Senior Consultant

Atkins Realis Group

Responsibilities:

• Provide expert technical support in the design and development of inclusive urban strategies and future city processes.
• Develop smart city use cases and translate them into functional and technical requirements aligned with client objectives.
• Draft guidelines, specifications, compliance scorecards, and SOPs for smart city systems and services.
• Lead design reviews across Pre-Concept, Concept, Schematic, and Detailed Design stages, ensuring smart city provisions are embedded.
• Collaborate with ICT, MEP, and sustainability teams to integrate smart city requirements into drawings, BIM models, and technical specifications.
• Identify and enhance traditional urban infrastructure assets both physical and social with future technology elements such as datasets, networks, connected devices, and sensors to enable smart services and applications.
• Conduct benchmarking and research to align strategies with ISO 37122, SmartScore, WiredScore, and global best practices.
• Contribute to the definition of requirements for Smart City Platforms, IoT ecosystems, and Command & Control Centers.
• Facilitate integration discussions focused on data management, interoperability, and system-of-systems architecture.
• Assist in developing evaluation criteria and frameworks for Master System Integrators (MSI/DSI) during procurement.
• Prepare and deliver high-quality presentations, reports, and technical documentation for clients and stakeholders.
• Support stakeholder workshops to capture needs, refine requirements, and ensure alignment with project goals.
• Work alongside Land Use, Built Environment Masterplanning, and Urban Design teams to identify smart city solutions that enhance quality of life and address key dimensions such as: Smart Economy, Smart Environment, Net Zero Agenda, Smart Living, Smart Mobility, Smart People, Smart Governance.
• Ability to convert strategy into actionable deliverables (use cases, RTMs, SOPs).
• Strong analytical mindset with sharp research and problem-solving skills.
• Effective collaborator in multi-disciplinary teams with confident client engagement.

Business Development:

• Support business development activities by preparing proposal inputs, case studies, and project references.
• Contribute to the development of internal knowledge frameworks, tools, and templates to support consistent and high-quality smart city delivery.
• Offer innovative approaches to future city actions by developing Smart City Masterplans and processes that reflect global trends while responding to local contexts, demands, and place-based opportunities.