Authority Architect (Architecture & Planning)

Overview

Main Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the Business and Management Team to oversee projects from
• initial proposal to Building Completion Certificate (BCC), ensuring compliance
• with 2025 regulations.
• Develop and implement strategies for timely approvals, including exception
• approvals, using digital submission portals (e.g., Dubai Municipality’s 2025
• streamlined systems).
• Review client requirements/design briefs, ensuring compliance with authority
• regulations, BIM standards, and climate change mitigation measures.
• Lead authority transactions across UAE emirates (Dubai, Sharjah, Abu Dhabi,
• etc.), staying updated on Sharjah’s 2024 real estate reforms.
• Support project leads/design team in scheduling deliverables to meet authority

requirements and project deadlines.

• Oversee preparation/review of authority submissions (online/physical), ensuring
• compliance with IFC data formats for BIM and green certifications.
• Track approvals using UAE Digital Government Strategy 2025 portals,
• maintaining schedules for timely outcomes.
• Maintain checklists for approvals and NOCs, updated with 2025 requirements
• (e.g., GHG reporting).
• Keep the team informed on existing/new regulations (e.g., UAE climate laws,
• Dubai green updates) and maintain records.
• Participate in technical discussions at municipalities, leveraging AI-assisted data
• insights.
• Lead research on authority requirements per project type, incorporating AI driven compliance tools.
• Conduct design reviews to ensure compliance with codes, authorities, and 2025
• sustainability mandates.
• Prepare and maintain project documentation (e.g., correspondence, minutes,
• approvals) using automation tools.
• Support development of Concept Design, Schematic Design, Detail Design, and
• Construction Documents, utilizing AI for iterations and VR for reviews.
• Demonstrate expertise in Revit and BIM, adhering to ISO 19650-compliant
• workflows.
• Prepare and present design proposals to clients/authorities using generative AI
• visualizations.
• Contribute to the company’s Data Insights initiative and Lessons Learnt
• Database with AI analytics.
• Collaborate with the technology team to automate authority processes using AI
• and BIM tools.
• Liaise with local authorities, attend technical meetings, and focus on
• sustainability/tech integration.
• Conduct site inspections/surveys, utilizing drone/AR tools where applicable.
• Assist HR in technical interviews for Design department recruitment, evaluating
• BIM/AI proficiency.
• Continuously update skills on modern practices, authority requirements, and
• guidelines, training other Architects/Engineers.

Skills Expected

• Proficiency in Revit, PowerPoint, InDesign, Illustrator, Adobe suite, AI platforms
• (e.g., generative design), and sustainability software (e.g., carbon footprint
• analysis).
• Analytical mindset with strong problem-solving, enhanced by AI-driven insights.
• Strong planning/organization skills using UAE-compliant project management
• tools.
• Creative design thinker, open to innovations like VR/AR.
• Decision-maker and negotiator, adept at handling 2025 regulatory exceptions