Job Description

Company Description Work with Us. Change the World.


At AECOM, we're delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world's most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations.


There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world.


We're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us.



We are seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Urban Planner to join our dynamic team in Dubai. The ideal candidate will play a crucial role in shaping the urban landscape by applying planning standards, conducting research, and supporting senior planners in various projects.

Key Responsibilities:

• Planning Standards Application: Read, qualify, quantify, and succinctly represent planning standards applicable to projects and integrate these into proposals.
• Regulatory Guidelines: Identify the correct sources of planning regulatory guidelines for different regions or authorities and present key findings to the senior team.
• Documentation Preparation: With oversight from senior planners, prepare and review planning chapters/documents.
• Interdisciplinary Integration: Understand the impact of integrating work from other internal disciplines or external consultants/stakeholders in the design sequence and deliverables output.
• Benchmarking: Identify international and local benchmarks and precedents for further studies and effectively steer reviews as per project requirements.
• Urban Design Writing: Produce fair descriptive writing of urban design principles and guidelines.
• Report Preparation: Prepare basic reports, address key issues, and produce clear and accurate research papers. Contribute to draft sections of reports for review.
• Project Brief Development: Support project managers/associates in developing project briefs to confirm client objectives.
• Data Analysis: Review and understand datasets to correlate population projections against market demands and supply.
• Innovative Approaches: Support the planning team in driving innovative approaches to efficient project delivery, such as improved site analysis assessment or site planning.
• Proposal Development: Contribute to developing methodologies for proposals and assist the bid manager with tasks related to proposals.
• Deputy Project Management: Perform Deputy Project Manager tasks as required.
• Specialty Topics Development: Work with peers and graduates to develop specialty topics/interests in urban planning, such as wellness planning and placemaking.



Qualifications

• A minimum of 3 years of relevant experience in Urban Planning.
• Bachelor's degree in Planning and Design, Environment, Urban Policy, Sustainable Development, or a related field.
• Master's degree preferred.
• Actively working towards professional membership such as RTPI, AICP, PIA, CIP, SIP, or an equivalent credential.



Additional Information About AECOM


AECOM is the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle - from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity


You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you're working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.


You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion - a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.


AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. We're the world's trusted global infrastructure firm, and we're in this together - your growth and success are ours too.


Join us, and you'll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm - access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person's potential, and we'll help you reach yours.


All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.