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Senior Planner

Wasael Property Management
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Full-time
Mid-Senior
Onsite
Discovered 1 months ago
Urban planningTransportation planningInfrastructure planningMobility planningGISPlanning software

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Job Purpose

Lead and coordinate strategic, urban, infrastructure, and transportation planning activities within the Municipality & Transportation sector.

Support sustainable transportation networks, infrastructure programs, mobility strategies, and urban development initiatives aligned with municipal objectives and long-term growth plans.

Evaluate planning proposals, conduct technical analyses, develop planning studies, and provide recommendations while ensuring regulatory and policy compliance.

Strategic Planning and Development

  • Lead transportation, infrastructure, and urban planning strategies and develop short-, medium-, and long-term planning frameworks.
  • Support master plans, mobility plans, infrastructure strategies, and capital improvement programs.
  • Identify future development requirements and assess their impact on transportation and municipal infrastructure.

Transportation and Infrastructure

  • Conduct transportation planning studies, traffic assessments, and mobility analyses.
  • Evaluate transportation demand, network performance, and infrastructure capacity requirements.
  • Support roads, public transportation, active mobility, and smart city planning initiatives.
  • Recommend solutions for current and future transportation challenges.

Project Coordination and Review

  • Coordinate with internal departments, consultants, developers, and government entities on planning activities.
  • Monitor planning projects, review consultant deliverables and technical studies, and provide technical support during implementation.
  • Review planning submissions, development applications, and infrastructure proposals for regulatory compliance.

Analysis and Stakeholder Engagement

  • Collect and interpret planning, transportation, demographic, and development data; prepare reports, dashboards, technical studies, and executive presentations.
  • Engage government agencies, municipalities, developers, consultants, and external stakeholders through consultations, workshops, and committees.
  • Identify process improvements and contribute to sustainability, innovation, smart city, and digital transformation initiatives.

Qualifications and Experience

  • Bachelor's degree in urban planning, transportation planning, civil engineering, infrastructure planning, geography, or a related field.
  • 8-12 years of relevant experience in urban, transportation, infrastructure, or municipal planning.
  • Experience preparing planning studies, mobility strategies, and infrastructure development plans.
  • Experience managing consultants, technical studies, and stakeholder engagement initiatives.
  • A master's degree in a related planning or engineering discipline is preferred.
  • Professional certification from a recognized planning or engineering institution is advantageous.

Technical Competencies

  • Knowledge of transportation planning, urban development, infrastructure planning, municipal regulations, and planning standards.
  • Proficiency in GIS, planning software, transportation modeling tools, data analysis applications, and Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and PowerPoint.
  • Strong analytical, reporting, and project coordination skills.

Performance Measures and Challenges

Performance is measured through planning delivery timelines, strategic milestone achievement, approved studies, project completion, review timeliness, compliance, stakeholder satisfaction, reporting accuracy, and process improvements.

Challenges include balancing long-term objectives with immediate requirements, managing competing stakeholders, coordinating complex projects, handling technical data, responding to urban growth, and integrating sustainability and smart city goals.

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