Utilities Design Director
Company: Parsons Corporation
Role summary
Utilities Design Director is a full-time role at Parsons Corporation in Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia (on-site). Posted 2026-08-30. Experience level: 10+.
- Job title
- Utilities Design Director
- Company
- Parsons Corporation
- Location
- Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia
- Work arrangement
- on-site
- Employment type
- full-time
- Category
- Software Engineering
- Experience level
- 10+
- Date posted
- 2026-08-30
Parsons is looking for a seasoned Utilities Design Director with over 10 years of experience to lead their team. This is a fantastic opportunity to shape major utility projects and mentor a growing team, offering a chance to make a significant impact in the industry.
Job description
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Job Description:
Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented Utilities Design Director to join our team!
You'll provide strategic leadership, technical governance, and design management oversight for all utility engineering activities associated with a major Airport, Infrastructure, and Airfield Development Project.
The successful candidate will be responsible for leading the utilities design strategy, technical assurance, multidisciplinary coordination, and delivery management of complex utility networks supporting passenger terminals, runways, taxiways, cargo aprons, aircraft stands, airport facilities, and associated infrastructure.
The Utilities Design Director will oversee the development and review of utility systems including potable water networks, firefighting systems, stormwater drainage, sewerage networks, irrigation systems, utility corridors, district cooling interfaces, power duct banks, communication networks, and other airport infrastructure utilities.
The role requires exceptional leadership experience in major airport and infrastructure programs, strong technical authority, stakeholder management capabilities, and proven experience managing complex multidisciplinary design teams.
What You'll Be Doing
1. Utilities Design Leadership & Strategic Management
Provide executive leadership and strategic direction for all utilities design activities across the airport development program.
Establish utilities engineering strategies, design standards, technical governance frameworks, and delivery objectives.
Lead and manage multidisciplinary utilities design teams including civil, wet utilities, dry utilities, and specialist infrastructure disciplines.
Ensure utilities design deliverables align with project objectives, operational requirements, sustainability targets, and client expectations.
Provide technical leadership and decision-making support to Project Directors and senior management.
2. Utilities Master Planning & Design Management
Lead the review and approval of utility master plans, engineering strategies, and infrastructure development plans.
Oversee design development for: Potable water distribution networks.
Firefighting water systems.
Stormwater drainage networks.
Sewerage collection systems.
Irrigation networks.
Utility tunnels and corridors.
Electrical and ICT ducting infrastructure.
Airport support facility utilities.
Ensure utility systems are appropriately sized, resilient, maintainable, and integrated with airport operational requirements.
Review engineering calculations, hydraulic models, technical reports, specifications, and design submissions.
3. Airport Infrastructure Utility Integration
Provide strategic oversight of utilities interfaces associated with: Passenger terminals and concourses.
Runways and taxiways.
Cargo terminals and logistics facilities.
Aircraft parking aprons.
Maintenance and operational buildings.
Landside developments.
Ensure utilities infrastructure supports current and future airport operational requirements.
Coordinate utility planning with airfield, civil, structural, architectural, mechanical, electrical, ICT, and specialist airport systems.
Ensure effective integration of underground infrastructure and utility corridors.
4. Technical Governance & Design Assurance
Establish and maintain utilities design review procedures and technical assurance processes.
Review and approve major engineering submissions, design reports, calculations, specifications, and technical solutions.
Ensure compliance with: International engineering standards.
Airport design requirements.
Local authority regulations.
Client specifications.
Sustainability and resilience objectives.
Lead technical reviews, value engineering exercises, and design optimization initiatives.
Provide technical direction on complex engineering challenges and design decisions.
5. Multidisciplinary Interface Management
Lead coordination between utilities disciplines and other engineering functions.
Manage complex interfaces between: Civil infrastructure.
Airfield works.
Pavements.
Buildings.
MEP systems.
ICT systems.
Security systems.
Airport operational systems.
Support BIM coordination, clash resolution, and digital engineering initiatives.
Ensure timely resolution of interface issues affecting design and construction delivery.
6. Construction & Delivery Support
Provide technical leadership during construction, installation, testing, commissioning, and handover phases.
Review construction-related technical submissions including: Shop drawings.
Method statements.
Material approvals.
RFIs.
Design changes.
Support resolution of major technical issues impacting project delivery.
Ensure utilities designs remain practical, constructible, and aligned with site execution requirements.
Support operational readiness and asset handover activities.
7. Stakeholder & Authority Management
Act as the senior technical representative for utilities design coordination with: Client organizations.
Airport authorities.
Utility providers.
Government agencies.
Design consultants.
Contractors.
Specialist suppliers.
Lead technical workshops, design reviews, and strategic coordination meetings.
Support authority approvals, permits, and regulatory submissions.
Maintain effective stakeholder relationships throughout the project lifecycle.
8. Quality, Risk & Compliance Management
Establish utilities quality assurance and t