Director - Stations
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About the Role
Parsons seeks a Director of Stations to lead architectural, engineering, and technical design for a driverless metro rail system in Riyadh. The role oversees station design from concept through construction, managing international consultants and ensuring integration with real estate developments.
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Responsibilities
- Own the functional design of all stations, ensuring optimal platform screen door integration, vertical transportation capacity, emergency egress compliance, and fluid passenger circulation for driverless environments
- Lead coordination between station architecture, structural engineering, and MEP systems including tunnel ventilation, smoke extraction, and environmental control
- Ensure station facilities embed critical transit sub systems (communications, SCADA, security, signaling rooms) while maintaining design aesthetics and operational flexibility
- Direct, evaluate, and hold accountable Tier 1 international architectural firms, engineering consultants, and PMOs; drive design reviews to maintain quality, schedule, and budget
- Establish and execute technical assurance gateways, safety by design protocols, and configuration control management
- Champion rigorous value engineering workshops to optimize spatial footprints, constructability, and lifecycle maintenance costs
- Serve as primary technical interface for internal and external development teams; coordinate station physical footprints, structural loads, and utility connections with mixed use developments
- Protect rail asset's operational and structural rights of way, manage complex boundary matrices, and align station delivery schedules with master planned phases
- Proactively resolve high stakes design conflicts between developer real estate ambitions and rail transit requirements
Requirements
- Minimum of 15 years of experience delivering major rail transit station infrastructure
- At least 5 years leading complex, client side engineering or architectural design teams
- Deep technical understanding of modern transit station design, including functional space planning, MEP systems coordination, platform screen integration, and life safety systems
- Bachelor’s degree in Architecture, Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, or a related discipline
- Proven track record of successfully delivering stations embedded within complex, multi stakeholder real estate master plans, giga projects, or air rights developments
- Exceptional capability in directing, evaluating, and challenging Tier 1 international engineering and architectural consultants
- Experience with automated/driverless (GoA4) lines is highly valued
- Professional chartership (e.g., RIBA, AIA, CEng, or equivalent) is highly advantageous
- Experience managing construction, materials selection, and regulatory approvals within Saudi Arabia or GCC region preferred
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Job Description
- Parsons is looking for a Director of Stations to join their dynamic team.
- The role provides architectural, engineering, and technical leadership to design and deliver a network of stations for a fully automated, GoA4 driverless rail transit system.
- Operating client side within a fast paced, developer led environment, the Director holds ultimate accountability for station technical integrity, passenger experience, and complex physical integration.
What You'll Be Doing
- Passenger Flow & Layouts: Own the functional design of all stations. Ensure optimal PSD integration, vertical transportation capacity, emergency egress compliance, and fluid passenger circulation tailored for high capacity driverless environments.
- MEP & Systems Integration: Lead the complex coordination between station architecture, structural engineering, and MEP systems—including specialized tunnel ventilation, smoke extraction, and environmental control systems.
- Transit Design: Ensure station facilities seamlessly embed critical transit sub systems (communications, SCADA, security, signaling rooms) while maintaining design aesthetics and operational flexibility.
- Design Oversight: Direct, evaluate, and hold accountable Tier 1 international architectural firms, engineering consultants, and PMOs. Drive design reviews to maintain quality, schedule, and budgetary boundaries.
- Internal Governance: Establish and execute technical assurance gateways, safety by design protocols, and configuration control management. Ensure station designs pass strict internal stage gates and fully comply with global safety, RAMS, and local civil defense standards.
- Value Engineering: Champion rigorous value engineering workshops to optimize spatial footprints, constructability, and lifecycle maintenance costs without compromising safety or passenger experience.
- Real Estate Alignment: Serve as the primary technical interface for internal and external development teams. Coordinate station physical footprints, structural loads, and utility connections where stations integrate with or sit adjacent to mixed use developments.
- Commercial Boundary Management: Navigate a developer led environment by protecting the rail asset's operational and structural rights of way, managing complex boundary matrices, and aligning station delivery schedules with surrounding master planned phases.
- Conflict Resolution: Proactively resolve high stakes design conflicts between developer real estate ambitions and strict rail transit requirements, ensuring a win win integration that enhances urban connectivity.
What Required Skills You'll Bring
- Experience: Minimum of 15 years of experience delivering major rail transit station infrastructure, with at least 5 years leading complex, client side engineering or architectural design teams.
- Technical Expertise: Deep technical understanding of modern transit station design, including functional space planning, MEP systems coordination, platform screen integration, and specialized life safety systems. Experience with automated/driverless (GoA4) lines is highly valued.
- Developer Environment: Proven track record of successfully delivering stations embedded within complex, multi stakeholder real estate master plans, giga projects, or air rights developments.
- Consultant Management: Exceptional capability in directing, evaluating, and challenging Tier 1 international engineering and architectural consultants.
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Architecture, Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, or a related discipline. Professional chartership (e.g., RIBA, AIA, CEng, or equivalent) is highly advantageous.
- Regional Knowledge: Experience managing construction, materials selection, and regulatory approvals (such as Civil Defense) within the unique environmental and regulatory context of Saudi Arabia or the wider GCC region is preferred.
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