Remote Senior Urban Planner: Master Plans Lead

AKIJ Feed; Abu Dhabi; Remote; AED 350,000 - 650,000; Full time

Job summary

AKIJ Feed is seeking a Senior Urban Planner to lead urban planning studies, master-planning initiatives, and land-use planning for development projects in the United Arab Emirates. The role is fully remote with full-time employment and senior-level responsibilities.

The ideal candidate will bring extensive experience in planning policy analysis, stakeholder engagement, and multidisciplinary collaboration across GIS, architecture, and transportation to deliver sustainable, resilient urban

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of urban planning principles, land-use planning, development controls, and spatial planning.
• Proven experience leading complex master-planning and urban development projects.
• Strong understanding of urban form, density, land use, development capacity, and neighborhood planning.
• Experience preparing and reviewing master plans, development frameworks, planning applications, and strategic planning documents.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement urban planning strategies aligned with organizational, municipal, regional, and community objectives.
• Lead complex urban planning and master-planning projects from initial assessment through planning, consultation, approvals, implementation, and review.
• Prepare planning reports, technical assessments, policy recommendations, development briefs, and approval documentation.
• Review planning applications, development submissions, master plans, subdivision proposals, rezoning requests, and related planning documents.
• Provide professional planning advice to senior management, developers, project teams, government authorities, and other stakeholders.
• Coordinate with architects, landscape architects, engineers, transport planners, environmental specialists, GIS professionals, and economists.

Skills

Urban planning

Master planning

Land-use planning

Spatial planning

Stakeholder management

Tools

GIS software

Job description

AKIJ Feed is seeking a Senior Urban Planner to lead urban planning studies, master-planning initiatives, and land-use planning for development projects in the United Arab Emirates. The role is fully remote with full-time employment and senior-level responsibilities.

The ideal candidate will bring extensive experience in planning policy analysis, stakeholder engagement, and multidisciplinary collaboration across GIS, architecture, and transportation to deliver sustainable, resilient urban