Design Lead

About the Role

Join Parsons, a company fostering innovation, agility, and personal growth, as a Design Lead in Tabūk, Saudi Arabia. This role offers the opportunity to lead multidisciplinary design teams, ensuring technical excellence and outstanding project delivery from concept inception to execution.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee and lead multidisciplinary design development on complex projects to meet quality and compliance standards.
• Provide technical guidance to design teams, ensuring conformity to project goals and client requirements.
• Review design outputs, confirming alignment with standards, regulations, and client expectations.
• Track design progress, maintain quality, and ensure adherence to timelines and milestones.
• Collaborate with Project Managers and discipline leads to address technical and resource challenges.
• Assist in project planning activities including scope definition, scheduling, and resource allocation.
• Coordinate communication between internal teams, consultants, clients, and stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle.
• Guarantee cohesive integration of different design disciplines and consistency across project documentation.
• Identify and resolve complex technical and design issues using innovative and practical solutions.
• Promote best practices, continuous improvement, and knowledge sharing within the team.
• Support the creation and enforcement of design standards, procedures, and quality management protocols.
• Encourage a collaborative, inclusive, and professional environment fostering teamwork and innovation.

Required Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Design, Construction Management, or a related field.
• At least 15 years of experience in design management, project delivery, or multidisciplinary project settings.
• Demonstrated ability to lead multidisciplinary design teams on large and complex projects.
• In-depth knowledge of project delivery methodologies, design management, and technical coordination.
• Capable of handling multiple priorities while maintaining quality, schedule, and budget targets.
• Excellent leadership, communication, stakeholder engagement, and team-building skills.
• Strong analytical and decision-making skills.
• Experience facilitating design reviews, technical workshops, and project meetings.
• Knowledge in managing design risks, change management processes, and quality assurance standards.
• Proven ability to mentor and cultivate team performance and accountability.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Engineering, Project Management, or related discipline.
• Relevant professional certification or registration.
• Experience with large-scale infrastructure, industrial, transportation, or development projects.
• Proficiency with digital delivery platforms, Building Information Modeling (BIM), and project management tools.
• Track record of driving innovation, process improvements, and operational excellence.
• Experience working in diverse, multicultural, and multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong commercial insight into client expectations and project delivery.

Diversity and Inclusion

Parsons values diversity across all job levels irrespective of race, color, religion, gender (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, or genetic information.

Additional Information

Parsons is committed to employee well-being and offers unlimited growth opportunities. We are vigilant against recruitment fraud and encourage reporting suspicious activity.