Associate Urban Planner

Job description / Role

Overview

KEO is a creative enterprise, where innovation is a way of life. We are uniquely resourced with end-to-end services to take clients from inspiration, through conceptualization, to realization of design or project delivery in the built and natural environments.

For over 50 years we've led with vision, contributing to many of the world's most ambitious projects, iconic places, remarkable experiences and prosperous communities. As a highly integrated and agile AEP/PMCM firm, KEO is ranked by ENR in the Top 200 International Design Firms; a Top 20 International PM firm; and 44th largest global architecture firm.

We draw from the expertise from over 60 nations, bringing experience from every major market of the globe. With over 2,500 multidisciplinary professionals and staff, we are an international professional consulting services firm.

We are now seeking an exceptional Associate Urban Planner to join our award winning team based in Qatar.

This critical role will be responsible for managing projects and directing the work of more junior Urban Planners and Designers on master planning and urban developments.

Responsibilities

Paramount to success within these varied roles will include:

* Providing leadership and mentorship to staff.
* Leading, organizing and directing teams of more junior staff in the execution of assigned projects.
* Managing teams preparing conceptual, preliminary and detailed urban designs, site layouts and supporting materials (reports, maps, drawings) for master planning and urban development projects.
* Prepare development control regulations, urban design guidelines, and other related planning and urban design standards for master planning and urban development projects.
* Preparing urban designs that respond to existing regulatory requirements and guidelines for master planning and urban development projects.
* Coordinating with other internal disciplines and manage the activities of outside sub-consultants in the execution of assigned projects.
* Demonstrating a highly refined understanding of the underlying spatial arrangements that give form and character to urban areas via the interrelationship between built and open spaces.
* Demonstrating a detailed understanding of the production techniques, procedures, and standards related to urban planning and design projects.

Requirements

Qualifications

* To be successful in these dynamic opportunities, we envision that you will bring a minimum of 10 years career experience of working on large-scale landscape strategies with a Bachelor Degree in Landscape Architecture.
* Professional certification or chartered status would be highly regarded.

KEO's performance is founded upon integrity, results, innovation, safety and our people. We embrace diversity and recognise its' contribution to client success wherever we work.

Our generous remuneration packages are bespoke and provide a wide range of additional benefits to support both national and expatriate employees and their families. We take pride in offering long term and dynamic career opportunities and invest in our people through our global learning, development and leadership programs.

We are excited to hear how you can partner with our award winning team and treat all expressions of interest confidentially.

About the Company

KEO is a creative enterprise, where innovation is a way of life. We are uniquely resourced with end-to-end services to take clients from inspiration – through conceptualization – to realization of planning, design or project delivery in the built and natural environments. For over 57 years we’ve led with vision, contributing to many of the world’s most ambitious projects, iconic places, remarkable experiences and prosperous communities.

As a highly integrated and agile AEP/PMCM firm, KEO is ranked by ENR in the Top 225 International Design Firms; in the Top 20 International PM/CM Firms; and by World Architecture as 50th largest global architecture firm and #1 Firm in the Middle East Region in their 2021 WAS 100 Survey.

We invite you to join us.