Stakeholder Liaison and Authorities Coordinator

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

Job summary

A leading engineering consultancy in Dubai is seeking a professional to lead government approval processes for major engineering projects. The ideal candidate will have at least 7 years of experience and a Bachelor's Degree in Engineering. Preference will be given to candidates with Native Arabic proficiency and experience dealing with authorities. The role involves coordinating with various stakeholders, managing submissions, and ensuring compliance with regulations. This position offers a competitive package and a supportive working environment.

Benefits

Hybrid working arrangements

Individual athletic sponsorship

Study assistance sponsorship

Employee referral rewards

Qualifications

• 7 years of work experience in a relevant field.
• Experience dealing with authorities and government departments.
• Native Arabic language proficiency.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with authorities for approval processes.
• Lead a team of stakeholders.
• Manage approvals with municipalities.
• Collaborate with project teams for compliance.
• Prepare documentation for submissions.

Skills

Coordinating with authorities

Team leadership

Data collection and organization

Regulation compliance

Stakeholder collaboration

Education

Bachelors 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

We envision success in this role to involve the following key responsibilities:

• Coordinating with authorities, developers, consultants, and contractors from NOI submittals to obtaining all necessary NOCs and approvals from relevant authorities, enabling the contractor to proceed with construction.
• Leading a team of stakeholder.
• Submitting and following up with various authorities to secure required approvals.
• Managing the approval process with municipalities and all other relevant authorities.
• Collecting and organizing data from authorities, consultants, and other stakeholders.
• Collaborating with the project manager, senior management, and the design team to ensure timely and regulation-compliant submissions.
• Providing guidance to the project team on approval processes, procedures, and solutions.
• Presenting the statutory requirements for each project to ensure they are incorporated into project timelines.
• Preparing and reviewing required documentation for various submissions.
• Representing KEO with government authorities and other stakeholders for design approvals, NOCs, and related matters.

Qualifications

To be successful in this dynamic opportunity, we envision that your career journey to date will include 7 years work experience partnered with a Bachelors Degree in Engineering.

Candidates with experience in dealing with authorities and government departments for major engineering programs will be given preference.

Please note that this opportunity is for a Native Arabic

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