Senior Urban Designer

Role overview

Responsibilities

• Lead master plans, urban design frameworks, detailed proposals, and design packages through implementation.
• Develop public realm, streetscape, open-space, and placemaking strategies; conduct urban analysis, site assessments, land-use studies, and feasibility evaluations.
• Guide design documentation and ensure alignment with regulations, planning policies, client requirements, and best practices.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary teams, lead reviews and consultations, mentor junior designers, and support client presentations.
• Monitor construction implementation, evaluate design changes, coordinate authority approvals, and promote sustainable and accessible urban development.
• Assist project teams with schedules, deliverables, risks, and resources; contribute to proposals and client relationships as required.
• Ensure compliance with quality assurance, health and safety, and environmental management standards.

Qualifications and experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Urban Design, Urban Planning, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, or a related discipline.
• Master’s degree in Urban Design, Urban Planning, or Urbanism is preferred.
• Minimum 10–15 years of professional experience in urban design and master planning projects.
• Experience delivering large-scale mixed-use, residential, commercial, hospitality, and public realm developments; major GCC experience, preferably Saudi Arabia.
• Strong knowledge of urban design, development planning, and regulatory approvals; strong leadership, stakeholder engagement, and coordination capabilities.
• Proficiency in AutoCAD, Adobe Creative Suite, SketchUp, Rhino, Revit, GIS, Lumion, Enscape, or similar tools.
• Strong graphic communication, visualization, report-writing, and presentation skills.
• Fluent English required; Arabic is advantageous.
• Membership in RTPI, ULI, APA, RIBA, or equivalent is advantageous.

Role capabilities

• Urban design, master planning, public realm design, and placemaking.
• Urban analysis, land-use studies, feasibility evaluation, and design visualization.

Rewards and benefits

• Tax-free salary, life and medical insurance, annual leave, company gratuity scheme, and discretionary bonus program.
• Annual flight contribution, transportation and housing allowances, and employee wellbeing support.

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