Job Summary
| Position Title | Associate Urban Planner |
|---|---|
| Hiring Organization | AECOM Group |
| Base Salary | AED |
| Job Schedule | Full Time |
| Required Degree | Bachelor's Degree in Urban Planning, Design, or Town Planning |
| Required Skills | RTPI Membership |
| Required Experience | 10 years |
| Joining | Immediately |
| Nationality | Any |
| Languages | English |
Position Details
- AECOM are expanding their team and looking to hire an Associate Urban Planner to sit within the Planning Team of the Urbanism + Planning practice line and lead strategy and innovation related to products, processes, standards and methodologies to achieve market, customer and industry goals
Responsibilities
- Manages and lead medium sized projects including preparing and delivering planning deliverables independently with limited or no oversight, and with assistance from junior planners
- Ability to operate as a technical lead for various scale of master planning projects with a sound understanding of all relevant planning workstreams
- Has a strong capability to coordinate multiple disciplines and communicate such requirements
- Independently manage and negotiate with the client on deliverables to ensure alignment with contracted scopes by leading client and project meetings, articulating and defending the work undertaken
- Will lead client and project meetings, articulating and defending the work undertaken
- Develops project briefs in order to confirm client objectives
- Reviews and understands datasets to correlate population projections against market demands and supply
- Initiates and drives innovative approaches to efficient project delivery eg improved site analysis assessment or site planning, due diligence and high-level developer assessment
- Can structure and develop tailored planning guidelines and controls as per client requirements
- Has an ability to develop thought processes, criteria and methodologies for various type and scale of planning projects
- Provide specific technical expertise in spatial planning, environmental and regional planning, developing governance and implementation strategies and make recommendations to clients where relevant
- Has excellent written and presentation skills in English/Arabic (preferred) with an ability to coordinate and develop a deliverable (report) as well as create a presentation and summary to support the deliverable
- Lead small to medium size proposals (both technical and commercial) and ensures high quality output including innovative ways to present
- Analytical thinker and able to provide innovative approaches to various planning matters
- Up to date with the current industry trends, approaches, tools and methods
- Provides professional urban/environmental planning mentorship/guidance to junior staff members
- Leads specialty topics / interests in urban planning eg wellness planning / placemaking
- Prepare and deliver presentations to clients and government (approving agencies) to advance approvals of development, Master Plans, Development Guidelines and policies
- Liaise with government agencies and other authorities as may be required regarding development objectives, policies and procedures
Requirements
- Bachelors Degree in Urban Planning, Design, or Town Planning
- Masters in one of these disciplines would be preferred
- RTPI (or any other planning association membership) would be advantageous
- Minimum of 10 years experience in the Urban Planning field, candidates would ideally have worked on government and private sector projects
- Strong analytical skills and ability to develop practical options and solutions
- Ability to structure, lead and participate in planning, urban design and development workshops as required
- Ability to lead and manage complex, multi-disciplinary projects to successful delivery of outcomes within budget and programme
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