Associate Urban Designer - Master Planning
Posted date [2026-05-31]
(ID: 45849)
 |
Founded in 1944, Parsons Corporation, a digitally enabled solutions provider, is focused on creating the future of the defense, intelligence, and critical infrastructure markets. From Earth to outer space, we deliver tomorrow’s solutions today. Equipped with the capabilities required to take on any defense, intelligence, or critical infrastructure challenge, our agile, innovative, and disruptive approach enables us to deliver solutions at the speed of relevance.
Our people are our greatest asset. We strive to be an employer of choice that engages employees in the community and creates rewarding career paths to cultivate a resilient workforce that is ready for the future.... |
Job Description and Requirements
Associate Urban Designer - Master PlanningJob Snapshot
Role: Associate Urban Designer - Master Planning
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Industry: Civil Engineering
Function: Town-City Planning
Experience: Minimum 10 years of urban planning and urban design consultancy experience
Job Type: Full-time
Position Overview
Associate Urban Designer - Master Planning in Dubai, United Arab Emirates is a Civil Engineering opportunity for an experienced urban design professional who can lead complex master planning, urban development, spatial analysis, and multidisciplinary design coordination projects. This role is ideal for a senior designer with strong experience in large-scale masterplans, concept design, planning frameworks, illustrative layouts, stakeholder engagement, and technical leadership within consultancy environments.
Job Details
Country: United Arab Emirates
City: Dubai
Industry: Civil Engineering
Function: Town-City Planning
Salary: 22000-34000
Estimated salary range based on similar jobs in the job city; please confirm the final offer with the employer.
Gender: Any
Candidate Nationality: Any
Job Type: Full-time
Role Context
The Associate Urban Designer - Master Planning will support Parsons by contributing to the delivery and leadership of major urban development and master planning projects that shape future city environments. The role combines creative design thinking, planning policy understanding, data analysis, multidisciplinary coordination, and client-facing communication to produce integrated urban strategies, technical reports, visual materials, and high-quality masterplans across multiple design stages.
Key Responsibilities
* Lead master planning and urban design projects across pre-concept, concept, and detailed masterplan stages.
* Coordinate with internal disciplines and external sub-consultants to deliver coherent multidisciplinary planning and design solutions.
* Provide technical leadership and mentorship to urban designers within the team.
* Support the professional development of junior and mid-level urban design team members through guidance and review.
* Perform and manage complex urban design and planning tasks including research, analysis, design development, documentation, and presentation preparation.
* Review project outputs to ensure compliance with local authority requirements, planning policies, client objectives, and international best practices.
* Structure and coordinate the preparation of masterplans, planning reports, technical documentation, presentations, and visual communication materials.
* Analyze economic, social, spatial, demographic, and urban data to inform planning strategies and design decisions.
* Develop technical inputs that support high-quality reports, plans, illustrative layouts, and client presentations.
* Support engagement with clients, stakeholders, authorities, and multidisciplinary project teams.
* Translate development objectives into practical, robust, and context-sensitive master planning strategies.
* Coordinate urban design inputs with architecture, landscape, transport, infrastructure, environment, sustainability, and development planning teams.
* Support project leads with technical inputs for proposals, new opportunities, and business development submissions.
* Reconcile competing stakeholder needs, planning constraints, design aspirations, and regulatory requirements.
* Maintain high standards of design quality, documentation accuracy, and visual presentation across assigned projects.
Ideal Profile
* Bachelor’s degree in Urban Planning, Architecture, or a closely related field is required.
* Minimum 10 years of professional experience in urban planning and urban design consultancy.
* Demonstrated experience producing large-scale masterplans, conceptual designs, illustrative layouts, and planning reports.
* Strong understanding of urban design principles, planning frameworks, development processes, and city-making strategies.
* Experience coordinating multidisciplinary teams within complex project environments.
* Proven ability to perform in a lead capacity on urban design or master planning projects.
* Creative thinker with a strong understanding of current urban planning and design best practices.
* Thorough understanding of local statutes, planning rules, development regulations, and authority requirements.
* Ability to represent diverse interests in the planning and design process and reconcile conflicting demands.
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
* Proficiency in design and visualization tools such as AutoCAD, Adobe Creative Suite, SketchUp, Rhino, or similar platforms.
* Master’s degree in Urban Design, Urban Planning, Architecture, or a related discipline will be an advantage.
* Professional membership or accreditation such as RIBA, RTPI, AICP, or equivalent will be preferred.
* Experience in international consultancy environments or large-scale urban developments will be an advantage.
* Experience working within Middle East planning frameworks will be an advantage.
Skills Set
* Urban design
* Master planning
* Town planning
* City planning
* Urban development
* Pre-concept planning
* Concept masterplans
* Detailed masterplans
* Large-scale masterplans
* Conceptual design
* Illustrative layouts
* Spatial analysis
* Economic analysis
* Social data analysis
* Planning frameworks
* Development processes
* Local authority requirements
* Planning policies
* International best practices
* Technical documentation
* Planning reports
* Client presentations
* Visual materials
* Stakeholder engagement
* Authority coordination
* Multidisciplinary coordination
* Sub-consultant coordination
* Design leadership
* Team mentoring
* Proposal support
* AutoCAD
* Adobe Creative Suite
* SketchUp
* Rhino
* Middle East planning frameworks
* Consultancy experience
Why Join Us
This opportunity offers a senior urban design role within Dubai’s Civil Engineering and master planning sector, with involvement in complex urban development projects that influence the future of cities. The position is well suited for an urban designer who wants to lead high-quality planning work, coordinate multidisciplinary solutions, mentor design teams, and contribute to visionary yet practical master planning strategies across the region.
About the Company
Parsons Corporation is a global engineering, infrastructure, and technology company delivering design, consulting, project management, and technical services across transportation, buildings, utilities, environmental, defense, and critical infrastructure sectors. In Dubai and across the Middle East, Parsons supports major public and private sector projects with integrated planning, resilient infrastructure, smart mobility, sustainable urban development, and innovative solutions that improve long-term city performance.
