Job Description

We are looking for a Senior Urban Planner for a Global Architectural, Urban Planning and Engineering company based in UAE.

Location – Dubai, UAE 

Salary – Depending on Experience

Qualifications:

• Professional degree in Architecture, Planning, Urban Design, or Landscape Architecture.
• Minimum 12 years of experience or equivalent knowledge, skills and abilities
• Arabic speaking preferred
• Professional degree in Architecture, Planning, Urban Design, or Landscape Architecture.
• Licensed in state of practice or must be AICP or equivalent certification; LEED
• Accredited preferred.
• Experience in the urban design and planning of domestic and international large-scale and complex urban districts, campus planning, new communities and/or regional planning projects.
• General understanding of sustainable strategies and principles including familiarity with LEED ND or equivalent sustainable community rating systems.
• Strong verbal, written, and graphic communication skills.
• Practical understanding of the application of digital tools such as Rhino, Grasshopper, Enscape, etc.
• Demonstrated ability to successfully lead and inspire project teams and manage and provide oversight for project schedule, budget and program.
• Experience in successful engagement with client and community and project entitlement.
• Office-wide recognition for contribution and achievement.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Adobe Suite, Google Suite, and AutoCAD.

Key Responsibilities:

• Actively promotes the City Design Practice within home office
• Develops plans and policies, directs research, and helps provide strategic direction for complex projects
• Develops and directs efficient approaches to develop ideas, communicate design intent, and fulfill scope requirements.
• Directs delivery of planning and urban design projects in all phases.
• Ensures adherence to quality and consistency standards for all CDP planning and urban design work products - research, analysis, site planning, design guidelines, renderings and visualization.
• Ensures regular and active review of deliverables for compliance with project requirements."
• Helps elevate project thinking, manage the project team, and oversee project work plans and support practice initiatives.
• Collaborates with and provides regular updates to the project leaders.
• Participate in organizational management including team building and staff training, contributing to office culture, strategic planning.
• Support project staffing and manage resources.
• Coordinate with project managers to review and assis! with project pursuit proposals as well as implement on financial management
• Participate in mentorship of junior staff and support office-wide studio culture
• Actively engage in recruitment and retention of key staff; encourage and support individualized professional development of entire studio
• Facilitates decision making in the public interest
• Prepare clear and cogent client/public presentations.
• Cultivates and maintains strong relationships with clients, consultants, contractors and others during various stages of project development.
• Engage in new business development, cultivating relationships with consultants, and supporting the provision of exceptional service to clients.
• Actively participates in local City Design Practice initiatives and makes substantive contributions to the advancement of activities of the CDP Global Practice.
• Lead annual awards cycles / applications

Leadership Responsibilities:

• Actively leads multiple projects and teams as well as actively engaging in design and production.
• Established as a officewide resource in an area of expertise for market, discipline, or department.
• Directly supervises, trains, and mentors team members.
• Engages in talent strategy to find specialists, leaders, and future professionals for the firm through resume review, interviews, and leveraging personal network.
• Demonstrates leadership in the implementation of sustainable strategies in all project assignments and the associated development of staff knowledge.
• Creates and drives new ways of working through contributing to the development of services, standards, procedures based in an understanding of the business principles that protect the company from financial and legal risk.