Associate Director, Design (Master Planning)

Hill International (Middle East) Ltd.; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in program and project management is seeking an Associate Director for Design focusing on Master Planning in Abu Dhabi. The role involves development of design strategies, managing a design team, and ensuring compliance with local regulations. Successful candidates will have significant experience in urban design and master planning, with skills in CAD and Adobe software, to bring innovative projects to fruition.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in master planning and/or real estate.
• Experience leading multi-disciplinary teams.
• Proficiency in urban design best practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead RFP development and design strategy for master plan projects.
• Manage design team and deliver feasibility projects.
• Review master plan deliverables and ensure compliance with regulations.

Skills

Design Management

Urban Design

Leadership

Time Management

Communication

Education

Bachelor Degree or Master's in Architecture

Tools

Adobe InDesign

Adobe Illustrator

CAD

Adobe Photoshop

Job description

Bachelor of Architecture, Master of Architecture

Nationality

Any Nationality

Any

Vacancy

1 Vacancy

Job Description

• Development of RFPs, brief, design strategy on master plan projects.
• Development of land use dataset with design understanding of various land use products, all type of traffic network and circulation, types of open spaces and current real estate development trends and product updates.
• Understanding land use and products with non-revenue versus revenue generation potential.
• Internal team liaison to ensure coordination between all disciplines relevant to master planning (feasibility, architecture, infra-structure, delivery).
• Manage in house design team as instructed by the relevant director and deliver internal master plan feasibility projects in line with management expectations.
• Review masterplan deliverables during all master plan stages and familiar with DMT (Abu Dhabi Department of Municipality and Transportation) planning requirement (Vision - PCMP - Framework CMP DMP).
• Liaise with relevant Mondo internal departments as required; procurement, feasibility, marketing & sales and undertake internal test fit design and planning in coordination with other stakeholders.
• Coordinate with consultants to:
• Review the analysis of land use projects to determine the split between various sectors such as residential commercial industrial and community use and recommend changes.
• Review masterplan deliverables during all master plan stages and familiar with DMT (Abu Dhabi Department of Municipality and Transportation) planning requirements (Vision/PCMP/Framework/CMP/DMP Review consultant submissions to ensure alignment with project brief specification.
• Ensure compliance with all relevant stakeholders' requirements
• Provide regular design review and guidance.
• Present developed masterplans to Senior Management & leadership as necessary.

Desired Candidate Profile

• Bachelor Degree or Mastersin Architecture, Master Planning and/or Urban Design
• 15+ years of experience master planning and/or real estate master planning across asset classes in consultancy, and medium to large developers
• Experience working with and leading multi-disciplinary teams including members from Business Planning, Master Planning, Architectural Design, Infrastructure, Engineering, Transportation, Project Management, Procurement and Commercial functions.
• Extensive experience and knowledge of master planning design from visioning stage, through idea generation to concept and detailed master planning stages.
• Understanding complexities of land use and potential revenue generating versus non-revenue generating products and assets.
• Proficiency with Urban Design and Master Planning best practices and latest trends.
• Excellent time and design management skills.
• Proficiency with master plan and urban design vision-level design thinking, communication and sketching (hand sketch, digital sketch and CAD).
• Proficiency preparing master plan and urban design diagrams (Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator etc.)
• Experience in report writing and preparation (Adobe InDesign, Word, PowerPoint etc.)
• Experience interfacing with landscape architecture/ public realm visioning and concepts (hand sketch, adobe photoshop)

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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. For more information on Hill, please visit our website at www.hillintl.com.

Hill International (Middle East) Ltd.

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. For more information on Hill, please visit our website at www.hillintl.com.

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