Graduate Transport Planner - Mobility Planning
Posted date [2026-05-19]
(ID: 45385)
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Job Description and Requirements
Graduate Transport Planner - Mobility PlanningJob Snapshot
Role: Graduate Transport Planner - Mobility Planning
Location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Industry: Civil Engineering
Function: Transportation
Experience: Graduate entry level
Job Type: Full-time
Position Overview
Graduate Transport Planner - Mobility Planning in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates is a Civil Engineering opportunity for a recent graduate who wants to develop technical skills in transport planning, pedestrian modelling, highway modelling, public transport planning, spatial planning, and mobility solutions. This AECOM ADVANCE graduate program role offers structured learning, project exposure, data analysis, modelling practice, client interaction, and multidisciplinary collaboration across transport and infrastructure planning projects in the Middle East.
Job Details
Country: United Arab Emirates
City: Abu Dhabi
Industry: Civil Engineering
Function: Transportation
Salary: 8000-11000
Estimated salary range based on similar jobs in the job city; please confirm the final offer with the employer.
Gender: Any
Candidate Nationality: Any
Job Type: Full-time
Key Responsibilities
* Support senior transport planning professionals with technical input across mobility, highway, pedestrian, public transport, and spatial planning projects.
* Assist with data collection, traffic information review, transport surveys, and analysis required for planning studies.
* Help review, update, and build transport models using relevant modelling tools and specialist software.
* Support planning and evaluation of future transport schemes, access strategies, mobility networks, and master plan proposals.
* Contribute to reports, presentations, technical notes, bids, and proposal documentation for public and private sector clients.
* Attend meetings and workshops with clients, planners, engineers, architects, master planners, and other project disciplines.
* Apply creative thinking and technical analysis to help solve transport challenges from early project stages through design development.
* Learn how transport planning advice is integrated into infrastructure, urban development, and multidisciplinary design projects.
* Work with project teams to assess mobility needs, transport impacts, modelling outputs, and planning recommendations.
* Participate in AECOM’s ADVANCE graduate program to build professional, technical, communication, and business skills.
* Complete assigned tasks under supervision while meeting project timelines, quality standards, and reporting requirements.
* Support sustainable, safe, and efficient transport planning solutions that improve movement, accessibility, and long-term urban development.
Ideal Profile
* Recent graduate with strong interest in transport planning, mobility planning, civil engineering, urban planning, or infrastructure development.
* Academic background in Civil Engineering, Transport Planning, Urban Planning, Geography, Infrastructure Planning, or a related discipline will be suitable.
* Interest in pedestrian modelling, highway modelling, public transport systems, traffic analysis, spatial planning, and master planning.
* Comfortable working with data, technical reports, modelling outputs, presentations, and planning documents.
* Basic awareness of transport modelling tools, GIS, Excel, CAD, or planning software will be beneficial.
* Good analytical thinking with the ability to review information, identify patterns, and support evidence-based recommendations.
* Able to work with engineers, architects, planners, consultants, and project managers in multidisciplinary teams.
* Strong communication skills for meetings, workshops, reporting, and client-facing project support.
* Positive attitude, willingness to learn, and motivation to develop a long-term career in transport planning and mobility consulting.
* Able to work in a flexible project environment across office, remote, and client-site settings when required.
Skills Set
* Transport planning
* Mobility planning
* Pedestrian modelling
* Highway modelling
* Public transport planning
* Spatial planning
* Transport data analysis
* Traffic studies
* Master planning support
* Transport modelling tools
* GIS awareness
* Excel analysis
* Report writing
* Presentation preparation
* Bid and proposal support
* Client workshop support
* Multidisciplinary coordination
* Sustainable transport
* Urban mobility
* Technical documentation
* Project collaboration
Why Join Us
* Join AECOM’s ADVANCE graduate program and begin a structured career in transport planning and mobility consulting.
* Gain exposure to pedestrian, highway, public transport, spatial planning, and master planning projects across the Middle East.
* Learn from experienced planners, engineers, architects, master planners, consultants, and project managers.
* Build practical skills in data analysis, modelling, reports, presentations, client workshops, and transport strategy development.
* Work on projects that support sustainable mobility, better accessibility, safer networks, and future-ready urban growth.
* Develop your career in a professional environment that promotes learning, inclusion, technical development, and long-term progression.
About the Company
AECOM is a global infrastructure and engineering consultancy delivering advisory, planning, design, program management, construction management, and supervision services across transportation, buildings, water, environment, and energy. In Abu Dhabi and across the UAE, AECOM supports public and private sector clients with sustainable, resilient, and technically advanced project solutions that improve mobility, strengthen infrastructure, and support future-ready communities.
