Smart City Design Expert (J26-52)

About This Role

Location : Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Industry: Real Estate / Large Assets / Construction

Availability: Immediate

Role Overview

The Smart City Design Expert is responsible for defining, structuring, and integrating smart city concepts into large-scale real estate developments and complex assets such as mixed-use districts, malls, campuses, airports, or large urban infrastructures. This role sits at the intersection of urban design, real estate development, digital systems, and operational performance. The focus is not academic smart cities, but deployable, value-driven solutions aligned with asset lifecycle, ROI, and long-term operations.

Key Responsibilities

Smart City & Digital Design

• Define smart city strategies adapted to large real estate assets (districts, malls, mega-projects, portfolios).
• Translate urban and real estate objectives into functional smart systems (mobility, energy, security, utilities, digital services).
• Design integrated smart city architectures (ICT, IoT, data platforms, digital twins where applicable).

Real Estate & Asset Integration

• Work closely with developers, asset managers, and operators to align smart solutions with business and operational goals.
• Ensure smart systems support asset value, user experience, sustainability, and operational efficiency.
• Integrate smart requirements into masterplans, concept designs, and technical specifications.

Technical Coordination

• Coordinate with urban planners, architects, MEP engineers, IT teams, and system integrators.
• Define use cases, system interfaces, data flows, and interoperability requirements.
• Review and validate smart city design deliverables from consultants and vendors.

Performance & Sustainability

• Support energy efficiency, smart mobility, environmental monitoring, and resource optimization strategies.
• Contribute to ESG objectives through measurable, technology-enabled solutions.
• Define KPIs and performance monitoring frameworks for smart assets.

Stakeholder & Project Support

• Support client presentations, workshops, and design reviews.
• Provide expert input during tenders, RFPs, and technology selection phases.
• Ensure alignment between design intent and operational reality.

Required Profile

Background & Experience

• Strong experience in real estate development or large-scale assets (urban districts, malls, campuses, airports, large mixed-use projects).
• Proven exposure to smart city, smart buildings, or digital infrastructure projects.
• Experience working on complex, multi-stakeholder developments.

Skills & Expertise

• Solid understanding of:
  • Smart city frameworks and digital urban systems
  • Real estate asset lifecycle (design, construction, operations)
  • ICT, IoT, data platforms, and system integration principles
• Ability to bridge technical design and business objectives.
• Strong coordination and stakeholder management skills.

Profile Type

• Real estate–oriented expert, not purely IT or academic.
• Pragmatic, solution-driven, capable of designing implementable smart solutions.
• Comfortable working on large, high-value assets with long-term operational vision. Job Category: Construction Large Assets Real Estate Job Type: Engineering Management Job Location: Riyadh Saudi Arabia