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Job description / Role
Development Manager - Qatar
- Responsible for delivering and managing service excellence in delivering positive outcomes for our clients
- Deliver Development Management Service lines to achieve client outcomes with a focus on time, cost, value and quality and manage Development Management capabilities relevant to the client engagement
- Provide support to Service Leaders and lead/assist in delivering projects providing support to develop others where required
- Lead and manage project meetings either with the appointed technical team or key internal/external stakeholders
- Provide support on negotiations and take lead when appropriate understanding the extent of their authority and where legal support and advice is required
- Negotiate development funding agreements of equity and debt
- Prepare and control development risk registers and management plans
- Lead the clients technical team and the capital costs of the project in conjunction with the Clients appointed QS
- Assist with the legal due diligence to assess constraints
- Prepare development appraisals and refine them as development proposals
- Advise on development proposals taking into consideration clients and end occupiers need
- Input/lead on dialogue with local planning authorities, statutory parties and other consultees including public consultations where necessary
- Input on planning strategy at pre-planning stage and support in the preparation of the planning documentation
- Input on the financial arrangements and funding support from relevant lenders and investors
- Prepare weekly reports regarding the status of the each vertical development including status of construction, cost variances, unresolved items and other project related reports. Includes photographs as appropriate
- Reviews all project reports issued by the Developer of each development.
- Analyze construction/development costs and understand the impact of these on the development
Requirements
- Experience working in a Development role either in a Real Estate Developer or a Consultancy
- Bachelors Degree preferably in Civil Engineering
- At least 20 years of experience; 15 years post degree experience
- Understanding of how the Project Management Department would be able to support all other functional departments on the program
- In-depth knowledge of property development
- Reiterate and able to produce detailed reports from scratch
- Numerate, analyze and create multi-phase project cash flows and feasibilities incorporating debt and equity
- Curious nature with a thirst for knowledge
- Understanding of sustainability issues
- Excellent communications skills; both in written and oral English
- Understanding of financial terminology
About the Company
ARCADIS is the leading global natural and built asset design & consultancy firm working in partnership with our clients to deliver exceptional and sustainable outcomes through the application of design, consultancy, engineering, project and management services. ARCADIS differentiates through its talented and passionate people and its unique combination of capabilities covering the whole asset life cycle, its deep market sector insights and its ability to integrate health & safety and sustainability into the design and delivery of solutions across the globe. We are 28,000 people that generate more than 3 billion in revenues. We support UN-Habitat with knowledge and expertise to improve the quality of life in rapidly growing cities around the world.