Lead Airport Terminal Architect — Riyadh

Parsons; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 201,000 - 335,000; Full time

Job summary

Parsons is seeking a Senior Architect - Airport Terminal Design in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia to lead architectural design reviews for terminal buildings and related facilities, ensuring safe, sustainable, and constructible solutions.

The role requires extensive experience with terminal planning, passenger flows, BIM coordination, and authority compliance, and offers exposure to complex airport environments within a major development program.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Architecture.
• Master's degree in Architecture or related field preferred.
• Eight+ years of architectural design, coordination and technical‑review experience.
• Experience with airport, transportation, or large‑scale infrastructure developments.
• Proficiency with BIM coordination (Revit/Navisworks) and design reviews.

Responsibilities

• Lead architectural reviews across concept, schematic, detailed‑design, and issued‑for‑construction stages.
• Verify compliance with client specifications, international standards, local regulations, and airport‑authority requirements.
• Review architectural drawings, design reports, technical specifications, material proposals, and construction details.
• Assess terminal layouts, functional zoning, spatial planning, and relationships between landside and airside facilities.
• Evaluate passenger flows for arrivals, departures, transfers, security screening, and other processing areas.
• Review wayfinding strategies, accessibility provisions, and passenger‑experience requirements.
• Confirm appropriate integration of retail, lounges, food and beverage outlets, and other commercial spaces.
• Support value‑engineering studies focused on functionality, constructability, lifecycle performance, and user experience.
• Coordinate architectural requirements with structural, facade, MEP, civil, ICT, and aviation‑systems teams.
• Identify and resolve clashes, spatial conflicts, and design‑interface issues.
• Review BIM models for coordination, design integrity, clearances, and technical compliance.
• Support model‑based validation and digital‑design coordination processes.
• Maintain architectural integration with the wider airport infrastructure program.
• Provide technical assistance during construction, installation, interior fit‑out, and testing stages.
• Review contractor shop drawings, material submittals, requests for information, and technical queries.
• Conduct site inspections to verify workmanship and compliance with approved designs.
• Resolve architectural issues affecting construction progress, quality, functionality, or design intent.
• Coordinate with clients, airport authorities, regulators, consultants, contractors, and delivery partners.
• Support permitting, regulatory submissions, technical approvals, and authority responses.
• Participate in design workshops, coordination sessions, technical reviews, and stakeholder meetings.
• Ensure architectural decisions remain compatible with airport operations and aviation requirements.
• Monitor design consistency across disciplines, packages, buildings, and project stages.
• Participate in design audits, quality reviews, and technical‑assurance activities.
• Prepare design comments, assessment documents, technical memoranda, and progress reports.
• Maintain accurate records of approvals, design decisions, interfaces, and coordination outcomes.
• Report architectural progress, design risks, outstanding issues, and required decisions to project management.
• Support closeout documents, as‑built validation, and final architectural records.
• Apply safe‑by‑design principles and contribute to constructability assessments.
• Confirm compliance with HSE requirements and airport safety regulations.
• Promote energy efficiency, environmental performance, and responsible material selection.
• Support applicable green‑building and sustainability objectives.

Skills

Airport terminal architecture

Passenger-flow planning

Landside and airside design

Wayfinding and accessibility

BIM coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in Architecture

Master's degree in Architecture or related field

Tools

Revit

Navisworks

BIM coordination tools

Job description

Parsons is seeking a Senior Architect - Airport Terminal Design in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia to lead architectural design reviews for terminal buildings and related facilities, ensuring safe, sustainable, and constructible solutions.

The role requires extensive experience with terminal planning, passenger flows, BIM coordination, and authority compliance, and offers exposure to complex airport environments within a major development program.