Senior Urban Designer
WSP
- United Arab Emirates
- Permanent
- Part-time
- 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
- Degree of post graduate qualification in urban design, urban planning landscape architecture, or related field and preferably with a professional affiliation (or eligible for membership)
- Candidates will ideally have 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 organized 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.