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

• Internationally competitive, commensurate with skills and experience

• The successful candidate will transition to a period of permanent employment in Doha, Qatar and will be responsible for:
  • Performing scenario-based 4D/GIS model analysis of different development scenarios within the QEZ area
  • Overseeing detailed design, site preparation, construction management, project management and contracts management until project completion through high level monitoring of Joint Ventures engaged in providing these services

• 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 QEZ 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

• Education and background in urban planning, architecture, or construction
• Strong conceptual thinking skills especially with respect to work processes and data integration
• Proficiency with 3D modeling and scheduling tools
• 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

• 3 years experience with large-scale urban developments
• Knowledge of Arabic and Culture in the Middle East
• Interest and prior experience in R&D
• Proficiency programming tools like Visual Basic

• 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 6:33 PM