SME - Senior Road Expert Highways Design
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About the Role
Parsons seeks a Senior Highways Design Subject Matter Expert to act as technical authority across highway and road infrastructure projects in Riyadh. The role involves ensuring designs are technically robust, safe, and compliant with standards, while providing expert advice and mentoring.
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Responsibilities
- Act as the Client’s Highways Design Subject Matter Expert and technical authority on highway and road design.
- Provide expert advice on highway design principles, standards, and international best practice.
- Review and advise on design departures, exceptions, and non standard solutions.
- Undertake detailed technical review of highway design deliverables at all project stages.
- Support Safety in Design processes and road safety reviews.
- Provide technical input to resolve interfaces between highway design and other disciplines.
- Support the Client in technical engagement with government authorities and approval agencies.
- Provide mentoring, coaching, and technical guidance to Client staff.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering
- At least 15 years of professional experience in highway and road design
- Minimum 5 years’ experience on projects in the Middle East (KSA experience strongly preferred)
- Proven experience on major infrastructure and master planned developments
- Proficient working knowledge of highways design software such as AutoCAD, Civil 3D, BIM platforms, AutoTURN
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Job Description
- Parsons is looking for an exceptionally talented Senior Highways Design SME to join their team.
- The Senior Highways Design Subject Matter Expert (SME) will act as a technical authority and trusted advisor across multiple highway and road infrastructure projects and design stages.
- The primary objective is to provide independent, senior level highway engineering expertise to ensure designs are technically robust, compliant, safe, constructible, and well coordinated.
What You'll Be Doing
- Act as the Client’s Highways Design Subject Matter Expert and technical authority on highway and road design.
- Provide expert advice on highway design principles, standards, and international best practice.
- Support the development, interpretation, and application of highway design criteria, typical sections, standard details, Basis of Design, and technical guidance documents.
- Review and advise on design departures, exceptions, and non standard solutions, ensuring risks are clearly identified and managed.
- Undertake detailed technical review of highway design deliverables at all project stages including feasibility studies, concept, preliminary, detailed, and IFC designs.
- Review and provide guidance on horizontal and vertical alignments, road hierarchy, cross sections, junctions, interchanges, roundabouts, traffic signs, road markings, pavement design, road drainage, road safety, and roadside features.
- Ensure compliance with applicable standards including KSA standards (CFP, SHC, MOT, MoMRA, SBC) and international standards (AASHTO, DMRB).
- Support Safety in Design processes and road safety reviews, contributing to risk assessments and mitigation strategies.
- Provide technical input to resolve interfaces between highway design and traffic/transport planning, utilities/drainage, structures/bridges, public realm/landscape, construction staging, and temporary traffic management.
- Identify design risks related to safety, constructability, cost, and program, and recommend practical mitigation measures.
- Facilitate coordinated, integrated design solutions across disciplines.
- Support the Client in technical engagement with government authorities, approval agencies, plot developers, delivery partners, design consultants, and contractors.
What You'll Bring
- Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering; Master’s degree preferred.
- At least 15 years of professional experience in highway and road design.
- Minimum 5 years’ experience on projects in the Middle East (KSA experience strongly preferred).
- Proven experience on major infrastructure and master planned developments.
- Demonstrated technical expertise in highway geometric design, pavement engineering, road drainage design, junction and interchange design, value engineering, design optimization, road safety, and roadside design.
- Experience working with approving authorities and regulatory bodies in KSA or the wider Middle East.
- Proficient working knowledge of highways design and associated software tools such as AutoCAD, Civil 3D, BIM platforms, and AutoTURN or equivalent swept path analysis tools.
Desired Skills
- Chartered Engineer or equivalent professional engineering registration.
- More than 10 years’ experience in Middle East/KSA highway projects.
- Direct experience in supporting construction and delivery phases, including site based coordination and resolution of construction related design issues.
- Experience in client facing advisory roles or secondments is an advantage.
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