Principal Researcher: Transport Engineering/planning
1 week ago
To provide technical leadership on projects and programmes in areas that include public transport service design, institutional capacity building support, multi-modal transport modelling, intelligent transport systems, and financing of transport systems.
**Key responsibilities**:
- Assist the Research Group Leader and Impact Area Manager to construct and implement a business plan for the impact area (including strategy, goals, mission, HR, finances).
- Raise personal, team and institutional profiles through publishing original research and presenting at national and international conferences and workshops.
- Ensure the quality and delivery of projects and publications in the group by means of technical reviews and quality assurance.
- Establish, build, manage and maintain mutually beneficial and credible stakeholder relationships locally and internationally.
- Support the financial sustainability of the research group, through active networking, developing and managing client relationships, understanding client needs and aligning them with internal needs and capability.
- Prepare reports, guidelines or other documents aimed at disseminating the results and outcomes of projects.
- Provide guidance to researchers and mentorship to interns and learners.
- Provide effective technical leadership in multi-disciplinary and multi-agency passenger transport research projects and programmes.
- Develop new avenues in passenger transport research and development.
- Lead the development of toolkits, simulation/forecast models and technology packages for effective deployment in the transport sector.
- Promote a culture of scientific excellence in terms of both quality and delivery.
**Minimum Requirements**
- A Master’s degree in Civil/Industrial/Transport Engineering, Transport Planning or Applied Mathematics, with at least 12 years’ field experience in one of the following:
- Transport planning
- Travel surveys
- Transport modelling
- Transport policy review,
- Transport decision support systems
- Demonstrated track record of generating impactful and influential professional outputs.
- A Doctoral degree in a relevant field will be an added advantage.
- _Must be registered with a relevant professional body._
- Good understanding of the transport sector in South Africa.
- Excellent interpersonal and organisational skills.
- Ability to continuously disseminate research outputs in the form of technical papers.
- Ability to innovate and generate new knowledge.
- Must have good communication, presentation and writing skills.
- Must have the ability to work accurately, efficiently and independently as well as in a team.
- Must be computer literate as well as have the ability to understand and use domain specialised software.
- Ability to work in a methodical manner is essential.
- Ability to carry out strategic stakeholder interactions at all levels.
- Ability to effectively present ideas, concepts, plan and procedures.
- Demonstrated track record of the ability to work accurately, independently and efficiently.
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