Senior Urban Planner

Job description / Role

Senior Urban Planner - Saudi Arabia

Hill International is seeking to employ Design Manager, with Strong Mega Residential/Mixed Use project experience, for one of its on-going projects in Saudi Arabia to be based in Riyadh.

General Description of Role & Responsibilities:
- Develop RFPs and scope for urban planning and design consultants.
- Direct the development of building prototype plans and a program for continuous improvements with input from marketing team.
- Technically review and suggest best practices for the design of all product types.
- Study and implement improved efficiencies for design and construction stages.
- Identify engineering grey areas on given project documents and suggests, within a short time course of actions, to rectify as necessary.
- Perform redline reviews of all plans during each design stage for suggested value engineering.
- Contribute with the urban planning and design of product.
- Attend, manage, and take minutes to ensure compliance of design consultants to adhere to schedule of deliverables, and full coordination between all disciplines.
- Support Procurement and Contracts department.
- Reviews and analyzes design requirements, and establish scope of work and priorities for the different engineering services departments.
- Follows-up & assists the Project Management during the execution phases to ensure client design requirements are fulfilled.
- Organizes & conduct coordination meetings with internal departments and third party teams to evaluate progress of work and ensure alignment or work conducted by each trade, and compliance with requirements and standards.
- Meets with Consultants to clarify project design requirements and follows-up approvals.
- Provides and presents all final or as-built documents to the Technical Consultant.
- Guides and reviews work of design consultants to ensure progress is within schedule and complies with requirements, policies and procedures.
- Supports, assists, guides and trains MODON subordinates and motivates spirit of professionalism and career advancement.
- Identifies measures to reduce technical studies costs.
- Responsible for the design consultants work product content meeting the requirements of defined scope.
- Responsible for the work quality and deliverables of the consultants.
- Responsible for coordination and management of consultant presentations and communication and compliance with client requirements and needs.
- Maintain and develop the design and planning goals and needs of the projects.
- Coordinate these goals and needs with client to assure project compliance.
- Develop or collect the various project goals and needs.
- Develop physical area and use programs for the various projects.
- Align lessons learned on field trips with goals and needs, and adjust to meet cultural requirements.

Requirements

- Masters Degree in urban planning and a degree in architecture or civil engineering is an advantage.
- Minimum 20 years experience, good communication skills, common sense, computer-literate, technical engineering background and Cad skills.
- Fluent in English (read, write and speak).
- Extensive knowledge and experience in urban design.
- Arabic speaking an advantage but not essential.
- Possesses the technical/professional knowledge required to successfully perform job duties.
- Proficient in English, speaking, writing and listening.
- Leadership - Demonstrates the ability to lead and direct others in accomplishing work.
- Skills in organizing, prioritizing, and scheduling workflow.

About the Company

Hill International, with more than 2,900 professionals in 70 offices worldwide, provides program management, project management, construction management, and other consulting services to clients in a variety of market sectors.

Hill has participated in over 10,000+ project assignments with a total construction value of more than $600 billion. Engineering News-Record magazine recently ranked Hill as the eighth-largest construction management firm in the United States.