Chief transportation planning and modeling specialist - Transportation Policies

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.

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 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