construction

Infrastructure

Systems Integration

Engineering

Environmental Engineering

Design

Project Management

Information Technology

Maritime

Intermodal Transportation

Security Consulting

Crisis Management

Counter-Terrorism

Counter-Drug Support

Advanced Signal Processing