Job summary
Senior Traffic and Detour Engineer position at AtkinsRéalis in Riyadh. The role leads planning, design, review and implementation of traffic management and detour strategies to maintain safe, efficient traffic flow during construction and operations.
Key responsibilities
- Lead development and review of Traffic Management and Detour Plans for road projects
- Design detour schemes ensuring traffic flow, safety, and emergency access
- Create traffic staging and phasing aligned with construction schedules
- Perform traffic impact, capacity and operational assessments
- Use modeling and simulation to evaluate detour strategies
- Provide technical oversight and site inspections during implementation
- Coordinate with clients, authorities and contractors to obtain approvals
- Prepare reports, drawings, specifications and progress updates
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Civil or Transportation Engineering
- Master's degree in Transportation/Traffic preferred
- Professional engineering membership preferred
- Minimum 15 years' experience in traffic engineering and detour planning
- Experience on major road and infrastructure projects
- Proficiency with traffic modeling tools (SYNCHRO, VISSIM, SIDRA etc.)
- Proficiency in AutoCAD and engineering design tools
Benefits
- Tax-free salary
- Life insurance
- Medical insurance
- Annual leave
- Company end-of-service gratuity
- Discretionary bonus program
- Annual flight contribution
- Transportation and housing allowances
- Employee wellbeing program
Skills
Traffic managementDetour designTraffic modelingSYNCHROSIDRAVISSIMAutoCADTraffic impact assessmentStakeholder coordinationRoad safety standards
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