Senior Urban Planner

About The Role

Our Land Development team is growing in both Dubai and Abu Dhabi locations, with the award of new projects. We are looking for a Senior Urban Planner/Designer, who will lead and manage our ongoing and developing portfolio of Land Development work to provide master planning and design / project management support.

Key responsibilities and duties are listed, but not limited to, the below:

• Lead the design management of planning projects for large scale land developmentfrom preconcept master plan through to detailed master plan.
• Work with our technical teams to meet client requirements and obtain authority approvals and manage local authority stakeholders.
• Prepare work schedules to convert project objectives into detailed plans, adhering to the client’s requirements.
• Lead the process of monitoring to ensure output is in line with the agreed specifications.
• Contribute to the development of the master planning design including the management of master planning sub consultants.
• Lead the development of master planning deliverables including, development control regulations, data submissions in GIS, urban planning and design guidelines
  
  

Candidate specifications

• Extensive years ofexperience in executing land development /master planning projects; experience in UAE is a must
• Continuously looking for innovations and improvements to manage workload and accomplish deliverables across individuals, teams and projects
• Able to manage multiple teams with diverse backgrounds on geographically and culturally diverse teams
  
  

Our Purpose

At Mott MacDonald, our purpose is to improve society by considering social outcomes in everything we do; relentlessly focusing on excellence and digital innovation, transforming our clients’ businesses, our communities and employee opportunities.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) is at the heart of our organisation. We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate, rather take positive steps towards creating a diverse and inclusive working environment.

Flexible Working

At Mott MacDonald, we support our staff to create work-life balance which works for them and welcome candidates looking for career flexibility. We are open to discussing flexible working at interview stage.

We Can Offer

• 90 calendar days’ paid maternity leave
• Competitive annual leave
• An annual professional institution subscription
• Annual company performance bonus scheme – Subject to company performance
  
  

Location(s):

Abu Dhabi, AE

Contract Type: Permanent

Work Pattern: Full Time

Market: Transport

Discipline: Project programme and commercial management

Job Ref: 6877

Recruiter Contact: Iustina Blidariu