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

Parsons; Riyadh Region; On-site; SAR 180,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

Parsons is seeking a Road Network Engineer (ITS) - City Operations & Maintenance (Saudi National) to oversee the performance and condition of a city-wide road network, supporting ITS, traffic operations and smart-city integration.

You will monitor real-time traffic, analyze network performance, coordinate with Traffic Management Centers and other stakeholders, and help plan maintenance and enhancements to keep highways and urban corridors safe and efficient.

Qualifications

• Experience with ITS and traffic operations is preferred.
• Familiarity with traffic management platforms, CCTV, and real-time data feeds.
• Ability to analyze traffic performance and coordinate with multiple stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Oversee day-to-day operational performance and condition of highways and urban roads.
• Monitor real-time traffic using ITS, CCTV, and data feeds; analyze speeds, volumes, and incidents.
• Improve traffic flow by optimizing signal operations and timing plans.
• Coordinate with Traffic Management Centers, City Operations, security and emergency services during incidents and disruptions.
• Develop and implement traffic management measures during planned and unplanned disruptions.
• Conduct inspections of roads and associated infrastructure; identify pavement defects and maintenance needs.
• Plan preventive and corrective maintenance programs based on asset condition and priorities.
• Support planning of pavement rehabilitation, resurfacing, road markings, and related activities.
• Monitor road barriers, lighting, drainage, signage and other roadside assets; coordinate maintenance to minimize disruption.

Job description

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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 technol