Senior Architect / Urban Planner

الوصف الوظيفي
Role:

Parsons is actively seeking a highly motivated Senior Architect, Urban Design or Master Planning professional for employment in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.  This position offers the opportunity to serve as the Senior Architect on the Al Maryah Island Master Development Program Management Office (PMO), as well as Community Manager.  The business purpose of the PMO is to mange the client’s administrative, master planning, health, safety, and environmental, project controls, construction management, and support services on all capital expenditure projects, and operational expenditure projects directly as well as third-party developments included in the detailed master plan.  This position offers a tremendous opportunity for professional growth and client, governmental exposure as the candidate will be managing major master planning, design, and third-party development coordination aspects of the client’s program, while simultaneously managing a small but highly experienced team of subject matter experts.  This position will require not only managerial duties, but also technical skills as the role calls for working alongside the junior team members on deliverables. This program has been in place for 8 years and is planned to continue with the client’s Vision 2030 plan..

Responsibilities:

Technically consult and strategize with the Master Developer using knowledge gained from their suite of governing documents i.e. Detailed Master Plan, the Traffic Master Plan, and experience gained as an industry professional to proactively further development of their
Master Plan, Business Portfolio Strategy while simultaneously protecting their interests.
Lead technical meetings both internally and externally regarding the various development within the Master Plan as well as the developments adjacent which impact it in any way.
Manage subcontracted technical consultants to deliver on contracted scope of work
Create technical scope of work, and detailed deliverables for the client to procure technical consultants to create, update and/or manage the requirements of the Master Developer
Curate, protect, and act as an Advocate of the Client (the Master Developer) to intelligently protect the Master Plan, and defend the technical aspects with any challenges made by the Authorities, and or Third-Party Developers.
Review of third-party development plans and coordinate their validity against the Detailed Master Plan
Coordination with Municipal Authorities to coordinate planning/permitting approvals
Perform maintenance of and updates to the prioritization plan
Develop all priority procurement packages required by the client
Oversee and manage all community management contracts
Perform periodic funding eligibility reviews
Provide feedback on technical approach, as appropriate
Attend design review meetings, progress update meetings, and other project-related meetings
Track project performance for design
Update Program Management Office Monthly Reports for the technical subsections
Monitor and manage all staff Key Performance Indices in the technical subsections
Assist with Detailed Master Plan updates
Assist with Traffic Master Plan updates
Assist with Reviewing client projects compliance to the Detailed Master Plan
Assist with the third-party design development programs
Responsible for the Review and Maintenance of the Request for Information responses and logs
Assist to update the Program Risk Register and quarterly updates (only on technical disciplinary areas)
Assist the Program Manager (PM) in managing the daily master planning operations of this contract.
Assists the Program Manager by helping provide management, direction, administration, and quality assurance for the execution of the technical deliverables of the PMO contract.
Assign tasks to technical personnel, supervise on-going technical efforts, and manage overall design performance to ensure optimal use of assigned resources and subcontractors and report into the Program Manager and/or the Client’s Executive Team.
The Sr. Architect, Master Planner, Urban Designer is responsible for the quality and efficiency of the client’s technical submissions to the authorities as master developer, as well as submissions to Third-Party Developers.
This role assists the Program Manager to ensure all technical contract requirements are performed in service to the client.
المهارات
Job Qualification:

BS or BA Degree from an accredited university in a relevant field (Architecture, Master Planning, Urban Design, Urban Development and or Engineering)
A minimum of 10 years of relevant experience
Strong Design and Master Planning Experience
Emphasis on experience working with or developing a Master Plan
Emphasis on experience managing, delivering a range of urban planning and/or master planning, architecture projects, programs and or portfolio management
A minimum of 3 years in a management role capacity (smaller teams ok)
Western Expatriate; Fluent in the English language (reading, writing and speaking).
Possess a current and valid passport.
Relocation to Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Provide and or obtain a police clearance certificate and or record report
Obtain and or provide a degree attestation for BA or BS Degree
Position contingent upon client interview and approval

Requires proficiency in the application of architectural design standards, practices, techniques, and concepts. Proficiency in CAD and other PC software packages typically associated with architectural design is also required. The ability to make presentations to clients and others is preferred.

Software Proficiency Requirements (active familiarity – not passive)

Autodesk Suite: AutoCAD, AutoCAD Arch, Dynamo
Office 365
REVIT Architecture
Adobe Suite: InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator
VRAY for Rhino
Rhinoceros + Grasshopper
SketchUp
Navisworks
Vectorworks Arch
ARCHICAD
Bluebeam/Adobe Acrobat Pro

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience managing and delivering a range of urban planning and/or master planning/ architecture projects/programs
Experience managing and delivering Geospatial Data (Geographic Information System or GIS)
Experience managing and delivering Building Information Modeling (BIM)
Experience coordinating with Abu Dhabi’s Department of Municipalities and Transport (DMT)
An advanced Masters Degree (MS) from an accredited university in a relevant field

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:

Work is normally performed in a typical interior/office air-conditioned work environment.
Work involves sitting for prolonged periods of time.
Work involves walking to, and in, construction sites, and governmental administration buildings
Work may involve picking up objects that are over 50lbs from time to time
تفاصيل الوظيفة
منطقة الوظيفة أبوظبي, الإمارات العربية المتحدة
قطاع الشركة الاستشارات الهندسية العامة
طبيعة عمل الشركة صاحب عمل (القطاع الخاص)
الدور الوظيفي الهندسة المعمارية
نوع التوظيف غير محدد
الراتب الشهري غير محدد
عدد الوظائف الشاغرة غير محدد
المرشح المفضل
المستوى المهني إدارة
عدد سنوات الخبرة الحد الأدنى: 10
منطقة الإقامة الإمارات العربية المتحدة
الشهادة بكالوريوس/ دبلوم عالي

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