بارسونز تعلن عن وظيفة خبير طرق أول في تصميم الطرق السريعة بالرياض (قدية)

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Job Description:

Parsons are 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 that all highway designs are:

Technically robust and compliant with applicable standards
Safe, constructible, and well-coordinated with other disciplines
Delivered efficiently to support approvals, construction, and overall program objectives

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 and 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 and Traffic Impact Studies
• Concept, preliminary, detailed, and Issued for Construction (IFC) designs
• Review and provide guidance on: Horizontal and vertical alignments, road hierarchy and cross-sections, Junctions, interchanges, and roundabouts,Traffic signs and road markings, Pavement design (flexible and rigid), Road drainage, Road safety and roadside features
• Ensure compliance with applicable standards, including: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia standards (e.g. CFP, SHC, MOT, MoMRA, SBC)
• Approved international standards (e.g. AASHTO, DMRB, where applicable)
• 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 and transport planning, Utilities and drainage, Structures and bridges, Public realm and 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 and approval agencies
• Plot developers and delivery partners
• Design consultants and contractors
• Attend technical meetings, workshops, and coordination sessions as required.
• Assist in preparing and responding to authority comments and design submission queries.
• Provide technical oversight and challenge to highway design consultants and contractors where required.
• Attend site as necessary to support construction-related design queries and verify design intent.
• Support the Client with: Technical inputs to RFPs and scopes of work, Technical evaluation of tenders, where requested, Resolution of design-related RFIs and construction queries
• Support value engineering and design optimization initiatives to improve safety, performance, cost, and program.
• Share international best practice, lessons learned, and innovative design solutions with the Client’s teams.
• Provide mentoring, coaching, and technical guidance to Client staff involved in highways and infrastructure projects.
• Support continuous improvement of highway design standards, procedures, and design review processes.

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 and 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
• 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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