Company Description

At AECOM, we\'re delivering a better world.

We believe infrastructure creates opportunity for everyone. Whether it\'s improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive.

Our clients trust us to bring together the best people, ideas, technical expertise and digital solutions to our work in transportation, buildings, water, the environment and new energy. We\'re one global team - 47,000 strong - driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world.

Here, you will have freedom to grow in a world of opportunity.

We will give you 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 culture of equity, diversity and inclusion - 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.

We will encourage you to grow and develop your career with us through our technical and professional development programs and diverse career opportunities. We believe in leadership at all levels. No matter where you sit in the organization you can make a lasting impact on the projects you work on, the teams and committees you join and our business.

We offer competitive pay and benefits, well-being programs to support you and your family, and the development resources you need to advance your career.

When you join us, you will connect and collaborate with a global network of experts - planners, designers, engineers, scientists, consultants, program and construction managers - leading the change toward a more sustainable and equitable future. Join us and let\'s get started.



AECOM are looking to hire an Associate - Urban Designer to sit within the Urbanism + Planning practice line, the ideal candidate will be committed to enhancing the quality of life in urban areas and creating spaces that are not only functional but also inspiring and livable.

As an Urban Designer, you\'ll have the chance to envision, plan, and design urban spaces that seamlessly blend functionality, aesthetics, and sustainability. From streetscapes to mixed-use developments, your creativity will shape the way people experience their surroundings. You\'ll leverage cutting-edge technology, data-driven insights, and your own design sensibilities to craft environments that foster community, culture, and connectivity.

• Take lead on multiple urban design projects and define projects roles and responsibilities.
• Lead client interface and manage projects contractual requirements.
• Plan and conduct design and creative review sessions for ongoing projects and competitions.
• Identify skills gaps, source, interview and recruit new joiners.
• Present market research outcomes and develop thought leaderships presentation for use by wider team.
• Well aware of urban design standards applied generally across urban design projects sourced from planning authorities and urban design regulatory guidelines.
• Drive and conduct site opportunity and constraints studies for project and proposals to be presented internally and externally. Derive design ideas for implementation and further consideration.
• Contribute to the studio design ethos discussions and design drivers. Establish projects innovative visions in line with the studio ethos, the site potentials and the project brief.
• Lead urban design projects deliverables in line with applicable planning authorities\' requirements and client requirements. Ensure compliance of deliverables against the scope of works and contracts.
• Clearly understand the Architecture, Urban Design and Landscape scopes and the synergies and overlaps in between on projects and in the studio.
• Able to develop new urban design and building typologies applicable to projects and to sites with conditions. Able to tailor design response to project specific conditions.
• Narrate urban design ideas clearly through literature in reports and in presentations and guide/mentor direct reports in method of effective report writing.
• Bridge between delivering design ideas and delivering to budget. Understand client objectives and steer design thinking accordingly.
• Actively engage in promoting innovative urban design attributes and influence peers and reports.
• Promote the use of new innovative digital tools in urban design projects and engage in internal research and development.
• Identify new potential areas of innovation and improvement in design ideation and presentation that the urban design team can benefit from.
• Lead and present internal and external workshops and drive outcome for benefit of projects and the studio.
• Manage, coordinate and deliver urban design bids and proposals while tailor technical approach, methodologies and delivery structure. Prepare and coordinating commercial aspects of bids in line with project expectations.
• Be an advocate of quality procedures applicable to the urban design Technical practice group and apply continuously thorough self-checks and reviews of deliverables before being shared.
• Implement safety in design standards and procedures and report on safety inside and outside the work environment any incident or near misses that might impact staff.
• Organize internal libraries and update internal urban design capabilities statement.
• Promote innovation and change in the urban design graphics across projects and document the same for wider team use.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of experience in the relevent field
• Bachelor\'s degree in Urban Design, Architecture or equivalent.
• Master\'s degree preferred.
• Professional membership such as RTPI, AICP, PIA, CIP, SIP or equivalent required.

Additional Information

With infrastructure investment accelerating worldwide, our services are in great demand, and there\'s never been a better time to be at AECOM! 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.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. We\'re the world\'s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we\'re in this together - your growth and success are ours too.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person\'s potential, and we\'ll help you reach yours.

Join us and let\'s get started.

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