Senior Urban Planner

Company Description

At AECOM, we’re delivering a better world.

We believe infrastructure creates opportunity for everyone. Whether it’s improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive.

Our clients trust us to bring together the best people, ideas, technical expertise and digital solutions to our work in transportation, buildings, water, the environment and new energy. We’re one global team - 47,000 strong - driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world.

Here, you will have freedom to grow in a world of opportunity.

We will give you the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion - a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

We will encourage you to grow and develop your career with us through our technical and professional development programs and diverse career opportunities. We believe in leadership at all levels. No matter where you sit in the organization you can make a lasting impact on the projects you work on, the teams and committees you join and our business.

We offer competitive pay and benefits, well-being programs to support you and your family, and the development resources you need to advance your career.

When you join us, you will connect and collaborate with a global network of experts - planners, designers, engineers, scientists, consultants, program and construction managers - leading the change toward a more sustainable and equitable future. Join us and let’s get started.

**Job Description**:
AECOM Arabia are currently seeking a Senior Urban Planner. The Senior Urban Planner, will oversee the Urban Planning function across the program, working closely with the Director of Urban Analytics and Reporting.

**Responsibilities**:
+ Coordinates teams to prepare projects deliverables and applicable planning authorities’ requirements and coordinate with various disciplines technical input and output into a project or a proposal.

+ Works with the client planning team and is able to manage and negotiate project expectations and deliverables independently and more complex ones with assistance.

+ Initiates and drives innovative approaches to efficient project delivery. E.g. improved analysis assessment or planning, due diligence and high-level developer assessment.

+ Prepares/reviews and understands datasets to correlate population projections

+ Prepares ‘Methodology’ for small scale proposals without direct supervision and able to understand and carry out the necessary internal processes to obtain approvals for proposal submission.

+ Leads speciality topics / interests in urban planning e.g. wellness planning / placemaking

**Qualifications**:
+ Minimum 10 years of relevant experience in Urban Planning

+ Bachelors degree in planning and design, environment, urban policy, sustainable development or equivalent.

+ Masters degree preferred.

+ Professional membership such as RTPI, AICP, PIA, CIP, SIP or equivalent preferred.

**PLEASE NOTE**: THIS POSITION IS BASED IN A REMOTE LOCATION

Additional Information

With infrastructure investment accelerating worldwide, our services are in great demand, and there’s never been a better time to be at AECOM Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm - access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together - your growth and success are ours too.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

Join us and let’s get started.

**ReqID**: J10092146

**Business Line**: Construction Management

**Business Group**: DCS

**Strategic Business Unit**: ME and Africa

**Career Area**: Planning

**Work Location Model**: On-Site