Senior Architectural Design Engineer

Job Title:
Senior Architectural Design Engineer

Company: Confidential

Role Overview:

We are seeking a technically proficient Senior Architectural Design Engineer to lead contractor-side architectural review and construction-document coordination, including fit-out packages. The role ensures that architectural deliverables protect design intent, code compliance, quality, constructability, and multidisciplinary integration. This position plays a critical role in maintaining design integrity, supporting site execution, resolving technical challenges, and driving coordination across complex building projects.

Key Responsibilities:

Design Review & Technical Assurance

• Review consultant and subcontractor architectural design packages at applicable stages including drawings, calculations, specifications, schedules, reports, and design changes.
• Verify that architectural deliverables comply with the approved design intent, project requirements, applicable Saudi codes, authority requirements, and relevant international standards.
• Identify omissions, inconsistencies, constructability constraints, safety concerns, and technical risks, and issue clear, traceable review comments and recommendations.
• Review architectural layouts, details, facades, accessibility, fit-out packages, schedules, and landscape interfaces.
• Coordinate material samples, mock-ups, and visual/technical compliance with approved design intent and specifications.
• Prepare, review, or endorse architectural shop drawings, technical submittals, material submissions, method statements, and discipline calculations before external submission or site use.
• Respond to RFIs, technical queries, site clarification requests, and design-change matters within agreed priorities and escalation requirements.
• Conduct site visits, verify that execution reflects approved documents, and initiate correction or technical hold where work conflicts with codes, safety requirements, or design intent.
• Support testing, commissioning, as-built documentation, and handover activities relevant to the discipline.

Coordination, BIM & Interfaces

• Coordinate architectural requirements with structural, MEP, civil infrastructure, and construction interfaces as applicable.
• Review discipline models and clash reports, resolve assigned clashes, and ensure coordinated information is reflected consistently in drawings, models, and schedules.
• Participate in design, BIM, constructability, and technical coordination meetings; document decisions and close assigned actions.

Procurement, Value & Risk

• Provide technical evaluations of subcontractor and supplier proposals, compliance statements, substitutions, and material alternatives.
• Develop or assess value-engineering opportunities while protecting safety, performance, quality, maintainability, and contractual compliance.
• Maintain discipline risk, comment, RFI, and decision records sufficient for management reporting and auditability.

Technical Supervision & Improvement

• Provide day-to-day technical direction, work allocation, and quality review for the Architectural Draftsman.
• Contribute documented technical input to performance reviews, coaching, and capability-development plans for supervised staff.
• Support the Technical Design Manager in developing discipline standards, checklists, lessons learned, and practical engineering SOPs.

Decision Authority & Escalation:

• Endorse architectural deliverables for internal approval within assigned authority and documented checking procedures.
• Reject deficient discipline submissions and require correction before recommending external issue or site use.
• Request an immediate technical hold and elevate formal stop-work action when execution conflicts with approved documents, codes, safety requirements, or design intent.
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