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Job Description
Join AECOM's 2024 Graduate Program
Are you passionate about shaping the future of transportation in the Middle East? AECOM is currently seeking a creative and self-driven Graduate Transportation Planner to join our large, dynamic, and highly technical team of planners and engineers based at our office in Dubai, UAE. As a leading provider of traffic and transportation planning services, we are committed to establishing ourselves as the most trusted name in transportation planning, with a strong focus on multi-modal transport master planning and excellence in transport modeling.
Role Overview: As a Graduate Transport Planner at AECOM, you will play a vital role in major urban development and infrastructure projects across the Middle East region, assisting the team in preparing Traffic Impact Studies, Multi-modal Transport Master Plans, and Traffic Engineering solutions. We also offer a range a specialism’s within the team including; Development Planning, Sustainable Travel, Road Safety, Pedestrian Modelling and public transport scheme development/appraisals.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop designs, calculations, sketches, and diagrams to support transportation planning projects.
- Develop technical skills and abilities, mainly using transport planning software such as Synchro, SIDRA, and GIS as per specific discipline requirements.
- Coordinate with other disciplines and participate in design and coordination meetings.
- Contribute to project success by providing technical services within agreed project time, quality, and cost objectives.
- Maintain and enhance transport modeling and planning knowledge.
- Continuously improve technical and industry knowledge through participation in forums and industry-related programs.
- Research, analyze, and report on a range of quantitative and qualitative transport modeling and planning projects.
- Undertake modeling and analysis tasks to support project deliverables.
Training and Development: You will receive comprehensive training to provide technical support across various service offerings, including:
- Strategic Multi-Modal Transport Modeling + Master Planning
- Transport Impact Assessments
- Demand Forecasting and Management
- Transport Network/Master Planning
- Transport Policy & Strategy Development
- Traffic Capacity Analysis
- Parking Studies, Layout & Design
- Access Management
- Traffic Signal Timing
- Traffic Engineering
- Micro Traffic Simulation
- Freight Planning and Logistics
- Intelligent Transport Systems
- 3D Modeling & Evaluation
- Road Safety Studies & Operational Reviews
- Access/Circulation Studies
Qualifications
Minimum Requirements
- Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Civil Engineering with a focus on Transportation Planning subjects from an accredited University
- Candidates must be recent graduates, having graduated within the last 24 months or no later than September 2024, to be eligible for AECOM's Graduate Program.
- Successful applicants must have achieved a minimum GPA of 3.3 or 2:1 (or equivalent) and above.
- If you hold a Master’s Degree, it should have started within 12 months of completing your Bachelor’s Degree to ensure continuous education and meet program requirements.
- Candidates with more than 1 year of postgraduate work experience are not eligible for the program and are encouraged to apply for our professional-level roles instead.
- Basic familiarity with GIS analysis is preferred.
Additional Information
Recruitment Timeline:
- Applications open: May 13th, 2024
- Applications close: May 31st, 2024
- Review of CVs, phone screening, and technical interviews: June and July 2024
- Mobilization & visa processing: August 2024
- Start Date: September / October 2024
- Program Orientation: November 2024 (This includes an induction and meet-and-greet for the entire graduate cohort from all our offices in the ME).
About AECOM
AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.
Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity
You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.
You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion – a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.
AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.
Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
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