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Job Description:
Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented Roads Design Engineer to join our team! In this role you will get to work within a PMO working on major highways / infrastructure projects in the KSA Capital, Riyadh City.
What You’ll Be Doing:
- Reviews road and highway design drawings, reports, and specifications prepared by third-party designers at concept and detailed design stages, with particular attention to interfaces with structures, drainage, utilities, traffic, and other disciplines.
- Develops and evaluates conceptual design options for roads, junctions, and interchanges to support the PMO and client decision-making, including layout alternatives and high-level geometric solutions.
- Contributes to value engineering studies for highways and interchanges, identifying opportunities to optimize geometry, pavement solutions, and safety features while maintaining compliance with standards and project objectives.
- Prepares engineering details, sketches, and exhibits to illustrate design concepts, value engineering proposals, and design clarifications.
- Reviews pavement design and road safety–related elements prepared by third parties, ensuring that recommendations are technically sound and aligned with applicable standards and good practice.
- Reviews third-party design submissions, supplier drawings, and technical documents, and prepares clear, coordinated technical comments and responses for PMO and client approval processes.
- Coordinates with multidisciplinary teams (bridges/structures, drainage, utilities, traffic, and architectural/landscape) to resolve design issues and ensure coherent, integrated solutions.
- Prepares and delivers presentations on complex road and interchange design matters to internal teams, clients, and external stakeholders.
- Assists in assessing design risks, constructability aspects, and phasing considerations for major road and interchange schemes.
- Performs other responsibilities associated with this position as may be appropriate.
What Required Skills You’ll Bring:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering.
- Minimum 10 years of experience in road and highway design, preferably including work on major highways and interchanges.
- Solid experience in geometric road design, including horizontal and vertical alignments, cross-sections, and junction layouts in accordance with relevant international and local standards.
- Demonstrated experience in reviewing designs prepared by third-party consultants and producing structured, technically robust review comments.
- Working knowledge of pavement design principles and road safety engineering, with the ability to understand, challenge, and refine third-party proposals.
- Experience contributing to concept development and value engineering on road and highway projects.
- Experience working within a multidisciplinary team environment and coordinating with other disciplines.
- Proactive, solution-oriented approach, with willingness to support PMO processes and collaborate across teams to enhance overall project delivery.
- Good presentation and communication skills, with the ability to clearly explain technical issues to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
What Desired Skills You’ll Bring:
- Previous experience in a design consultancy and/or PMC/PMO environment.
- Chartered Engineer (or similar) status with an industry recognized engineering body
- Proficiency with relevant road design tools (e.g., AutoCAD Civil 3D, InRoads, or equivalent) sufficient to test concepts and prepare supporting sketches and exhibits.
- Experience participating in design review workshops, value engineering sessions, or technical coordination meetings for major infrastructure projects.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering
- At least 10 years of experience in road and highway design
- Experience with major highways and interchanges
- Experience in geometric road design, including horizontal and vertical alignments, cross-sections, and junction layouts
- Experience reviewing third-party consultant designs and producing technical review comments
- Working knowledge of pavement design and road safety engineering
- Experience with concept development and value engineering for road and highway projects
- Experience working in multidisciplinary teams and coordinating across engineering disciplines
- Good presentation and communication skills
- Experience in a design consultancy or PMC/PMO environment
- Chartered Engineer or equivalent professional status
- Proficiency with road design tools such as AutoCAD Civil 3D or InRoads
- Experience participating in design review workshops, value engineering sessions, or technical coordination meetings
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Parsons is a digitally enabled solutions provider with a focus on making the world safer, smarter, healthier, more sustainable, and more connected. Founded in 1944, Parsons primarily serves the defense, security, and infrastructure markets. Uniquely qualified to deliver cyber/converged security, technology-based intellectual property, and other innovative services, the corporation delivers state-of-the-art solutions to federal, regional, and local government agencies as well as to private industrial customers worldwide. Parsons has a reputation for inclusion and diversity and has been named to the Ethisphere Institute’s list of World’s Most Ethical Companies for 10 consecutive years. Parsons facilitates a culture of innovation by encouraging collaboration among its employees and providing opportunities for career growth. With offices around the globe, people of varied talents and backgrounds, and a wide range of exciting projects, the possibilities at Parsons are endless. For more about Parsons, visit www.parsons.com. Mission: Delivering innovative infrastructure, defense, and security solutions to enable a more sustainable, safer, smarter, and more connected world.
