Employer:

• Qatar Economic Zones Project, State of Qatar
• The employer is developing a new Economic Zone in the state of Qatar
• The creation of the zone will stimulate a massive program of urban growth and development including sophisticated industry clusters, supporting buildings and infrastructure technologies

Salary:

• Internationally competitive, commensurate with skills and experience

Job Description:

• The successful candidate will transition to a period of permanent employment in Doha, Qatar and will be responsible for:
  • Developing forecasts of key metrics as part of a 4D/GIS model analysis of different development scenarios within the QEZ
  • Maintaining and revising economic policies and procedures for QEZ
  • Analyzing relevant policies to ensure they meet with the overall strategic goals of QEZ
  • Assisting in conducting economic research and viability studies for projects
  • Other roles requested by the employer
  • The job may necessitate that the successful candidate spend short intervals at Stanford University with an R&D team that is now in the process of developing a new software system for the simulation of the coming together of all of the infrastructure and building components in the FTZ over a multi-year build-out period
  • The successful candidate will be responsible for learning the modeling methods and for developing a strong familiarity with the inputs, algorithms and visualizations that are a part of the modeling system

Must have:

• Education and background in micro-economics, mathematics, forecasting and/or computational/simulation modeling, especially with respect to urban development and/or real estate and infrastructure planning, finance and construction
• Strong proficiency with MS Office suite, particularly with MS Excel
• Broad thinker with the ability to work bottom-up and top-down to relate human and capital resources, businesses, and economic, environmental & social impacts
• Demonstrated track record of strong verbal and written communications through conference presentations and publication of technical papers
• Proficiency with economic trends and drivers in the Middle East
• Lifestyle flexibility and availability to spend up to 3 months at Stanford University in Autumn 2007 and then to transition to Doha, Qatar for permanent employment

Plus:

• 3 yrs Experience with large-scale urban developments
• Appreciation of the role of public policy and regulations to foster investment
• Understanding the economics of petrochemical industries
• Knowledge of Arabic and Culture in the Middle East
• Interest and prior experience in R&D
• Basic familiarity with 3D CAD and scheduling tools
• Proficiency programming tools like Visual Basic

To Apply:

• Please send your CV to Ryan Orr, rjorr @stanford. edu, by September 7, 2007
• Include in your CV your earliest possible start data

Posted by rjorr at August 23, 2007 6:48 PM