Senior Site Architect

DSA Architects International; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading architectural firm in Saudi Arabia is seeking a Senior Site Architect to manage and supervise the site supervision team while ensuring adherence to construction contracts and quality standards. The candidate should have 15-20 years of site experience, preferably in Middle Eastern hospitality, and be proficient in FIDIC contract implementation. This role requires strong leadership skills, attention to detail, and the ability to work under pressure, with tools such as AutoCAD and Aconex being essential.

Qualifications

• 15-20 years of site experience.
• Middle East hospitality experience is preferred.
• Experience in leading a multidisciplinary team is a must.

Responsibilities

• Managing and supervising the DSA Site Supervision team.
• Coordinating site supervision tasks and duties as per contract requirements.
• Overseeing implementation of tasks and maintaining document control.

Skills

Proficient with FIDIC Contract Implementation

Attention to Detail

Teamwork & ability to work under pressure

Good verbal and written communication

Planning and organizing

Progress reporting

Education

Engineering / Architectural diploma or equivalent degree/certification

Tools

Aconex

Bluebeam

AutoCAD

Office

Revit

Job description

Senior Site Architect is responsible for co-leading the DSA Site Supervision team, along with the Project Lead Architect, ensuring compliance with construction & Employer contracts and quality standards while managing the pre-engineering and associated synchronization process and effectively coordinate with various stakeholders and facilitate successful project delivery.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Managing and supervising the DSA Site Supervision team, which may include Assistant Site Architects, Architectural Inspectors, document controllers, and other admin staff.
• Coordinating all Architects, and sub-consultants site supervision team’s tasks and duties in accordance with the Construction & Employer contract requirements and DSA work QA & QC work procedures.
• Construction Contract requirements and compliance
• In acting out the duties herein the employee is to follow and implement all relevant company and project work procedures.
• Establish / Obtain at the project outset: staffing organization chart, lines of communication & reporting, roles and responsibilities matrix for all project team, all project procedures and proformas for use in site works quality control and site supervision
• Contractor pre-start activities
• Overseeing the implementation at the site or project office of general office tasks, housekeeping and document control, ensuring that the site team comply with all the agreed procedures
• Utilizing of computer software for the document and drawing control, If available and per the contract’s requirements eg Primavera Expedition
• HR Duties / Supervision of Assistant Site Architects, Inspectors and other staff
• Maintaining a full set of Design drawings, schedules, specifications etc.
• Maintaining a set of project managers instructions, contractors verbal instructions, RFI’s and their responses, submittals and their responses (pre-engineering).
• Maintain a Daily diary, which should include: weather, inspections and testing carried out [on and off site], NCN’s & Site Observations raised, contractors’ resources, key events, meetings, client visits, new activities started.
• Receive all incoming the Mail, copy and distribute as appropriate to each sub-consultant.
• Contact and coordinate with the appropriate design consultant and obtain/prepare and issue responses, as required, in a timely manner.
• Prepare and issue letters and other notices, responses etc to the Client, Project Manager, sub-consultants, Contractors and the like. All critical and sensitive issues are only to be issued after consultation with the Project Architect.
• Record poor performance and improvement notices on sub consultants, after consultation and coordination with Project Architect.
• Respond to PM, Client on any raised issues.
• Formal correspondence is to be per the lines of communication agreed with the Client / Project Manager.
• Request and approve the contractor’s documentation in advance of the works starting
• Inspection requests and Inspections, off-site tests and Inspections
• Final Inspection and snagging at project close out and handover
• Contractors’ queries [RFI – Requests for Information]
• Site sketches to be issued formally with a unique reference, date and purpose of issue statement.
• Site Housekeeping and Site Safety
• Review of Contractors payment applications, and progress reports
• Prepare and / or Assist the Design Manager / Design Project manager / Project Architect in production, monitoring of tracking schedules and action lists to produce design deliverables, responses to RFI’s, Submittals etc.
• Close out program and method statement, which is to include: testing and commissioning, NCR closure, snagging/de-snag program activities. Power, water, telephone, chilled water supply connections all other utility connections. Local authority inspections. Training

Qualification and requirements:

• Engineering / Architectural diploma or an equivalent degree / certification.
• 15-20 years of site experience.
• Middle East hospitality experience is preferred.
• Proficient with FIDIC Contract Implementation.
• Experience in leading a multidisciplinary team is a must.
• Aconex, Bluebeam, Acrobat, AutoCAD, Office, Snagging (Field, SNAGR, 4P, other). Revit would be advantageous.
• Good verbal and written communication.
• Teamwork & ability to work under pressure.
• Attention to Detail.
• Planning and organizing.
• Progress reporting.
• Pragmatic

Interested candidates can share their resume directly on [e-mail] mentioning "Senior Site Architect" as a subject.