Job Description

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 planning, design or project delivery in the built and natural environments. For over 60 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 recognized by ENR as one of the Top 225 International Design Firms and one of the Top 20 International PM/CM Firms. We are also ranked by World Architecture as the 57th largest global architecture firm and the #1 Firm in the Middle East Region in their 2023 WA100 Survey.

We invite you to join us. Why?

When you join KEO, you'll discover more than just a job - you'll find a supportive environment that fosters your professional development through internal global mobility and career development and does so within a culture that supports company-wide health and well-being through on-demand counselling services and regular workplace clinics. You will be invited to celebrate community events such as sports days, fun-runs, in-house sports teams and beach clean ups. In addition to your competitive package and benefits you will have access to a suite of policies that include hybrid working arrangements, individual athletic sponsorship, study assistance sponsorship, employee referral rewards, mentoring and coaching programs and extensive in-house on demand learning courses.
Responsibilities:

We envisage success in this role to include;
• Developing a Statutory Authority and Approvals strategy whilst ensuring authority approval requirements are included in the Master Schedule
• Executing monitoring and updating the Authority Approvals / Permits register and works with regulatory authorities to ensure that the required approvals are in place in a timely manner
• Developing relationships with key stakeholders to ensure all necessary permits are in place as required
• Maintaining systems to ensure that permits in use are current and valid for the relevant activity
• Coordinating permit processes and related issues between Planning, Engineering & Building divisions.
• Tracking the status of approvals and ensures government compliance.
• Supporting the Project Managers, Design Consultants and Contractors in resolving authority approval and permit interface issues as necessary together with the wider project team, develop systems to ensure that permits are current and valid for the activity being undertaken.
• Advising and informing appropriate staff and department of document and plan submittal requirements for new projects.




Qualifications:

To be successful in this dynamic opportunity, we envision that your career journey to date will include 5 years work experience partnered with either a Diploma / Bachelor / Master degree in a relevant field.

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.


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