Let’s find your next opportunity
AI Assistant: {{ chat.assistant.message }}
{{meta?.totalCount}}
results found
Sort By
{{ job.job_posting_title
}}
{{ job.job_posting_title }}
{{ job.is_cms_job ? (job.cities.split(';').length > 1 ? 'Various locations' : job.location_mappings[0]) : (job.location_mappings.length > 1 ? 'Various locations' : job.location_mappings[0]) }}
{{ job.time_type }}
We are sorry there are no jobs that match your exact criteria. Try a new search term, or use the filters to continue browsing for available opportunities.
Suggested roles matches
{{ job.title }}
{{ job.title }}
{{ [job.cities[0], job.regions[0], job.countries[0]].join(', ') }}
Various locations
We are sorry there are no jobs that match your exact criteria. Try a new search term, or use the filters to continue browsing for available opportunities.
Let’s find your next opportunity
{{ job.job_posting_title
}}
{{ job.job_posting_title }}
{{ job.is_cms_job ? (job.cities.split(';').length > 1 ? 'Various locations' : job.location_mappings[0]) : (job.location_mappings.length > 1 ? 'Various locations' : job.location_mappings[0]) }}
On this page
Riyadh, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Overview
Atkinsrealis seeking an experienced Associate / Principal Strategic Urban Planner to join our Planning and Urban Development team. The successful candidate will play a key role in delivering complex strategic planning, urban development, and master planning assignments across the Middle East. The position requires strong expertise in strategic planning, spatial planning, land-use planning, development frameworks, and urban policy, with the ability to translate economic, social, environmental, and infrastructure considerations into integrated and implementable planning strategies.
Your role
- Lead and contribute to strategic urban planning, regional planning, city planning, and master planning projects.
- Develop strategic spatial frameworks, land-use strategies, development frameworks, growth scenarios, and planning policies.
- Undertake analysis of existing urban conditions, demographics, land use, infrastructure, mobility, environmental constraints, and development opportunities.
- Prepare urban growth strategies, spatial development plans, structure plans, and strategic planning frameworks.
- Translate strategic objectives and development visions into practical spatial and land-use recommendations.
- Coordinate urban planning activities with transport, infrastructure, environmental, landscape, economic, and urban design disciplines.
- Conduct planning assessments, benchmarking studies, development capacity assessments, and planning policy reviews.
- Support the development of planning regulations, development controls, zoning strategies, planning guidelines, and implementation frameworks.
- Evaluate alternative development scenarios and provide evidence-based recommendations to clients.
- Lead or support stakeholder engagement workshops with government authorities, developers, municipalities, and other key stakeholders.
- Prepare high-quality technical reports, planning strategies, presentations, and client deliverables.
- Manage project scope, programme, resources, technical quality, and planning deliverables.
- Review work produced by planners and junior team members, ensuring technical accuracy and consistency.
- Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior and mid-level urban planning professionals.
- Maintain an understanding of emerging trends in sustainable urban development, smart cities, transit-oriented development, climate resilience, and integrated planning.
- Contribute to proposals, bids, technical methodologies, fee estimates, and business development activities.
Location
Riyadh, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Job Type
Full time
Ref
R-163714
Salary range
-
About you
- Bachelor's degree in Urban Planning, Town Planning, Regional Planning, Urban and Regional Planning, Geography, or a closely related discipline.
- Master's degree in Urban Planning, Strategic Planning, Urban Development, or a related discipline is highly desirable.
- Relevant professional accreditation or membership with a recognized planning institution is preferred.
- Significant professional experience in strategic urban planning, spatial planning, master planning, or urban development.
- Demonstrated experience working on large-scale city, regional, master planning, or strategic development projects.
- Strong understanding of land-use planning, spatial strategy, planning policy, development controls, and urban growth management.
- Ability to interpret demographic, socioeconomic, spatial, infrastructure, and environmental information to support strategic planning decisions.
- Experience working within multidisciplinary consulting teams.
