Senior Architect📣 Job Ad

in Staff Connect Uae

20 days ago

	Contract Type	Full-time
	Workplace type	On-site
	Location	Makkah

Job Description

About the Role

Staff Connect UAE is seeking a Senior Architect to join its team in Jeddah, Makkah, Saudi Arabia. This owner-side role is responsible for leading architectural design governance, master planning, and project development requirements for large-scale development projects. The position ensures that business objectives, operational requirements, OEM requirements, expansion strategies, and cost-efficiency goals are translated into practical, coordinated, and executable master plans. The Senior Architect will act as the primary architectural interface between the organization, consultants, contractors, OEM representatives, and internal stakeholders, ensuring all design outputs and site execution align with approved project requirements and design intent.

Key Responsibilities

Lead the development, refinement, and implementation of the Owner’s Design Brief and master planning strategy.
Review and validate master planning deliverables including site zoning, land-use planning, building layouts and envelopes, functional adjacencies, circulation planning, expansion provisions, and development phasing.
Ensure architectural solutions align with operational requirements, business objectives, and long-term expansion plans.
Provide architectural leadership throughout the project lifecycle, from concept stage to execution.
Act as the owner's architectural representative in discussions with master planning consultants, architectural consultants, engineering consultants, contractors, and OEM representatives.
Review, challenge, and technically validate consultant design submissions, ensuring they meet project requirements, quality standards, and timelines.
Monitor contractor compliance with approved architectural designs, specifications, and design intent.
Identify design deviations and execution risks, and recommend corrective actions.
Coordinate with the Senior Infrastructure Engineer to ensure alignment between building layouts, infrastructure systems, utility corridors, site circulation, and future expansion requirements.
Coordinate with project controls teams to provide design progress updates, risk assessments, consultant performance feedback, and decision-support information.
Ensure multidisciplinary coordination between architecture, engineering, and execution teams.
Lead design reviews to improve cost efficiency, constructability, functionality, project phasing, and long-term operational efficiency.
Support value engineering initiatives without compromising business and operational requirements.
Review design alternatives and provide recommendations to leadership.
Maintain structured records of design assumptions, design approvals, technical decisions, consultant submissions, review comments, and project requirements.
Prepare technical reports and presentations for management review.
Support project development activities and architectural assessments as required.

Qualifications and Requirements

Minimum of 5 years and up to 10 years of experience in a Senior Architect role.
Proven experience in leading architectural design governance for large-scale development projects.
Demonstrated expertise in master planning and translating business objectives into practical designs.
Experience in managing consultants and contractors from an architectural perspective.
Strong understanding of operational requirements, OEM requirements, and expansion strategies.
Ability to ensure cost-efficiency goals are met without compromising functionality.
Experience in design coordination and integration across multidisciplinary teams.
Proficiency in value engineering and project optimization techniques.
Experience in documentation and reporting of design processes and decisions.
Familiarity with architectural assessments and project development activities.