Associate Urban Planner

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Job Description

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.

Job Duties

• 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. e.g., 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 e.g., 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

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s 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.

Additional Information

Specific Skills Required

• Experience working on a range of urban planning projects such as developing regional plans, city or national spatial strategies, comprehensive city plans and governance and implementation frameworks and action plans (one or more of these types of planning work).
• Exceptional experience in preparing high-quality, multi-disciplinary written and illustrative planning principles, concepts, strategies, controls and guidelines.
• Strong ability to write, refine and deliver final reports with regard to planning, urban design, governance and implementation 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.
• Proven track record in seeking, securing, maintaining and managing positive and successful liaison with clients.
• Strong ability to work either in a team, or alone with positive results from either scenario.
• Ability to mentor and train more junior staff, either in the course of a project or through a separate programme
• Skills in Adobe Suite InDesign, ArcGIS, MS PowerPoint and Illustrator and other packages, where relevant.

About AECOM

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $13.1 billion in fiscal year 2022. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion – a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

ReqID: J10094016

Business Line: U&P

Business Group: DCS

Strategic Business Unit: ME and Africa

Career Area: Planning

Work Location Model: On-Site