Transport Design Architect

Position: Transport Design Architect

Sector: Land Mobility

Company overview:

NEOM is an accelerator of human progress and a vision of what a new future might look like. A region in northwest Saudi Arabia on the Red Sea, NEOM is being built from the ground up to include hyperconnected, cognitive cities, ports, next-generation infrastructure and industries, enterprise zones, research centers, sports and entertainment venues and tourist destinations.

As a destination, it will be a home for people who dream big and want to be part of building a new model for exceptional livability, creating thriving businesses and reinventing environmental conservation.

As a workplace, it is a place for people who share our core values of care, curiosity, diversity, passion, respect, and becoming a catalyst for change.

Are you ready to help NEOM find solutions to the world’s most pressing challenges? Are you prepared to create a lasting legacy that benefits generations to come? Then we want to hear from you!

Role overview:

A diverse role requiring experience in a wide Mobility typologies, including Water Mobility Terminals, Advanced Air Mobility (vertiports), BRT Systems, Park and Ride facilities, Transit interchanges and multi-modal hubs and rail. The Role will include developing / testing pre-conceptual designs, design reviews, management of employers requirements and the development of multi-modal design guides. 

Requirements Summary:

• Develop Pre-concept designs for a diverse range of mobility assets and transport mode types including; Road Based Interchanges, Multi-modal hub, BRT systems, water based transport, air based transport, Park and Ride Facilities, Bus Interchanges etc.
• Understanding of physical spaces and places as is relates to Autonomous Vehicles, Water Mobility (Elect Ferries, Water taxi’s) EVTOL, STOL and other forms of advanced air transport.
• Assist in the development of System Wide Design Guide; Incorporating Branding, Wayfinding, Materiality, Signage, Public Realm.
• Design Review of Mobility assets developed by external parties
• Strong ability to prepare, develop and edit drawings and presentation material
• Undertake the production of visualization, pre-concept, concept design
• Acts as Lead reviewer of qualitative architectural design review process, providing analysis, comment, within a formal Comment Review System. 
• Manages Design and Asset Brief compliance, completeness and accuracy, including design coordination within architecture and across disciplines
• Lead and develop design manuals, standard design documents
• Understanding materiality and its specifications
• Understanding Public realm design and application
• Ability to solve design issues in a creative and pragmatic way by developing multiple designs options that meet the design approach and budget
• Manage communication, coordination, across internal Land Mobility Departments and across NEOM departments/sectors
• Produce deliverables in accordance with NEOM standards and policies.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• Excellent conceptual and design skills, with emphasis on aesthetics
• Commitment to innovation and design excellence
• Fluent in writing and speaking English
• Ability to negotiate and compromise
• Flexibility and attitude towards company objectives
• Demonstrate ability to work in a diverse team environment
• Able to establish Cordial relationships with clients and stakeholders
• Demonstrated understanding of functional and spatial planning as it relates to the movement of people within a mobility network, transport interchange etc
• Ability to conceptualise projects that address real world functionality
• Proactive and self-motivated, with the ability to take initiative in response to direction from managers
• A flexible and open attitude towards new ways of working and collaborating
• Understanding of risk management and ability to transmit the same to others
• Understanding of scope definition, interface and ability to transmit this to others
• Understanding of international standards, policies, codes and procedures
• Understand the interface between passengers and various forms of transport, be practical, logical and innovative
• Understanding of structural engineering and its relationship with good transport design outcomes
• Excellent ability in Revit, AutoCAD, Rhino, Adobe Suite; Grasshopper and V-Ray is a plus 
• Outstanding presentation skills, using digital platforms
• Excellent interpersonal skills, communication with clarity, purpose and accuracy
• Strong organizational skills, ability to work under pressure, meet tight deadlines
• Good leadership skills
• Attention to detail and a methodical approach to work.
• Excellent ability in Revit, AutoCAD, Rhino, Adobe Suite; Grasshopper and V-Ray is a plus 
• Min 5 years of post-graduate work experience in outstanding architectural or multi disciplined design offices
• Proven experience in an Architectural Practice
• Design experience in various transport architectural types: water, air, road based transport architecture.
• Experience and extensive knowledge of design and construction materials and their application
• Design experience of place making and public realm design related to transport architecture

QUALIFICATIONS

• B.Arch or B.Sc. in Architecture from a recognized university
• Postgraduate in Architecture