Senior Urban Designer

Senior Urban Designer - WSP Middle East

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Due to the tremendous growth occurring, we currently have an opportunity for a Senior Urban Designer/Planner to work in a multidisciplinary team of designers, planners and engineers. The fast paced work environment enables team members to work on a variety of projects. This is an ideal opportunity for an individual looking to develop their international experience with a world renowned multidisciplinary consultant.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the design and delivery of a variety of projects often happening concurrently.
• Take ownership of medium to large scale design and production packages under the supervision of the Design/Project Director.
• Organise and graphicly develop client presentations.
• Work to a programme for deliverables and advise senior staff of any issues which may affect delivery.
• Work within agreed design standards and parameters with senior staff.
• Ensure the quality of deliverables meet the expectations of senior staff.
• Work within a multidisciplinary, multicultural team.
• Undertake technical co ordination with other WSP teams and third party subconsultants.

Qualifications

• Degree of postgraduate qualification in urban design, urban planning, landscape architecture or related field and preferably with a professional affiliation (or eligible for membership).
• Minimum 7 10 years relevant working experience in urban design, urban planning and master planning.
• Lead the production of high quality urban planning, design and master planning project submissions in the UAE and the wider Middle East and Africa.
• Lead in the preparation of technical bids and fee proposals for master planning and urban design projects and other major infrastructure projects where appropriate.
• Strong design and graphics capabilities and ability to communicate ideas via various visual and graphic media including hand drawn and computer graphics.
• Fully conversant with Adobe Creative Suite with demonstrable graphics and visualisation skills.
• Competent in PowerPoint, MS Word, Excel and AutoCAD.
• Experience in working within a multidisciplinary team - including external subconsultants - is essential.
• Strong design management, report production and coordination skills.
• An understanding of sustainability issues within the public realm (LEED or similar experience and advantage).
• Excellent communication skills in written and spoken English.
• Capable of working on own initiative or as part of a larger multidisciplinary team.
• Have a logical and organised approach to project delivery of project outputs.
• Will be required to travel within the Middle East region to projects in a variety of geographical locations, including Saudi Arabia.

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