Junior Transport Consultant

Job Description

Overview

Our Transport Advisory and Planning team requires a Junior Consultant to join our team in the Middle East to be based in Dubai or Riyadh. This role is well suited to early‑career professionals with an interest in transport planning and advisory services, who are looking to gain hands‑on experience on large‑scale projects across the UAE, KSA, and the wider Middle East. You will join an international team of transport experts, working locally and globally to support key clients and contribute to major programmes. The role will be based in Dubai, with opportunities to work across the broader Middle East. Reporting to Transport Consultant, the successful candidate will work closely with their immediate project team and receive guidance from experienced consultants, planners, and technical specialists.

Your role

• Support the development of transport plans, policies, standards, and guidelines at city and regional levels.
• Assist senior consultants and planners with defined components of larger strategic and multi‑disciplinary projects.
• Gather, structure, and analyse data and evidence to support strategic assessments and recommendations.
• Contribute to benchmarking, best-practice and high‑level analysis to inform recommendations.
• Support the preparation of clear, concise technical reports, presentations, and briefing materials for clients.
• Deliver assigned tasks to agreed deadlines, maintaining high quality and accuracy under supervision.

About you

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, or a transport related degree (or equivalent professional qualification).
• 0–2 years post‑graduate experience in transport planning or transport consulting.
• Demonstrated interest or exposure to transport strategy, policy development, and advisory services.
• Exposure to projects in the Middle East (UAE / KSA) is desirable.
• Working knowledge of data analysis tools (e.g. Excel) and GIS software.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Willingness to learn and develop technical skills across transport planning and advisory services.
• Highly self‑motivated, enthusiastic, and committed to delivering high‑quality project outcomes.

Rewards & benefits

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career.

This includes:

• Tax-free salary.
• Life insurance coverage.
• Medical insurance.
• Annual leave balance.
• Company gratuity scheme.
• Discretionary bonus program.
• Annual flight contribution.
• Transportation & housing allowances.
• Employee Wellbeing Program: 24/7 access to specialists in finance, legal matters, family care, personal health, fitness, and nutrition.

Seize every opportunity to sharpen your skills, expand your expertise, and be recognized for the impact you make.

About AtkinsRéalis

We're AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.

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Worker Type

Employee

Job Type

Regular

At AtkinsRéalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.