Manager (Urban Planning Tech Specialist: Automation and …, Singapore

The Urban Redevelopment Authority is a statutory board under the Minister of National Development (MND). Our Urban Design departments within the Conservation and Urban Design Group (CUDG) play a role in transforming Singapore’s physical environment and draw up district masterplans and urban design plans that contribute to the rejuvenation of our city centre.

As planning and design work becomes more complex and data‑driven, there is an increasing need to streamline internal workflows and reduce manual effort. We are strengthening the use of automation and digital tools to enable more efficient and responsive planning processes.

As a tech specialist within the Urban Design Central Area team, you will develop practical automation solutions to support architects and planners in their day‑to‑day work. This is a hands‑on, staff‑level role focused on delivering usable tools and workflow improvements.

This is a 1-year contract role.

• Build lightweight scripts, tools and workflows to automate repetitive tasks such as document processing, data handling and file management.
• Improve day‑to‑day workflows: identify workflow pain points and translate them into simple, practical technical solutions that staff can adopt easily.
• Enable adoption and usability: ensure solutions are user‑friendly, well‑documented and maintainable by non‑technical users.
• Coordinate with technology teams: act as a liaison with our IT teams to communicate requirements and support implementation of solutions.

• Deliver working automation tools or scripts addressing key workflow bottlenecks.
• Achieve measurable reductions in manual processing effort for selected tasks.
• Establish simple, sustainable solutions that can be used and maintained by the team.

• Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, IT, or related fields.
• Ability to develop scripts or automation tools (e.g. PowerShell, Python or equivalent).
• Strong analytical skills to break down workflows and identify automation opportunities.

• Experience with GIS tools and automation (e.g. ArcGIS Pro, ArcPy).
• Experience automating document or data workflows across common office tools.
• Familiarity with working in a user‑facing technical support or implementation role.

• Able to work with both technical and non‑technical stakeholders, and explain solutions clearly.
• Detail‑oriented and comfortable working with data.
• Proactive, practical, and focused on delivering usable solutions.