Senior Urban Designer Full-time Job

Your new role, what's involved?

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

We'd love to hear from you if you have:

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.

WSP is one of the world's leading engineering professional services consulting firms. We are dedicated to our local communities and propelled by international brainpower. We are technical experts and strategic advisors including engineers, technicians, scientists, architects, planners, surveyors and environmental specialists, as well as other design, program and construction management professionals. We design lasting solutions in the Property & Buildings, Transportation & Infrastructure, Environment, Industry, Resources (including Mining and Oil & Gas) and Power & Energy sectors as well as project delivery and strategic consulting services. With 2300 talented people in 8 offices across the Middle East we engineer projects that will help societies grow for lifetimes to come.