Senior Architect – Heritage & Urban Planning

About the role

Assystem is seeking a Senior Architect to lead heritage and urban planning projects across Saudi Arabia. The role combines deep architectural expertise with a focus on preserving cultural assets while supporting large‑scale urban development initiatives.

Key responsibilities

• Develop and review architectural designs, drawings, specifications, and technical documents for heritage and urban development projects.
• Ensure designs align with project vision, master plans, urban design principles, and heritage conservation requirements.
• Review consultant and contractor submissions, including shop drawings, material submittals, mock‑ups, and method statements.
• Coordinate with multidisciplinary teams such as Urban Planning, Landscape, Structural, MEP, BIM, and Infrastructure.
• Conduct site inspections to monitor construction quality, design compliance, and adherence to approved drawings and specifications.
• Support restoration, rehabilitation, adaptive reuse, and conservation of heritage buildings and culturally significant assets.
• Verify compliance with Saudi Building Code (SBC), MOMRA regulations, accessibility standards, and heritage authority requirements.
• Participate in value engineering, constructability reviews, and design optimisation while preserving heritage character.
• Prepare technical reports, design review comments, inspection reports, and progress updates.
• Assist in BIM coordination and multidisciplinary design integration.

Required profile

• Minimum 8 years of professional experience in architecture.
• Experience in heritage restoration, conservation, urban regeneration, mixed‑use or large‑scale urban development projects.
• Background on projects similar to Diriyah Gate, AlUla, Historic Jeddah, Qiddiya, NEOM or comparable cultural initiatives.

Required skills

• BIM coordination.