Transportation Guidelines & Frameworks Lead

Job Overview

Responsibilities

• Lead the overall strategy, roadmap, and workplan for developing, harmonizing, and maintaining transportation standards, guidelines, operating procedures, and reference frameworks.
• Coordinate the preparation of core guidelines and manuals covering traffic management, traffic signal systems, TCC operations, incident management, ITS systems, congestion and parking management, construction/work zones, freight/heavy vehicles, enforcement support, and multimodal operations.
• Translate high-level policy, concept of operations, and system requirements into clear, practical documents.
• Establish and manage a structured documentation architecture.
• Facilitate working sessions and technical workshops with various departments and external service providers.
• Define and document interfaces between client organization and external entities.
• Ensure that standards and SOPs align with international best practices, local regulations, and project-specific requirements.
• Work closely with ITS, traffic engineering, safety, multimodal, data/analytics, and TCC operations specialists.
• Develop operational SOPs and playbooks for regular operations, planned events, construction and maintenance activities, emergencies, and severe weather conditions.
• Establish a formal review and update process for all standards and procedures.
• Define documentation deliverables, outlines, and authoring expectations for subconsultants.
• Support the development of training materials, job aids, and knowledge transfer sessions.

Required Skills and Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Transportation Engineering, Urban/Transport Planning, Systems Engineering, or a closely related field.
• 15-20+ years of progressive experience working with transportation agencies or major transport owners/operators.
• Demonstrated track record leading multi-disciplinary efforts to author, update, and implement agency documentation.
• Deep understanding of how effective standards, frameworks, and SOPs are structured.
• Strong familiarity with traffic management, ITS, traffic control centers, and roadway/arterial operations.