AtkinsRealis
Senior Architect
- Permanent
- Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Experience 10 - 15 yrs
Job expiry date: 15/10/2026
Job overview
Date posted
31/08/2026
Location
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Salary
AED 30,000 - 40,000 per month
Compensation
Comprehensive package
Experience
10 - 15 yrs
Seniority
Senior & Lead
Qualification
Bachelors degree
Expiration date
15/10/2026
Job description
Architecture design across a full range of asset types sits with this Senior Architect position, based in Dubai within the Cities & Development Engineering team. You will manage scope and schedule to keep every project aligned with its objectives, while ensuring compliance with project requirements and design standards throughout. Design packages get integrated across disciplines, and Safety in Design principles run through implementation from the outset. Delivering the architecture mandate sits alongside stakeholder engagement as part of the senior management team, with the design process itself managed creatively and aesthetic quality kept front of mind. Collaboration with the Design Group, Delivery team, and Project team carries designs from concept through to completion across residential, mixed-use, commercial, public, healthcare, educational, civic, and cultural typologies. Drawings and presentations get prepared, developed, and edited, and production is supervised from visualization through pre-concept, concept, developed, and detailed design stages. Architects, Designers, Managers, and Professionals within the department report into the role, alongside leadership of qualitative design reviews presented to Executive Management. Materials schedules, sample boards, FF&E schedules, sourcing, and mock-ups fall under the same oversight, and design issues get resolved creatively while staying within budget and the agreed design approach.
Required skills
Key responsibilities
- Manage project scope and schedule to keep delivery aligned with objectives
- Ensure compliance with project requirements and design standards
- Support the integration of design packages across disciplines
- Champion Safety in Design principles throughout implementation
- Deliver the architecture mandate as part of the senior management team, including stakeholder engagement
- Guide the design process creatively, with attention to aesthetic quality
- Collaborate with the Design Group, Delivery team, and Project team from concept through completion
- Produce architectural designs across residential, mixed-use, commercial, public, healthcare, educational, civic, and cultural typologies
- Prepare, develop, and edit drawings and presentations
- Supervise production from visualization through pre-concept, concept, developed, and detailed design stages
- Lead qualitative architectural design reviews, presenting analysis and recommendations to Executive Management
- Oversee Architects, Designers, Managers, and Professionals within the department
- Draft architectural documentation from concept through detailed design
- Review and develop architectural asset briefs, manuals, and standard design documents
- Coordinate materials schedules, sample boards, FF&E schedules, sourcing, and mock-ups
- Resolve design issues creatively while adhering to budget and the agreed design approach
- Communicate and coordinate with consultants, contractors, and NEOM departments
- Track Capex documentation relevant to the project
- Build consensus among team members to draw out the best contributions
Experience & skills
- Hold a B.Arch or B.Sc. in Architecture from a recognized university, with a postgraduate degree in Architecture or Urban Design preferred
- Carry international accreditation such as RIBA or AIA, or equivalent
- Bring 13+ years of architectural design and management experience post-undergraduate
- Show proven expertise managing international design consultants across sectors and typologies
- Demonstrate experience in residential, commercial, public, healthcare, and educational design, with construction experience preferred
- Understand financial and commercial project management alongside risk management, scope definition, and scope interfaces
- Apply full knowledge of international standards, policies, codes, and procedures
- Maintain familiarity with Statutory Authorities requirements and sustainable design principles
- Use design software proficiently, including Revit, AutoCAD, Rhino, and Adobe Suite, with Grasshopper and V-Ray as a plus
- Communicate fluently in English with strong negotiation skills
- Pursue sustainability certifications such as LEED or PQP, considered highly desirable