Principal Traffic Engineer
Role Overview
The Principal Traffic Engineer / Traffic Engineering Lead will lead and grow the Traffic Engineering practice in Abu Dhabi.
The role combines technical leadership, team management, client engagement, and business development.
Key Skills for This Role
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Role overview
The Principal Traffic Engineer / Traffic Engineering Lead will lead and grow the Traffic Engineering practice in Abu Dhabi.
The role combines technical leadership, team management, client engagement, and business development.
Responsibilities
- Lead and manage Traffic Impact Studies, Transportation Master Plans, access and circulation studies, and other traffic engineering studies.
- Develop and review strategic transport models using CUBE Voyager / Abu Dhabi STEAM and PTV Visum.
- Conduct and oversee traffic operational analysis using SYNCHRO, SIDRA, HCS, and related software.
- Lead traffic forecasting, junction and corridor assessments, access planning, and traffic improvement measures.
- Manage projects through Abu Dhabi authority submission, review, and approval processes.
- Lead, mentor, and build a team of traffic engineers and transport modellers.
- Manage client relationships and represent the company in technical and commercial meetings.
- Identify business opportunities, prepare proposals, develop scopes and fees, and support winning new work.
Candidate requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Transportation Engineering, or a related discipline; a Master’s or PhD is desirable.
- 15–20 years of relevant experience in traffic engineering and transportation planning.
- Strong Abu Dhabi or UAE experience and knowledge of local authority requirements and approval processes.
- Extensive hands-on experience in TIS, TMP, traffic operations, travel demand modelling, and traffic forecasting.
- Strong experience with CUBE Voyager / Abu Dhabi STEAM, including ITC/DMT-approved STEAM modelling experience.
- Strong command of PTV Visum, SYNCHRO, SIDRA, and HCS; VISSIM experience is an advantage.
- Proven technical team leadership and client management/business development experience, including proposals, tenders, and securing work.
- Excellent written, verbal, presentation, and stakeholder-management skills.
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