Crowd Modelling Expert (m/f/d)

Ihre Aufgaben Role purpose Crowd movement analysis and static assessments to identify risks, bottlenecks, and improvement opportunities, supporting safe and efficient crowd management planning.

Key responsibilities

• Analyse crowd movement in MCA (Makkah City and Holy Sites context) and interpret operational implications.
• Perform static analyses of pedestrian spaces (capacities, densities, flows, conflict points).
• Identify critical situations (pinch points, queuing, unsafe densities) and propose practical improvements.
• Support scenario definition and evaluation (e.g., peak periods, diversions, special cases).
• Produce clear, structured reporting and presentation content for client deliverables.
• Collaborate with engineering, planning, and monitoring/technology teams to align assumptions and recommendations.

Required skills & experience

• Strong background in pedestrian/crowd modelling and/or crowd safety assessment.
• Experience producing actionable recommendations from analysis outputs.
• Strong report writing and stakeholder communication.

Ihr Profil Required skills & experience

• Strong background in pedestrian/crowd modelling and/or crowd safety assessment.
• Experience producing actionable recommendations from analysis outputs.
• Strong report writing and stakeholder communication.

Preferred

• Arabic language/background (for local context, coordination, and interpretation of stakeholder inputs).

Typical professional education

• BSc / MSc / PhD in: Civil Engineering, Transport Engineering, Systems Engineering, Urban Planning, Operations Research, Applied Mathematics, or related fields.
• Preferred: postgraduate specialization in crowd dynamics, pedestrian modelling, transport planning, or safety engineering.

Typical additional training/certs (optional)

• Crowd safety / event safety training (e.g., crowd management, crowd risk assessment)
• Training on pedestrian/crowd modelling platforms (e.g., Legion, MassMotion, Viswalk, PedFlow/PedNet, etc.)
• Human factors / evacuation modelling coursework