Senior Traffic/Transportation Engineer

About the role

The Senior Traffic/Transportation Engineer will lead traffic engineering activities from the tender stage through construction execution, ensuring safe and efficient traffic diversion, management, and coordination with utilities and authorities in Dubai.

Key responsibilities

• Review tender documents to identify traffic diversion, authority, access, utility, and construction staging risks.
• Develop tender‑stage traffic diversion strategies, phasing concepts and cost inputs.
• Prepare, review and coordinate traffic diversion schemes, lane closures, temporary access arrangements and work‑zone layouts.
• Synchronise traffic diversion stages with utility protection, relocation, NOCs, authority permits and construction methodology.
• Resolve conflicts between traffic arrangements, temporary works, site access and existing or proposed utilities.
• Manage submissions to RTA, Dubai Police, municipalities and other relevant authorities, handling comments and resubmissions.
• Review traffic drawings, calculations, method statements and supporting documents before submission.
• Guide junior engineers, draftsmen and subcontractors on traffic‑related deliverables.
• Support traffic impact, capacity, junction operation, queueing, road safety and temporary signal reviews as needed.

Required profile

• Master’s degree in Transportation or Traffic Engineering.
• 5–7 years of experience in traffic engineering, transportation planning, traffic diversion and construction‑stage traffic management.
• Proven experience coordinating traffic diversions with utility works and NOC requirements.
• Strong knowledge of Dubai/UAE authority requirements, especially RTA standards and approval procedures.
• Experience on major roads, bridges, infrastructure and urban road projects.
• Professional Engineer, Chartered Engineer, PTOE, Road Safety Auditor or equivalent certification.
• UAE/GCC construction experience preferred; prior RTA project experience is a plus.

Required skills

• AutoCAD
• Civil 3D
• PTV Vissim
• SIDRA
• Synchro
• Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)