Senior Urban Planner
Mott MacDonald
Date: 3 weeks ago
City: Abu Dhabi
Contract type: Full time

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:
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
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
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
- 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
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
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
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