Senior Transport Planner

Job description

The role supports a major urban development project in Riyadh. Provides specialist transport planning expertise across multiple districts and assets. Reviews transport strategies, mobility impact studies, and masterplans to ensure alignment with objectives, standards, and approval requirements. Offers technical reviews and recommendations through feasibility, concept, preliminary and detailed design stages. Evaluates road network capacity, infrastructure needs, and phasing. Supports stage‑gate approvals and ensures compliance. Coordinates planning activities across district masterplans and assets. Validates mobility and land‑use assumptions and transport demand. Integrates solutions with regional mobility strategies and urban development goals. Liaises with multidisciplinary teams including road design, bridges, public realm, utilities, transport modelling, event management, and construction logistics. Coordinates with internal and external stakeholders to resolve technical interfaces and facilitate approvals. Prepares technical assessments, review comments, recommendations and supporting documents for governance. Contributes to improving planning procedures, technical review processes and lessons learned across development stages

Requirements

• proficient in transport planning at district and masterplan level
• proficient in reviewing strategies and mobility impact studies
• experience evaluating road network capacity and infrastructure needs
• knowledge of stage‑gate approval requirements
• ability to coordinate planning across districts
• proficient in validating mobility and land‑use assumptions
• understanding integration of transport solutions with regional strategies
• experience working with multidisciplinary teams
• ability to prepare technical assessments and recommendations
• working knowledge of Emme, Cube, SIDRA, Synchro, GIS, AutoCAD
• knowledge of Saudi Arabian and international standards such as AASHTO, DMRB
• familiarity with Manual for Streets or similar mobility design principles
• minimum 15 years experience in transport planning
• minimum 5 years experience in the Middle East
• bachelor's degree in Transportation Engineering, Civil Engineering or Transport Planning
• master's degree preferred
• chartered or professional registration preferred
• client‑side or advisory experience preferred
• experience in large master developments preferred
• familiarity with approval processes and governance frameworks preferred