Traffic Engineer - Site Supervisor

About the role

SMEC is looking for an experienced and highly motivated Traffic Engineer - Site Supervisor to join its highway road construction project in Timor-Leste. The successful candidate will supervise and coordinate traffic engineering and traffic management activities during construction, ensuring that traffic control measures, temporary traffic arrangements, road safety systems and related works are implemented safely, efficiently and in line with approved drawings, project specifications, traffic management plans and applicable standards.

Key responsibilities

• Supervise and coordinate traffic engineering and traffic management activities during construction.
• Ensure traffic control measures, temporary traffic arrangements, road safety systems and related works follow approved drawings, specifications, traffic management plans and standards.
• Manage traffic flow and safety during construction so that disruption to existing traffic is kept to a minimum.
• Work in conformity with the DB Contract, the technical specifications and the approved detailed design.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in civil engineering with a specialization in traffic engineering, or equivalent.
• Minimum of 15 years of cumulative civil engineering experience, including at least 10 years in traffic management for highways or large road projects.
• At least two highway road projects of a similar nature, in a similar capacity.
• Preferably a full-time employee of the PMC for at least 2 years.
• Fluency in written and spoken English is mandatory.