Senior Transport & Crowd Modeller — Mobility Lead

Parsons; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 320,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

Parsons in Abu Dhabi, UAE, seeks a Senior Transport and Crowd Modeller to lead technical delivery across transport and crowd modelling, mobility planning, and related assignments. The role focuses on mobility strategies, traffic impact studies, multimodal planning, and collaboration with stakeholders.

The candidate will develop and validate transport and pedestrian models, oversee QA-QC, and communicate results to clients and authorities. On-site work in Abu Dhabi is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Planning, Geography, Mathematics, or a related field.
• More than 6 years of relevant experience in transport modelling, traffic modelling, crowd modelling, and transport planning.
• Experience covering model development, demand estimation, calibration, validation, traffic analysis, and pedestrian assessment.
• Substantial exposure to projects in Abu Dhabi or the wider UAE region is preferred.
• Strong technical report writing capabilities.
• Experience developing and delivering technical presentations.
• Proficiency in crowd modelling applications such as PTV Viswalk and Legion.
• Proficiency in at least one transport modelling platform and strong working knowledge of at least one additional platform such as PTV Visum, PTV Vissim, EMME, Cube, or Legion.
• Competency in junction analysis applications including Sidra and Synchro.
• Experience coordinating with clients, stakeholders, authorities, and internal project teams.
• Ability to attend in-person interviews in Abu Dhabi.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical tasks for transport modelling, crowd modelling, and mobility planning assignments.
• Deliver mobility studies covering master plan mobility strategies, circulation and access, traffic impact studies, multimodal planning, parking assessments, and operational reviews.
• Support developer-led mobility and transportation studies.
• Develop, review, calibrate, and validate transport and pedestrian models using appropriate modelling platforms and accepted industry practices.
• Undertake transport demand assessments, traffic analysis, and pedestrian movement evaluations.
• Interpret modelling results and translate technical findings into clear recommendations and project outputs.
• Prepare technical reports, presentations, analytical outputs, demand assessments, and modelling summaries.
• Present technical findings to clients, stakeholders, and relevant authorities.
• Apply QA-QC procedures throughout modelling and mobility planning assignments.
• Review technical work prepared by junior staff, peers, and supporting project teams.
• Check modelling assumptions, inputs, calibration, validation, analysis, and resulting technical outputs.
• Support consistent technical standards across transportation and crowd modelling deliverables.
• Coordinate modelling requirements and interfaces with other disciplines involved in project delivery.
• Coordinate with clients, government authorities, stakeholders, teaming partners, sub-consultants, and internal project teams.

Skills

Transport modelling

Crowd modelling

Traffic analysis

Technical reporting

Stakeholder coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

PTV Viswalk

Legion

PTV Visum

PTV Vissim

EMME

Cube

Sidra

Synchro

GIS

HCS

VBA

Python

Job description

Parsons in Abu Dhabi, UAE, seeks a Senior Transport and Crowd Modeller to lead technical delivery across transport and crowd modelling, mobility planning, and related assignments. The role focuses on mobility strategies, traffic impact studies, multimodal planning, and collaboration with stakeholders.

The candidate will develop and validate transport and pedestrian models, oversee QA-QC, and communicate results to clients and authorities. On-site work in Abu Dhabi is required.