Senior Architect-Rail Design

Job Purpose

Strategy

• Develop and manage pre- and post-contract architectural design concepts aligned with RTA’s transportation goals, sustainability directives, and long-term project vision.
• Contribute to the technical review of rail-related legislation, planning regulations, and investment-linked projects, ensuring legal compliance and alignment with RTA’s strategic objectives.
• Lead architectural input for Planning & Development Manuals, design guidelines, and Rail Agency standards to ensure consistency and excellence across all rail infrastructure projects.
• Incorporate sustainability strategies and environmental design principles into architectural works, embedding sustainability, green economy, and value-engineering principles to optimize lifecycle costs.

Operations

• Oversee architectural deliverables including station design, signage, wayfinding, landscaping, and intermodal interfaces ensuring compliance with codes, accessibility standards, and stakeholder requirements.
• Review the acoustic design, noise and vibration control measures, and fit-out guidelines, providing detailed feedback. Additionally, evaluate the advertisement and retail strategies for rail projects, offering insights in collaboration with internal departments.
• Provide architectural consultation and cross-functional support to other engineering disciplines throughout pre- and post-contract phases, ensuring integrated design solutions.
• Review consultants for RFPs/Bids, developer proposals, and design submissions, validating compliance with architectural standards, value engineering, and operational performance targets.
• Review and provide feedback on design submissions for all rail projects, including elevated stations, underground stations, interchange stations, and station context planning.
• Support the architectural quality control during execution and handover, ensuring snag resolution, and adherence to Defect Notification Period (DNP) obligations.
• Ensure HSQE requirements related to architectural elements are implemented across all design and construction stages.
• Capture lessons learned from the project initiation stage through to the defect notification period.

Product / Process Improvement

• Lead the preparation, review, and continuous update of internal architectural design manuals and documentation frameworks in line with international best practices.
• Consider user complaints and contextual improvements to enhance architectural station's usability, customer experience, and operational efficiency.
• Capture and integrate lessons learned from completed projects, feeding back into design frameworks and institutional knowledge to improve future delivery.

Physical Working Conditions

• Conduct site inspections, material testing validations, and walk-throughs during design and construction phases to ensure compliance with approved architectural specifications and finishes, and attend factory acceptance tests to verify materials.

Education

Experience