Senior Architect - Airport Terminal Design

Senior Architect
- Airport Terminal Design Job Snapshot

Role:
Senior Architect
- Airport Terminal Design

Location:

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Industry: Airlines/Aviation

Function:
Architect

Experience:

Minimum 8 years

Job Type: Full-time

Parsons is hiring a Senior Architect
- Airport Terminal Design in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia for a major development within the Airlines/Aviation industry. The architect will provide design review, multidisciplinary coordination, and technical assurance across architectural packages for terminal buildings and associated airport facilities. This role requires extensive knowledge of terminal planning, passenger circulation, spatial organization, commercial integration, BIM coordination, and authority compliance. The successful candidate will help transform complex operational requirements into safe, accessible, sustainable, and constructible architectural solutions.

Country:
Saudi Arabia

City:
Riyadh

Industry: Airlines/Aviation

Function:
Architect

Salary:  SAR per month Estimated salary range based on similar jobs in Riyadh; please confirm the final offer with the employer.

Gender: Any

Candidate Nationality:
Any

Job Type: Full-time

Airport terminals must support efficient passenger movement while integrating security, baggage, retail, hospitality, aviation systems, and building services within a coherent environment. Architectural decisions directly affect operational capacity, user experience, safety, maintainability, and future flexibility. The Senior Architect will provide continuity from early design through construction and closeout. Thorough technical reviews and disciplined interface management will help prevent clashes, maintain design intent, support authority approvals, and reduce issues during installation and fit-out.

The architect will review design quality and coordination across the complete airport‑development lifecycle.

• Lead architectural reviews during 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 way finding 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…