Road Network Engineer (ITS) - City Operations & Maintenance (Saudi National)

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Job Description:

Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented Road Network Engineer (ITS) – City Operations & Maintenance (Saudi National) to join our team! In this role you will get to oversee the operational performance, safety, asset condition, and continuous traffic flow of a city-wide road network within a landmark giga-project. You will support Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), traffic operations, road asset maintenance, event mobility, and smart-city integration to ensure highways, urban streets, and transit corridors operate safely and efficiently during daily operations and major events.

What You'll Be Doing

• Oversee the day-to-day operational performance and condition of highways, urban roads, intersections, transit corridors, and associated road infrastructure.

• Monitor real-time traffic conditions using Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), traffic management platforms, roadside sensors, CCTV, and traffic data feeds.

• Analyze traffic speeds, volumes, congestion levels, travel times, incidents, and network performance to identify operational issues.

• Monitor and optimize intelligent traffic signal operations and timing plans to improve traffic flow and reduce congestion.

• Coordinate with Traffic Management Centers (TMC), City Operations, Security, emergency services, and other stakeholders during incidents and network disruptions.

• Support rapid response to road accidents, vehicle breakdowns, obstructions, and other incidents affecting network availability.

• Develop and implement traffic management measures to maintain safe and efficient movement during planned and unplanned disruptions.

• Conduct regular technical inspections and condition assessments of roads, pavements, intersections, and associated infrastructure.

• Identify pavement defects including cracking, potholes, rutting, settlement, surface deterioration, and other asset condition issues.

• Develop and coordinate preventive and corrective road maintenance programs based on asset condition, operational priority, and lifecycle requirements.

• Support planning and delivery of pavement rehabilitation, resurfacing, road marking, and associated maintenance activities.

• Monitor the condition and maintenance of road barriers, guardrails, street lighting, stormwater drainage, road markings, signage, and associated roadside assets.

• Coordinate maintenance activities to minimize disruption to traffic and maintain safe access throughout the network.

• Monitor contractors performing road, ITS, and associated infrastructure maintenance and verify compliance with approved SLAs, KPIs, specifications, and safety requirements.

• Develop and review Temporary Traffic Management (TTM) plans for construction activities, maintenance works, concerts, sporting events, festivals, and other major events.

• Plan safe diversions, detours, temporary lane closures, traffic control arrangements, and alternative access routes.

• Coordinate event traffic strategies with parking, public transport, security, emergency response, venue operations, and mobility teams.

• Assess road network capacity against anticipated event demand and identify potential congestion points before major events.

• Coordinate road network operations with parking arrival and departure strategies to reduce queuing and congestion around major destinations.

• Analyze historical and real-time traffic telemetry to identify recurring congestion zones, network bottlenecks, and operational improvement opportunities.

• Support integration of roadside ITS devices, traffic signals, CCTV, Variable Message Signs (VMS), traffic detectors, and other smart mobility technologies.

• Coordinate integration of road and ITS systems with the central City Operations or Traffic Management platform.

• Support planning and operational readiness for connected, autonomous, and emerging mobility technologies where applicable.

• Develop and monitor network performance indicators covering traffic flow, congestion, incidents, asset condition, system availability, and maintenance performance.

• Maintain accurate road asset records, inspection findings, maintenance histories, incident logs, and operational data using GIS, CMMS, or asset management systems.

• Prepare technical reports, traffic assessments, dashboards, maintenance recommendations, and management presentations.

• Identify operational and asset-related risks and develop practical mitigation and improvement measures.

• Coordinate with Asset Management, Parking Operations, Public Transport, Facilities Management, ICT, Security, HSE, contractors, consultants, and technology vendors.

• Support emergency response, incident management, business continuity, and road network recovery activities.

• Promote road safety, asset reliability, smart mobility, and continuous improvement across City Operations.

• Perform other responsibilities associated with this position as appropriate.

What Required Skills You'll Bring

• Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering, Transportation Engineering, Highway Engineering, Traffic Engineering, or a related technical discipline.

• Minimum 5+ years of experience in road maintenance, highway engineering, traffic operations, ITS, transportation engineering, or related infrastructure operations.

• Minimum 2+ years of experience supporting giga-projects, major municipalities, smart cities, major destinations, or similarly complex urban environments.

• Active membership/registration with the Saudi Council of Engineers (SCE).

• Strong technical knowledge of road network operations, highway engineering, traffic management, and road asset maintenance.

• Strong understanding of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) and their application to real-time traffic operations.

• Experience with:

  • Traffic Management Systems
  • Traffic signal control systems
  • CCTV and incident detection
  • Variable Message Signs (VMS)
  • Traffic detectors and roadside sensors
  • Traffic data and telemetry
  • Smart traffic control technologies

• Strong understanding of traffic flow, road capacity, congestion management, intersection operations, and network performance.

• Experience developing or reviewing Temporary Traffic Management (TTM) plans, diversions, detours, and lane closure arrangements.

• Experience supporting major event traffic and transportation operations.

• Strong knowledge of road and pavement inspection, maintenance, rehabilitation, and lifecycle management.

• Knowledge of associated road assets including barriers, signage, road markings, drainage, and street lighting.

• Strong knowledge of relevant international highway and transportation standards, including AASHTO, and applicable Saudi transportation requirements and standards.

• Experience using traffic simulation and modelling software such as VISSIM or equivalent.

• Familiarity with GIS platforms, CMMS, road asset management systems, and digital reporting tools.

• Ability to analyze traffic and asset performance data and translate findings into practical operational recommendations.

• Strong understanding of road safety, traffic incident management, and emergency response requirements.

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making capabilities.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Ability to coordinate effectively with clients, authorities, emergency services, contractors, consultants, technology providers, and multidisciplinary operational teams.

What Desired Skills You'll Bring

• Experience supporting road and ITS operations within Saudi Arabian giga-projects, smart cities, major municipalities, airports, entertainment destinations, or large master-planned developments.

• Experience within City Operations, Traffic Operations, Transportation Management, Asset Management, or highway maintenance environments.

• Experience working within a Traffic Management Center (TMC), Integrated Operations Center, or City Operations Command Center.

• Professional certifications related to traffic engineering, road safety, ITS, transportation planning, or asset management are preferred.

• Advanced experience with traffic simulation platforms such as VISSIM, Aimsun, Synchro, or equivalent.

• Experience with GIS-based road network and asset management platforms.

• Knowledge of adaptive traffic signal control and smart intersection technologies.

• Experience integrating ITS devices and systems with centralized traffic or city management platforms.

• Knowledge of connected and autonomous vehicle (CAV) infrastructure and emerging smart mobility technologies.

• Experience developing traffic management strategies for stadiums, entertainment venues, festivals, sporting events, or other high-demand destinations.

• Experience managing road and ITS maintenance contractors against SLAs, KPIs, and asset performance requirements.

• Knowledge of pavement management systems, condition assessments, lifecycle planning, and preventive maintenance strategies.

• Experience using traffic analytics, dashboards, and business intelligence tools to improve network performance.

• Familiarity with Saudi road authority requirements and relevant MOTLS, municipality, and road safety standards.

• Experience working within Delivery Partner, PMC, client-side, or major program environments.

• Strong stakeholder management and multidisciplinary coordination capabilities.

• Ability to identify emerging network risks and recommend safe, resilient, and practical operational solutions.

• Commitment to road safety, network availability, asset reliability, smart mobility, and continuous improvement.

Parsons equally employs representation at all job levels no matter the race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability or genetic information.

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