Urban Spatial Analyst

Company Description

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At AECOM, we're delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world’s most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations.

There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world.

We're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us.

Job Description

AECOM are currently seeking an Urban Analyst to join our Urban Analytics Center of Excellence within AECOM’s Buildings and Places business line. The Urban Analyst will work with core team members of the Urban Analytics team as well as leaders and experts across multiple disciplines from around the world to support and deliver quality products and solutions to public and private sector clients, and to support projects and opportunities. This individual will have the opportunities to work on high-profile projects related to the urban built environment, collaborate with professionals at AECOM, and develop their career on data science and tool development.

Responsibilities:

• Perform data mining, data manipulation, data analysis, and data visualization.
• Assist in building complex data models with structured and unstructured data from multiple sources, including spatial and non-spatial data.
• Support and create client-facing, user-friendly dashboards, tools, and applications (desktop or web-based).
• Create reusable scripts to automate procedures.
• Support in research and development of innovated products, tools, and platforms.
• Develop graphics, maps, reports, and presentations for internal and external use.
• Conduct quantitative and qualitative research and analysis

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in architecture, urban planning, urban design, Geography.
• Strong skills in geospatial analysis with GIS (ESRI ArcPro, ModelBuilder, Q-GIS or similar)
• Experience with 3D design programs such as Rhino, Sketchup, ESRI CityEngine, ArcUrban.
• Basic programming and coding skills. Familiarity in at least one programming language such as python, R, R-Spatial, JavaScript, VBA /Macros. Experience with scripting/customized workflow development with Grasshopper / Dynamo / CGA is a plus.
• Data visualization Skills. Experience with Data Visualization tools such as Tableau, PowerBI, or other programs/libraries.

Additional Information

• 3 years’ relevant work experience in urban planning/urban design projects involving data analysis, data modeling, or data visualization in consulting, research, or academic fields.
• Working knowledge with ESRI CityEngine with procedural modeling with CGA
• 2 years’ experience in at least one programming language such as python, R, JavaScript, or VBA/Macros.
• Experience in creating dashboards and tools. Experience in developing web-based application/software is a plus.
• Experience in automating procedures to reduce repeated manual work.

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 $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. 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 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, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. 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: J10117392

Business Line: U&P

Business Group: DCS

Strategic Business Unit: ME and Africa

Career Area: Digital & Engineering Technology

Work Location Model: Hybrid

Legal Entity: AECOM MIDDLE EAST LIMITED ABU DHABI