Technical Design Director - Civil Engineering

In a world of possibilities, pursue one with endless opportunities. Imagine Next! At Parsons, you can imagine a career where you thrive, work with exceptional people, and be yourself. Guided by our leadership vision of valuing people, embracing agility, and fostering growth, we cultivate an innovative culture that empowers you to achieve your full potential. Unleash your talent and redefine what’s possible. Job Description: We are seeking a high-calibre Technical Design Director to spearhead the heavy civil infrastructure engineering, site development, and technical design integration for a major program in Riyadh. In this senior leadership role, you will oversee a D&B contractor responsible for developing the design from 35% to IFC, ensuring alignment to specification and schedule. What You'll Be Doing - Civil & Infrastructure Leadership: Lead and oversee the comprehensive civil engineering design strategy, technical reviews, and infrastructure assurance across basement parking, podium slabs, Mid rise offices blocks and structural steel canopies. - Consultant & Stakeholder Management: Manage Lead Design Consultants (LDCs) and specialist civil/geotechnical sub-consultants, ensuring design packages match budget, timeline, and quality parameters. Act as the primary technical liaison to senior MOD clients and municipal/local authorities. - Multidisciplinary Integration: Drive flawless coordination across civil, structural, geotechnical, MEP, and specialized security/defense infrastructure to eliminate design bottlenecks and spatial/utility clashes. - Quality & Code Assurance: Conduct rigorous buildability and value engineering reviews for heavy civil works, drainage, roads, and structural interfaces. Ensure all designs strictly adhere to Saudi Building Codes (SBC), civil defense protocols, and global defense facility benchmarks. - BIM & Delivery Governance: Oversee civil design workflows within a BIM-led environment (Civil 3D/Revit), ensuring precise geospatial data integration, clear change management protocols, and comprehensive technical documentation. - Manage the site supervision team to ensure appropriate templates and processes are established for tracking of site activities, key project quantities and record keeping. What Required Skills You'll Bring - Education: Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or Structural Engineering (Master’s degree or professional chartership strongly preferred). - Experience: A minimum of 20 years of progressive civil engineering and design management experience, with a proven track record on mega-infrastructure projects or government/defense facilities in the GCC region (Saudi Arabia experience is highly preferred). - Technical Expertise: Strong mastery of civil design integration, geotechnics, site grading, utility networks, heavy structural buildability, value engineering, and high-security facility infrastructure protocols. What Desired Skills You'll Bring - Leadership Skills: Exceptional ability to manage large, multidisciplinary technical teams, negotiate technical solutions with clients, and work under fast-track delivery constraints. - A mix of Consultant and Main Contractor Experience would be a key advantage. - Credentials: Mandatory membership or eligibility for membership in the Saudi Council of Engineers (SCE). Professional chartership (such as ICE, P.E., or equivalent) is a major advantage. Parsons equally employs representation at all job levels no matter the race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability or genetic information. We truly invest and care about our employee’s wellbeing and provide endless growth opportunities as the sky is the limit, so aim for the stars! Imagine next and join the Parsons quest—APPLY TODAY! Parsons is aware of fraudulent recruitment practices. To learn more about recruitment fraud and how to report it, please refer to https://www.parsons.com/fraudulent-recruitment/.

Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or Structural Engineering (Master’s degree or professional chartership strongly preferred). Minimum 20 years of progressive civil engineering and design management experience, with a proven track record on mega-infrastructure projects or government/defense facilities in the GCC region (Saudi Arabia experience is highly preferred). Technical expertise in civil design integration, geotechnics, site grading, utility networks, heavy structural buildability, value engineering, and high-security facility infrastructure protocols.

Civil & Infrastructure Leadership: Lead and oversee the comprehensive civil engineering design strategy, technical reviews, and infrastructure assurance across basement parking, podium slabs, mid-rise office blocks and structural steel canopies. Consultant & Stakeholder Management: Manage Lead Design Consultants (LDCs) and specialist civil/geotechnical sub-consultants, ensuring design packages match budget, timeline, and quality parameters. Act as the primary technical liaison to senior MOD clients and municipal/local authorities. Multidisciplinary Integration: Drive flawless coordination across civil, structural, geotechnical, MEP, and specialized security/defense infrastructure to eliminate design bottlenecks and spatial/utility clashes. Quality & Code Assurance: Conduct rigorous buildability and value engineering reviews for heavy civil works, drainage, roads, and structural interfaces. Ensure all designs strictly adhere to Saudi Building Codes (SBC), civil defense protocols, and global defense facility benchmarks. BIM & Delivery Governance: Oversee civil design workflows within a BIM-led environment (Civil 3D/Revit), ensuring precise geospatial data integration, clear change management protocols, and comprehensive technical documentation. Manage the site supervision team to ensure appropriate templates and processes are established for tracking of site activities, key project quantities and record keeping.