Urban Designer - Master Planning
AECOM Middle East Ltd
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Job summary
AECOM Middle East Ltd. is seeking an Urban Designer - Master Planning in Dubai to lead master planning for residential, commercial, and mixed-use projects. You will work on site analysis, sustainability, and multi-disciplinary coordination to deliver cohesive urban visions.
The role requires 3-5 years of relevant experience and advanced proficiency in AutoCAD, SketchUp, ArcGIS, and Revit, with strong knowledge of UAE planning standards.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Architecture, Urban Planning, Urban Design, or related discipline.
- 3-5 years of professional experience in urban design, master planning, or closely related development work.
- Proficient in AutoCAD, SketchUp, ArcGIS, and Revit.
- Experience preparing master plans for residential, commercial, or mixed-use developments.
- Familiarity with UAE municipal requirements and regional development practices.
Responsibilities
- Develop urban design concepts and spatial frameworks for residential, commercial, mixed-use, and large-scale development projects.
- Prepare master plans that define land use, development parcels, movement networks, public spaces, density, massing, and urban structure.
- Conduct site analysis covering access, surrounding development, environmental conditions, infrastructure constraints, topography, and development opportunities.
- Contribute to feasibility studies and early-stage planning assessments that guide project direction.
- Produce detailed urban design plans, development frameworks, design guidelines, and supporting technical documentation.
- Translate planning principles and client requirements into practical and visually compelling development concepts.
- Create high-quality diagrams, plans, models, visualizations, and presentations for internal and client reviews.
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Job description
Urban Designer - Master Planning Job Snapshot Role: Urban Designer - Master Planning Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates Industry: Architecture and Planning Function: Town-City Planning Experience: 3-5 years Job Type: Full-time Position Overview
Urban Designer - Master Planning in Dubai, United Arab Emirates is an Architecture and Planning opportunity for a design professional experienced in master planning, mixed-use development, site analysis, sustainable urban design, and spatial planning. The role contributes to the creation of well-connected residential, commercial, and mixed-use communities by combining design thinking, planning principles, technical analysis, and stakeholder requirements into practical urban development solutions.
Country: United Arab Emirates
City: Dubai
Industry: Architecture and Planning
Function: Town-City Planning
Salary: 14000-22000 Estimated salary range based on similar jobs in the job city; please confirm the final offer with the employer.
The Urban Designer - Master Planning will support the planning and design of complex urban developments from early concept through detailed master planning and design coordination. The position requires an understanding of how buildings, public spaces, movement networks, landscape, infrastructure, land use, and community needs interact within an urban environment. The designer will work with architects, planners, engineers, landscape specialists, transportation professionals, and clients to create development frameworks that are functional, sustainable, commercially viable, and responsive to local planning requirements.
- Develop urban design concepts and spatial frameworks for residential, commercial, mixed-use, and large-scale development projects.
- Prepare master plans that define land use, development parcels, movement networks, public spaces, density, massing, and urban structure.
- Conduct site analysis covering access, surrounding development, environmental conditions, infrastructure constraints, topography, and development opportunities.
- Contribute to feasibility studies and early-stage planning assessments that guide project direction.
- Produce detailed urban design plans, development frameworks, design guidelines, and supporting technical documentation.
- Translate planning principles and client requirements into practical and visually compelling development concepts.
- Create high-quality diagrams, plans, models, visualizations, and presentations for internal and client reviews.
- Use AutoCAD, SketchUp, ArcGIS, Revit, and related digital design tools to develop and communicate urban proposals.
- Analyze demographic information, development trends, market considerations, and site conditions to inform design decisions.
- Coordinate closely with landscape architects, transportation planners, infrastructure engineers, sustainability consultants, and architectural teams.
- Integrate pedestrian movement, accessibility, mobility, open space, landscape, and public realm considerations into master plans.
- Review design proposals against UAE planning requirements, zoning regulations, municipal guidance, and applicable development standards.
- Participate in meetings and workshops with clients, government representatives, consultants, and project stakeholders.
- Prepare design presentations and clearly communicate the reasoning behind planning and urban design recommendations.
- Support multidisciplinary coordination to resolve conflicts between planning, infrastructure, transportation, landscape, and architectural requirements.
- Maintain consistency and technical accuracy across drawings, reports, design guidelines, and presentation materials.
- Monitor emerging urban development practices, digital design technologies, and sustainable planning approaches relevant to regional projects.
- Bachelor 's degree in Architecture, Urban Planning, Urban Design, or a related discipline.
- 3-5 years of professional experience in urban design, master planning, or closely related development work.
- Demonstrated experience preparing master plans for residential, commercial, or mixed-use developments.
- Advanced proficiency in AutoCAD, SketchUp, ArcGIS, and Revit.
- Strong understanding of urban planning principles, development controls, zoning regulations, and design standards.
- Practical knowledge of sustainable urban design and environmentally responsive development.
- Ability to interpret site constraints and transform analytical information into coherent design solutions.
- Experience preparing diagrams, plans, visualizations, design guidelines, and client presentations.
- Strong graphical communication and spatial design capability.
- Familiarity with UAE municipal requirements and regional development practices is valuable.
- Able to collaborate effectively across architecture, landscape, transportation, infrastructure, and sustainability disciplines.
- Strong analytical thinking with careful attention to design quality and technical detail.
- Confident presenting design concepts and responding constructively to stakeholder feedback.
- Urban design
- Master planning
- Mixed-use development
- Residential planning
- Commercial development
- Site analysis
- Feasibility studies
- Land use planning
- Spatial planning
- Public realm design
- Sustainable urban design
- Development frameworks
- Design guidelines
- Urban massing
- Density planning
- Movement networks
- Pedestrian planning
- Open space planning
- Zoning regulations
- UAE planning standards
- AutoCAD
- SketchUp
- ArcGIS
- Revit
- Urban visualization
- Technical drawing
- Design presentations
- Mapping
- Demographic analysis
- Stakeholder engagement
- Multidisciplinary coordination
- Landscape integration
- Transportation coordination
- Development planning
- Design documentation
This opportunity gives urban designers the chance to contribute to development projects in one of the world 's most active urban growth markets. The role offers exposure to master planning, mixed-use communities, sustainable development, digital design tools, and multidisciplinary project delivery while allowing designers to build deeper regional expertise. Dubai 's continued investment in new communities and major urban developments creates strong long-term demand for professionals capable of combining creative urban design with practical planning and development requirements.
AECOM is a global infrastructure consulting organization delivering architecture, urban planning, engineering, design, environmental, and program management services. Its urbanism and planning teams work on complex communities and development programs, bringing together planning, design, infrastructure, mobility, landscape, and sustainability expertise to create resilient and well-connected urban environments.
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