Senior Specialist - Stakeholder Management

AECOM; Abu Dhabi; Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Stakeholder Specialist to enhance stakeholder engagement and project coordination. This role involves developing and maintaining relationships with stakeholders, ensuring compliance with planning processes, and facilitating approvals from government entities. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in architecture or engineering, with at least 8 years of relevant experience. This dynamic firm offers a hybrid work environment, fostering a culture of equity and inclusion, while providing opportunities for professional growth and impactful work. Join a team committed to delivering sustainable solutions and making a positive difference in infrastructure development.

Benefits

Flexible work options

Access to industry-leading technology

Diverse benefits and wellbeing programs

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years post-undergraduate experience required.
• Strong knowledge of planning processes and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate planning efforts affecting stakeholders for project plans.
• Develop stakeholder relationships and maintain management register.
• Monitor project progress and notify of potential risks.

Skills

Stakeholder Management

Planning Processes

Permitting Process Coordination

Project Management

Communication Skills

Education

B. Sc or BEng in Architecture or Engineering

Local Authority Engineer registration

Membership of a professional body (PMP)

Job description

AECOM are currently seeking a Senior Stakeholder Specialist to be based in Dubai. The successful candidate will coordinate planning efforts affecting impacted stakeholders for all project plans including governance and communication with end users and stakeholders to maintain a consistent and accurate message from project staff.

Responsibilities:

1. Undertake tasks on relatively large projects under the general guidance of a Business Lead/PM.
2. Responsible for developing Stakeholder relationships as a face of AECOM.
3. Maintains the implementation of the stakeholder(s) management register and updates as required.
4. Strong knowledge of planning processes is required to coordinate with the authorities and government entities for clarifications, justifications, and permits from statutory authorities.
5. Facilitates business leads, design engineers, and project managers with the overall permitting process to secure required approvals, NOCs, and project permits.
6. Ensures PMs deliver required documents on schedule and in accordance with Authorities requirements, guidelines, and standard specifications.
7. Coordinates with Government authorities regarding project submissions, revisions, clarifications, approvals, justifications, and approvals by statutory authorities.
8. Reviews all document completion processes to be submitted as required by the local authorities on behalf of AECOM.
9. Monitors project progress, periodically updates status via dashboards, and notifies the PM/business lead of any potential risks in the permitting process that could impact the schedule.
10. Should hold current links at senior levels with Government and Utility providers.

Qualifications :

1. B. Sc or BEng in Architecture or Engineering
2. Local Authority Engineer registration preferred
3. Working towards or attaining membership of a professional body (PMP etc) preferred
4. Minimum 8 years post-undergraduate experience

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 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 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, benefits, and wellbeing programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. 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.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Contract