- Strong report writing, presentation, communication, and stakeholder-management capabilities.
- Ability to manage multiple projects, priorities, deadlines, and multidisciplinary interfaces.
- Strong client-facing and presentation skills.
- Experience managing and mentoring planning professionals is expected for the Associate / Principal level.
- Proficiency with relevant planning and spatial analysis tools, including GIS-based applications, is advantageous.
- Previous experience delivering major planning or urban development projects in the Middle East / GCC region is highly desirable.
Why choose AtkinsRéalis?
Wherever you are in your career – and whoever you are – AtkinsRéalis is for you. Here, support and collaboration are a vibrant part of a culture that lets you choose where – and how far – your career can go. Take on projects that push boundaries and drive sustainable impact, surrounded by colleagues who believe there's no limit to how brilliant you can be. It's time to join a like-minded team where you'll be rewarded, supported, and free to be your kind of brilliant.
Rewards & benefits
Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career.
This includes:
- Tax-free salary.
- Life insurance coverage.
- Medical insurance.
- Annual leave balance.
- Company gratuity scheme.
- Discretionary bonus program.
- Annual flight contribution.
- Transportation & housing allowances.
- Employee Wellbeing Program: 24/7 access to specialists in finance, legal matters, familycare, personal health, fitness, and nutrition.
Seize every opportunity to sharpen your skills, expand your expertise, and be recognized for the impact you make.
Make it brilliant, a career with AtkinsRéalis
Our supportive, collaborative culture inspires us as a global community every day.
Watch this short film and imagine what you could achieve here, too.
About AtkinsRéalis
We're AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's'infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.
Related jobs
Related blogs
Behind the scenes of project delivery: Mohamed’s journey at AtkinsRéalis
From paper files to digital systems, Mohamed’s career is a story of adapting to change while keeping projects moving.
From Design Manager to digital innovator: Building meaningful impact at Atkinsréalis
From design management to digital innovation, discover how Mohana turned a new passion for BIM into a career shaped by creativity, collaboration, and impact.
Starting over, without starting from scratch - Jon's story
Discover how Jon’s return to AtkinsRéalis was shaped by collaboration, support, and the opportunity to contribute to projects across the Middle East from Hong Kong.
Shely on climate-resilient design, village upskilling, and remote project delivery
From family favour to climate-smart homes, read how Shely brought sustainable design to life across continents.
How Belal Deiranieh is shaping Middle East transportation.
Transportation is at the heart of the Middle East’s transformation. Discover how Belal Deiranieh will help drive the next phase of growth and connectivity at AtkinsRéalis.
From a LinkedIn message to leading talent strategy across regions: Meet Doaa
Discover Doaa’s journey from design to strategic talent leadership. Read how she fast tracked her growth and built strong hiring practices across regions.
“Visibility changes perception”: Milena on leadership, confidence, and her journey from London to Dubai
Discover Milena’s path to becoming one of CIBSE’s youngest Fellows, read how visibility and representation shaped her leadership philosophy.
What are the most in-demand architectural roles in the Middle East?
Here, we take a look at which roles within architecture are most in-demand in the Middle East.
What is the New Murabba project in Saudi Arabia?
Learn about the innovative New Murabba project in Saudi Arabia.
Digital
Engineering
Nuclear
Safety
Mechanical
Electrical
Human Factors
Architecture & Planning
Cost, Commercial & Procurement
Civil
Geology
Geotechnical
Water
Health, Safety, Environment & Wellbeing
Project & Programme Management
Explore The Hub: Our office in Bristol
Designed with sustainability in mind, The Hub features cutting-edge low-carbon technology and has earned a BREEAM Excellent rating. Explore The Hub today.
Sustainability and sustainable development in the Middle East: A net zero conversation with Mayuko T
This week we caught up with Mayuko Totsuka – Strategic Advisory, Sustainability Lead, Middle East, at AtkinsRéalis.
What does an aviation Project Manager do?
We’ve expanded on the role of Aviation Project Managers at AtkinsRéalis.