Road Safety Engineer (Road Engineer Experience)

We are seeking a Road Safety Engineer (Road Engineer) Strategy Specialist to join our organization in Makkah Saudi this role This is a client-supporting technical oversight role on a comprehensive Road Safety Strategy assignment covering Makkah City and the Holy Sites; one of the worlds most complex urban environments handling tens of millions of pilgrims annually alongside a growing permanent population. You will be the senior subject matter authority supporting the client reviewing challenging and accepting the appointed consultants work while remaining firsthand where the client itself needs direct technical input outside the consultants scope.

You will wear two hats here. On the technical side you are the clients SME; the person the client turns to for authoritative judgment on the consultants work across collision data analysis black-spot methodology work zone safety speed limit setting road safety audits and incident management and for direct technical input on adjacent client needs that fall outside the consultants contracted scope. On the program side you will hold the consultant to deliverables chair or attend client-side review meetings manage stakeholder interfaces and make sure the right things land at the right time.

Road Safety Strategy Development (Core Task)

• This is the centerpiece of the assignment. You will oversee the consultants development of a comprehensive Road Safety Strategy for Makkah City and Holy Sites and contribute directly where the client needs in-house technical input. Oversight covers:
• Reviewing existing conditions work collision pattern mapping data analysis and the existing policy landscape produced by the consultant
• Critically reviewing the evaluation and gap analysis against Saudi standards GCC practice and global benchmarks (Vision Zero Safe System NACTO PIARC)
• Steering the selection of Emphasis Areas; the priority themes that will structure the strategy and challenge the consultants rationale wherever needed.
• Guiding the Road Safety Strategy document through draft task force review and final publication and accepting it on behalf of the client
• Reviewing and approving the KPI framework and reporting matrix used to measure implementation progress.
• Representing the client at consultation events and the strategy launch; these are formal high-profile moments where the client representative SME should speak with authority.
• Directing and quality-assuring the black-spot identification methodology site visits engineering measure recommendations cost estimates and return-on-investment prioritization

Work Zone Safety Management

• Oversee the consultants compliance audits against SAMAS (Saudi construction safety manuals) and relevant codes on active construction sites and conduct spot-checks directly when the client needs independent verification.

• Review challenge and approve the Work Zone Traffic Safety Management Policies and Manuals developed by the consultant and support their launch.

• Ensure the consultants program specifically addresses the unique demands of Ramadan and Hajj periods when the city transforms overnight.
• Track compliance outcomes and review the consultants reporting.

Road Safety Audits (RSA)

• Review the gap analysis of the existing RSA process against iRAP PIARC RSA guidelines and Saudi/GCC practice.
• Approve updates to Road Safety Audit standards and specifications for local applicability.
• Technically oversee the consultants conduct of RSAs across the road network Holy Sites corridors and key pilgrim routes and join site visits where on-site presence is necessary.

Speed Management

• Review the consultants analysis of the posted speed limit framework across Makkahs road network.
• Challenge and approve evidence-based recommendations for appropriate speed limits by road type land use context and pedestrian exposure.
• Endorse proposed locations for speed signs and enforcement radar placement and coordinate sign-off with enforcement agencies.

Incident Management Strategy

• Direct and validate the stakeholder mapping across all agencies involved in incident response (traffic police civil defense health municipalities)
• Review the service design for an integrated incident management system.
• Review and approve the enabling procedures cost-benefit model and outline operating plan.

Traffic Safety Committee Support (Ongoing Monthly Role)

You will be the technical backbone for a standing Traffic Safety Committee which means:

• Providing administrative coordination and technical secretariat support
• Conducting ad-hoc technical studies as instructed
• Managing committee transactions and formal documentation
• Reviewing and advising on speed reducer (traffic calming) requests from across the city

Project Management and Client Support (Daily)

Beyond the technical work the candidate should:

• Hold the consultant to the Project Management Delivery System from day one; program risk register quality plan reporting protocol; and maintain the client-side mirror of each.
• Interface with the consultants specialist team (transport planners road engineers GIS data analysts legal/policy expert QS) and direct them on the clients priorities.
• Track and accept deliverables against the contract milestones and authorize milestone signoffs.
• Flag risks early and resolve issues before they become problems; proactively not reactively.
• Be present and available in Makkah; this is not a remote or occasional visit role. Be ready to provide direct technical support to the client on adjacent road-safety matters outside the consultants contracted scope.

Qualifications :

• Bachelors degree (masters preferred) in Civil Engineering Transportation Engineering or a closely related discipline.
• SCE QGIS or ArcGIS are required
• PMI iRAP are preferred 
• Proven experience developing and implementing Traffic and road safety strategies and programs
• 14 years Minimum experience preferred exp in the same field.
• At least 5 years of direct experience working in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia or the wider GCC region.
• Proven history delivering multi-task multi-year road safety strategies or programs at the city or national level.
• Working firsthand familiarity with collision data systems safety audits speed management programs and work zone safety; enough to challenge and verify consultant work and to step in directly where the client needs it.
• Experience working client-side or interfacing with client-side teams in complex multi-stakeholder government environments; coordinating across agencies ministries and operational bodies.
• Demonstrated experience preparing and presenting technical work to senior government stakeholders including Arabic-language correspondence and committee documentation review.
• Experience in mass gathering / unique events contexts (Hajj Umrah large pilgrim flows) would be a significant advantage; this is a genuinely unusual operational environment.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time