Senior Urban Planner

Senior Urban Planner

We are looking for a passionate urbanist with significant experience of working in an engineering consultancy design team as an Urban Planner, to join our Riyadh based Planning Team. The successful candidate will have a desire in helping make the cities of the middle east better places for its people and the environment.

Strong technical skills in strategic planning, development or master planning are key requirements. The successful candidate will have strong technical and project management skills in a consultancy environment, with a proven track record of delivery and be comfortable in a client facing role.

Type of contract
Permanent

Grade
Senior

Area of Expertise
Cities

Region
Middle East, India and Asia

Office / Project Location
Riyadh

Ref No
7892

What will you be doing?

• Supporting the continued growth of the planning team in Riyadh
• Close coordination and liaison with other consulting disciplines, such as sustainability and economics
• Managing the delivery of multidisciplinary projects, with technical inputs from numerous disciplines, including transport, infrastructure, environment, sustainability, as well as external partner inputs
• Supporting development of work winning relationships in the region to facilitate future project pipeline, including preparing bid submissions and fee proposals
• Be active in promoting and communicating current and future offerings of the planning team
• Balancing demands and priorities, whilst reviewing project deliverables, plan project resources and monitor job financial performance
• The line management of team junior members, with responsibility for managing workload, as well as assisting and mentoring staff where suitable
• Support the technical management and performance of the planning team with particular emphasis on managing resources and delivery

What will you need to be successful in this role? 

• A track record of delivering work in core cities disciplines (planning, urban design, sustainability, economics), and an understanding of the GCC market
• Experience of successful multidisciplinary project delivery
• Demonstrable ability to manage junior team members
• Excellent communication and presentation skills when client facing or engaging with senior leadership
• Technical background in architecture, planning, design, sustainability or economics with a demonstrable track record of leading complex city scale projects
• Experience of master planning and/or policy projects at a variety of scales
• A willingness to travel
• A desire to lead continuous quality improvement in our work
• Demonstrable project management experience
• IT skills including Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint
• Design capabilities in the use of AutoCAD and the full adobe creative suite are desirable
• Degree qualification in a relevant architecture, planning, sustainability disciplines
• A registered member of a relevant professional institution, ideally chartered status
• Experience working in the ME essential
• Arabic language skill a desired benefit

A place for everyone

Buro Happold values individual's flexible approaches to working patterns as an important part of the way you work and achieve balance. We welcome applications from those who are seeking flexibility in their careers.   
Our exceptional portfolio of projects is the result of the diversity of thought, identities, backgrounds and experiences that shape us. Appreciating each other’s differences is key, we want employees to feel they don’t have to mask elements of their identity to thrive. 

We are working to change the lack of representation of marginalised groups in the built environment and are particularly keen to hear from anyone who feels they are underrepresented in the industry. We have much to learn from one another. Embracing difference allows us to develop the most innovative and elegant solutions.

Please let us know if there are any adjustments we could make to the application process to make it easier and more comfortable for you. Contact recruitment@burohappold.com so we can work with you to support you throughout your application.