PRO/Local Authority Liaison Officer

Atkins Middle East

Dubai, UAE

Ref: HP331-657

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

The role will be in The Property Project Management Office

The role includes the following :

- Responsibility for submission of all design NOC applications prepared under the ATK trade license.
- Keeping abreast of changes to NOC processes and procedures and advising the PMs and
- Design Principals of those changes.
- Supporting the PMs and DCD Design Managers in making timely submissions and tracking the progress of those submissions.
- Responsible for ensuring NOC submissions are fully coordinated and integrated for every project on a multidiscipline basis, before being issued for local authority NOCs Coordination with the Local authorities as needed on technical issues relating to submissions.
- Coordination with WSAPOs in house project managers for individual projects.
- Coordination with other Local Authority Liaison Officers.

Requirements

Qualifications:

- Degree in Structural or Civil Engineering.
- Preferably registered with Dubai Municipality.

Skills

- Experience and detailed knowledge of all local authority requirements and processes in Dubai.
- Ability to deal effectively with all Dubai authorities and translate their requirements into clear feedback and comments for the design team.
- Ability to review multi-discipline designs to ensure they meet the necessary standards for submission to the Dubai authorities.
- Proven success in negotiating on technical matters with Dubai local authorities.
- Proven delivery against programmes of work within tight deadlines.

The Individual

- Proven technical negotiation and problem solving skills when facing design team and local authorities.
- Fluent communicator in English and Arabic.
- Sets own challenging targets and deadlines.
- Ability to clearly present issues and communicate solutions.

About the Company

Atkins is one of the leading providers of professional, technology based consultancy and support services to the industry, commerce and governments in all of the worlds major economies. With over 17,000 staff operating in Europe, the Middle East, Asia Pacific and the Americas, Atkins has a broad range of skills and resources and provides Clients with a comprehensive service throughout the entire life cycle of the projects in the built environment.

We aim to be the international first choice supplier of technical and integrated services. Shaped by our customers' needs, our vision is to:

  • focus on quality
  • seek world class design and excellence
  • strive to add value
  • be flexible to the evolving needs of a changing society

Atkins first carried out design and supervision commissions in the Gulf area in 1967. From its regional head office in Dubai, U.A.E. Atkins Middle East now employs over 2000 staff located in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Oman (Muscat ), Qatar (Doha) Bahrain (Manama), Kuwait (Kuwait City) and India (Bangalore).

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