Authorities Coordinator

KEO International Consultants; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a talented Authorities Coordinator to join their dynamic team in Abu Dhabi. This role is crucial for obtaining necessary approvals and no objection certificates from regulatory authorities, ensuring compliance and timely progress on projects. The ideal candidate will have at least 5 years of experience, a Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, and bilingual skills in English and Arabic. Join a supportive environment that fosters professional development and offers a suite of benefits, including hybrid working arrangements and community events. Be part of a team that values integrity, innovation, and diversity.

Benefits

Hybrid working arrangements

Athletic sponsorship

Study assistance sponsorship

Employee referral rewards

Community events

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of work experience in a related field.
• Bilingual skills in English and Arabic are desirable.

Responsibilities

• Obtain approvals and no objection certificates from regulatory authorities.
• Develop relationships with stakeholders for necessary permits.
• Monitor and update Authority Approvals / Permits register.

Skills

Bilingual communication (English and Arabic)

Stakeholder management

Regulatory compliance

Project management

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

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 51st largest global architecture firm and the #1 Firm in the Middle East Region in their 2024 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.

Responsibilities

Our newest opportunity is for a talented Authorities Coordinator to join our team based in Abu Dhabi, UAE. This position is responsible for obtaining approvals and no objection certificates (NOC's) from concerned regulatory authorities and stakeholders of the project.

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 working 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 ensuring 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, developing systems to ensure that permits are current and valid for the activity being undertaken.
• Advising and informing appropriate staff and departments 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 a minimum of 5 years work experience partnered with a Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or a related course.

Bilingual communication skills in both English and Arabic are desirable, and experience gained from working on large-scale building projects in Abu Dhabi is preferred.

KEO’s performance is founded upon integrity, results, innovation, safety, and our people. We embrace diversity and recognize 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.