Urban Designer

BDP is a multi-disciplinary award-winning design practice, established in the UK in 1961 and now a worldwide practice with more than 1,200 professional staff in the UK, Europe, Middle East, Asia and North America. BDP’s Singapore studio established in 2018, acts as a hub for BDP’s Asia business, which includes studios in Shanghai and Delhi, both established in 2010.

In 2016 BDP became part of the Nippon Koei group, which created a platform for the accelerated growth of BDP, including within Asia.

BDP’s work covers all major development sectors, from Urbanism to Retail, Education, Housing, Healthcare, Mixed-Use, Transport, Workplace and Leisure. We also have particular strengths in masterplanning and sustainability and are leading users of BIM in the design industry.

The Urbanism sector is an existing strength of BDP studios in Shanghai and Delhi and is a major potential market in Southeast Asia. Therefore, the opportunity now exists for a talented urbanist to join the young but fast-growing BDP Singapore team, to provide leadership of the Urbanism sector across BDP’s Asia studios, to win work and expand the sector in Southeast Asia in particular and to be a key part of the development and growth of the Singapore studio.

**The Role**
- Produce urban planning and urban design work in accordance to client’s requirements and aspirations for their projects
- Research and develop solutions to urban planning design problems
- Deliver quality design for urban planning and urban design projects within the allocated resource and time
- Prepare design studies and produce design in various formats such as sketches, drawings, 3D digital studies, models etc.
- Manage, prepare, correct, and update design presentations and design reports in various formats including PowerPoint, InDesign, etc
- Communicate and coordinate with clients regarding design schemes and implementation
- Assist in marketing efforts to current clientele and to identify and attract new clientele

**About you**

You will have:

- Relevant university qualifications and professional training, for example as an Urban Designer / Masterplanner or an Architect or related field
- A minimum of 5 years relevant experience in practice (i.e. not including any years in university education), with extensive and demonstrable examples of urban design and masterplanning studies at a variety of scales from city block to district, citywide and regional / sub-regional scales;
- Excellent design skills and a proven ability to produce high quality masterplans.
- Excellent presentation, report writing and drawing / graphic skills;
- Excellent coordination skills and the ability to manage multiple deadlines in a fast-paced environment
- Proficiency in AutoCAD, SketchUp, Rhino, and Adobe suites (InDesign, Illustartor, Photoshops) is required; knowledge of Lumion and Revit is an advantage
- A knowledge of and interest in the urbanism field and of current challenges and opportunities, and a strong desire to secure better outcomes for cities and communities through planning and design;
- A thorough understanding of urban dynamics, including economics, real estate, governance, infrastructure, environment, and social matters, such that you can work with all relevant stakeholders to develop effective, integrated plans and proposals.
- A knowledge of ABC Waters and/or Water - Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD) will be of advantage
- Pending travel restrictions, a willingness to travel across the Asia region to carry out the role is required

**What BDP offers**:

- The opportunity to join a growing studio and to have significant influence and involvement in its development.
- The opportunity to join a global practice and work with like-minded people from other BDP studios.
- Salary and benefits commensurate with experience

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person