Transportation Planner

We are strategizing, planning, and implementing projects that help clients achieve their organization's objectives. Join our Management Consulting team and bring transformational project solutions to life.

Stantec's Management Consulting Group in the Middle East is looking for a result-oriented Transportation Planner to work closely with our client in a transformation journey for their Highways Asset Management department



In this role, you will be responsible for supporting the Stantec Team in delivering transformational work as part of our Management Consulting Group in Qatar, in the development of our Client's Asset Management Policy, Framework and Governance Structure. The candidate for this position will be working from our client's office and is a client-facing position to provide management consulting service to our client.

Key responsibilities include (but are not limited to):

• Support and advise the client Management in the review, development, and implementation of Transportation plans, strategies, traffic management, and network performance in the State of Qatar.
• Develop Transportation network plans and designs.
• Develop Transportation demand management studies and mobility solutions.
• Integrate transportation planning with asset management strategies.
• Identify, analyze, and study existing data sources, asset and risk management processes, procedures, and associated data sets.
• Develop and Integrate Transportation demand solutions and mobility solutions into organizational policies and frameworks.
• Produce presentations, circulars, and other marketing material to promote achievements of the business.
• Present to external and internal stakeholders at all levels to accomplish the client's program goals.

Your Capabilities and Credentials:

• Research oriented individual with attention to details.
• Familiarity with transportation trends and sustainability practices
• Experience with infrastructure projects related to road networks.
• Strong problem-solving abilities and attention to detail are essential.
• Ability to work independently to firm deadlines and to manage multiple competing priorities.
• Enjoy working in a fast-paced, collaborative team environment.
• Time-management skills,  ability to work under pressure with dynamic deadlines.
• Ability to work in a multi-cultural work environment and build effective relationships with the Client.
• Exposure to analytical data and proficiency in working with MS Excel, MS Access, and overall understanding of database management.
• Capturing and amending process flow diagrams using Visio or similar.
• Advanced PowerPoint skills to develop dynamic stories and present analyses are required.
• Well-developed written communication skills in the preparation of presentations, technical reports, correspondence, and proposals are mandatory.
• Excellent oral and written English skills.
• Working knowledge of transportation demand management, planning, and mobility solutions is essential.
• Exposure to and experience with government Clients under client-facing roles.
  
  

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in urban planning, Transportation Engineering, or a related field.
• Certification in Transportation Planning.
• Minimum of 10 years post-graduate work experience is required.

To be considered for this role, the following are essential experience areas to be demonstrated by the job applicant:

1. Proficiency in transportation planning, traffic management, and network design.
2. Strong analytical and modelling skills
3. Strong understanding of transportation demand management and smart mobility solutions.
4. Knowledge of risk management in transportation industry.
5. Familiarity with international best practices in transportation planning and modelling .
6. Experience with regulatory compliance and standards