Senior Urban Designer

Job Summary

Key Responsibilities (Internal Business Process)

• Work closely with Specialists on market and socio-economic surveys and on developing preliminary feasibility and benchmarking studies for medium complexity projects
• Investigate the project’s legal, institutional and cadastral framework, as needed
• Support site analysis, including land use, infrastructure networks, morphology, views, density, site accessibility
• Support site natural environment analysis, including topography, hydrology, soil, geotechnical, meteorology, etc.
• Support preliminary transportation analysis, including accessibility, traffic impact, pedestrian mobility, parking, etc.
• Support with identification of project development constraints and opportunities based on conducted analyses
• Develop detailed reports and presentations outlining site analyses and project program and participate with Project Managers in client presentations and workshops for medium complexity projects, as needed
• Develop conceptual design alternatives, including conceptual land use, transportation, morphology, road design, parcelation strategy, green network design, water and sewage networks, power and telecom networks for medium complexity projects
• Develop comparative analysis between proposed design alternatives and prepare reports outlining the comparative impact and SWOT analysis of design alternatives, and refine selected design alternatives for medium complexity projects
• Lead the production of detailed preliminary and final thematic maps, including land use, road networks, density, green network, parcelation, pedestrian network, building height and built-up areas distribution for medium complexity projects
• Coordinate the development of road designs and traffic impact studies with transportation teams
• Coordinate the design of wet utilities, power supply and telecom networks with respective teams
• Work closely with Specialists on the development of Environmental Impact Studies, as needed
• Work closely with Specialists on final statistical analyses, financial analyses and feasibility studies
• Refine the approved master plan, including coordinating parcelation, road designs, wet utilities networks, power and street lighting networks, landscape design, etc. for medium complexity projects
• Develop final detailed reports, and provide input for the development of infrastructure and landscape specifications and BOQs for medium complexity projects, as needed
• Guide the production of final 3D views, animations and other marketing materials, as needed
• Produce detailed development briefs at a plot and zoning scale
• Identify anchor projects, and coordinate with Architecture teams for the integration of design details, as needed
• Develop implementation strategy, including phasing plans, as per financial and technical consideration

Qualification, Technical Skills and Competencies

• Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture, Urban Planning or Landscape Architecture
• Master’s Degree in Urban Planning or Urban Design
• Deep knowledge of all urban design principles
• Good analytical and problem solving skills
• Good communication and presentation skills
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Good organization skills
• Proficiency in written and spoken English; Arabic is an advantage