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BIG is hiring a senior urban designer to join its team in London.

Senior urban designer with detailed masterplan experience required.

BIG is a group of 500+ architects, engineers, urbanists, inventors, researchers and business minds from all over the world who are based in our Copenhagen, New York, London and Barcelona offices. Our built work ranges from the most diverse urban playground and Michelin-star dining – to affordable housing that feels everything but and a school among the verdant fjords of the Faroe Islands. Our vision spans traveling at supersonic speed with Hyperloop One to living in floating cities and eventually Mars!

While we are led by a group of expert partners, directors and associates – a flat hierarchy and collaborative spirit are essential to our BIG ecosystem. We share our collective knowledge and expansive network through study trips and educational workshops – BIG School offers in-house lessons while BIG Picture brings in industry experts to inspire and invigorate. We are infectiously ambitious and unified by the shared mission to craft the world we want to live in, to give form to our future one project at a time.

Our office is growing at a rapid pace and we are therefore on the lookout for a skilled and technically experienced senior urban designer to join us as soon as possible and help us with the delivery of a number of major detailed masterplan projects in the Middle East.

As a senior urban designer, you will be based in our London office together with 95 fantastic BIGsters. You will be responsible for design and technical production on large scale detailed masterplan projects. You will report to our Project Director and the Partner team, and work closely with a vibrant multi-disciplinary team of architectural, design and landscape professionals.

Join us on our mission if you are a senior urban designer who has:

• a solid understanding and experience of technical design development for urban plans (DMP)
• ability to develop design options in collaboration with the design team in a multi-disciplinary design environment
• the knowledge to formulate and conduct technical planning studies in a timely and efficient manner and present results in concise, well-written documents
• ability to prepare, develop and edit relevant project documentation as they relate to the project: reports, drawings, models etc.
• experience with management and coordination of design teams, project stakeholders, local authorities and approving bodies and sub-consultants
• strong organisational and time-management skills, with a proactive approach
• ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines with a high-quality output, while demonstrating a positive attitude at all times
• ability to communicate clearly and confidently to diverse clients and public officials
• a flexible and open attitude towards innovation and new ways of working
• ability to work with relevant partners and directors on advancing agenda on future of urban design, mobility, ecology, infrastructure

Experience and qualifications:

• a professional degree in urban design, architecture and/or landscape design
• 8-12 years of relevant work experience in urban planning from a multi-disciplinary design environment, while managing large and complex urban planning and master planning projects in the detailed design phases, predominantly in the Middle East
• excellent communication skills, fluent in English – spoken and written (Arabic is a plus)
• strong ability with Revit, Rhino, AutoCAD, GIS, Adobe Suite

This job description reflects the core activities of the role although there will be changes in the emphasis of duties as required from time to time. There is a requirement for the post holder to recognise this and adopt a flexible approach to work.

Application:

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Please upload your CV and portfolio via the link above. We will contact you if your profile matches our requirements.

This is a full-time position based out of BIG’s London office. Salary will be subject to experience and qualifications.

Deadline:

We are looking to fill out this role as soon as possible.

Relevant applicants will be interviewed on an on-going basis.

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