Graduate Urban Planner

Description:

We are looking for curious and motivated KSA National ONLY Graduate Planners that have a passion for the built environment, and are eager to learn what shapes them. We have a number of openings for in our Riyadh based Planning Team to complement the Middle East Planning team. The successful candidate will have a desire in helping make the cities of the middle east better places for its people and the environment by supporting the planning team in developing concepts and strategies to achieve those aims.

Strong analytical and graphic skills will be paired with an inquisitive outlook on the themes of strategic planning, development or master planning. The successful candidate will have good understanding of pertinent built environment issues, skills visual communication and delivery interest in a consultancy environment.

This role is for KSA National only and forms part of our strategy to enable our Saudisation Strategy.

What Will I Be Doing
 

• Supporting the continued growth of the planning team in the middle east
• Working with other consulting disciplines, such as sustainability and economics
• Delivery of analytical and graphic tasks, as well as critical design and planning thinking
• An appreciation of built environment issues and a basic understanding of the interplay of planning with transport, infrastructure, environment, sustainability, resilience etc.
• Supporting delivery of work winning proposals and preparing bid submissions
• Support and proactively engage in promoting and communicating current and future offerings of the planning team
• Balancing demands and priorities, whilst ensuring supporting the planning team with overall workload
• Collaborating and engaging with peers and senior members of the team, in the middle east and the wider Buro Happold network of offices