Senior Architect - Hospitality Portfolio

About the role

The Senior Architect supports architectural design review and technical coordination across the company's hospitality portfolio. The role checks layouts, drawings and technical submissions against project briefs, local codes, municipality requirements and design intent, works closely with consultants and other disciplines, helps move statutory submissions through to approval, and ensures design comments are tracked and closed out.

Key responsibilities

• Assess layouts, drawings and technical submissions against project briefs, applicable codes, municipality requirements and design intent.
• Identify discrepancies and propose practical design improvements.
• Coordinate with consultants and relevant disciplines.
• Assist with statutory submissions and approvals.
• Maintain design review comment logs, track technical deliverables and follow up on closing out comments.

Required profile

• Minimum 10 years of progressive experience in architectural design and technical coordination, preferably including hospitality projects.
• Bachelor's degree in Architecture, preferably with PMP certification.
• Working knowledge of interior finishes, construction details and architectural interfaces with structural and MEP disciplines.
• Ability to identify design discrepancies and recommend practical solutions.
• Effective coordination, communication, documentation and follow-up skills.
• English and Arabic.

Required skills

• Architectural design review, space planning, design development, statutory compliance, technical drawings and specifications.
• AutoCAD, Revit/BIM, Rhino, Lumion, PDF drawing review and markup, MS Office and document control tools.