Chief transportation planning and modeling specialist - Transportation Policies

Dubai Careers - A Smart Dubai Initiative; Dubai; On-site; AED 335,000 - 603,000; Full time

Job summary

Roads and Transport Authority in Dubai seeks a senior specialist to lead transport-demand modeling, manage databases, and conduct technical studies to support balanced, sustainable transport in Dubai. This role involves contributing to tariff and exemption policy reviews in line with approved strategies.

The position requires a high level of expertise in transport planning and data governance, with a focus on integrating demand management with mass transit and roads planning.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s/ Master’s degree in Transport/Traffic/Civil Engineering, Urban/Transport Planning, or Applied Statistics

Responsibilities

• Strategy: Support the implementation and articulation of the comprehensive system for regulating and managing transport demand in the Emirate of Dubai in line with approved RTA policies.
• Strategy: Assist in applying transport-demand procedures that promote balance and integration in the transport system, including temporal and spatial trip redistribution.
• Operations: Develop, update, and operate the databases and tools needed to evaluate transport-demand policies and procedures, ensuring they reflect current networks, demand patterns, and approved assumptions.
• Operations: Serve as the custodian of all model assumptions, datasets, and update cycles, ensuring their accuracy, integrity, and timely maintenance.
• Operations: Conduct strategic and detailed technical studies and modelling exercises to assess the effectiveness of transport-demand policies and to raise the efficiency of the roads and transport system in Dubai.
• Operations: Follow up on the implementation of transport-demand policies, procedures and programs approved by management and consolidate implementation status from concerned departments.
• Product/Process Improvement: Improve and standardize study templates, evaluation methodologies and databases related to transport-demand, tariff and exemption policies to keep them aligned with approved practices.

Education

Bachelor’s/ Master’s degree in Transport/Traffic/Civil Engineering, Urban/Transport Planning, or Applied Statistics

Job description

Job Purpose

Lead transport-demand related modeling, databases, and technical studies to support balanced, sustainable transport in Dubai, including inputs to tariff/exemption/review work in line with approved Transportation Policies.

Job Description

Lead transport-demand related modeling, databases, and technical studies to support balanced, sustainable transport in Dubai, including inputs to tariff/exemption/review work in line with approved Transportation Policies.

Roles And Responsibilities

Strategy

• Support the implementation and articulation of the comprehensive system for regulating and managing transport demand in the Emirate of Dubai in line with approved RTA policies.
• Assist in applying transport-demand procedures that promote balance and integration in the transport system, including temporal and spatial trip redistribution.
• Monitor and document the impacts, strategic priorities, and implementation programs related to transport-demand policies that encourage sustainable and mass transport and reduce dependence on private vehicles.
• Contribute technical/modelled inputs to the governance of mass-transportation tariffs, passenger-transportation tariffs and fees (mass transport, taxis, limousines, smart rentals, flexible mobility) as per approved scopes.
• Contribute to the study and evaluation of policies and procedures related to exemptions from road and mass-transport fares within the approved framework.

Operations

• Develop, update, and operate the databases and tools needed to evaluate transport-demand policies and procedures, ensuring they reflect current networks, demand patterns, and approved assumptions.
• Serve as the custodian of all model assumptions, datasets, and update cycles, ensuring their accuracy, integrity, and timely maintenance.
• Conduct strategic and detailed technical studies and modelling exercises to assess the effectiveness of transport-demand policies and to raise the efficiency of the roads and transport system in Dubai.
• Follow up on the implementation of transport-demand policies, procedures and programs approved by management and consolidate implementation status from concerned departments.
• Prepare technical observations on studies, legislations and plans related to transport-demand management policies received from external parties or other institutions, within the approved scope.

Product/Process Improvement

• Improve and standardize study templates, evaluation methodologies and databases related to transport-demand, tariff and exemption policies to keep them aligned with approved practices.
• Identify recurring policy or implementation issues across entities and propose corrective or enhancement actions.
• Contribute to building the section’s technical knowledge base for transport-demand management and tariff governance.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s/ Master’s degree i n Transport/Traffic/Civil Engineering, Urban/Transport Planning, or Applied Statistics

9+ years in case of Master’s degree (11+ years in case of Bachelor’s degree)

Job Category

Strategic Planning

Advertiser

Roads and Transport Authority

Department

Strategic Planning

Required Nationality

All Nationalities (Priority for UAE National)

Monthly Salary

Unspecified

Schedule-Time

Full time

Job Posting

06/09/2026

Unposting Date

06/10/2026