Senior Architect

The Senior Architect is a senior owner-side role responsible for leading architectural design governance, master planning, and project development requirements for large-scale development projects.

The role ensures that business objectives, operational requirements, OEM requirements, expansion strategies, and cost-efficiency goals are translated into a practical, coordinated, and executable master plan.

The Senior Architect will act as the primary architectural interface between the organization, consultants, contractors, OEM representatives, and internal stakeholders, ensuring that all design outputs and site execution remain aligned with approved project requirements and design intent.

Key Responsibilities

Master Planning & Design Governance

• Lead the development, refinement, and implementation of the Owner’s Design Brief and master planning strategy.
• Review and validate master planning deliverables including:

o Site zoning

o Land-use planning

o Building layouts and envelopes

o Functional adjacencies

o Circulation planning

o Expansion provisions

o Development phasing

• Ensure architectural solutions align with operational requirements, business objectives, and long-term expansion plans.
• Provide architectural leadership throughout the project lifecycle from concept stage to execution.

Consultant & Contractor Management

• Act as the owner’s architectural representative in discussions with:

o Master planning consultants

o Architectural consultants

o Engineering consultants

o Contractors

o OEM representatives

• Review, challenge, and technically validate consultant design submissions.
• Ensure consultant deliverables meet project requirements, quality standards, and timelines.
• Monitor contractor compliance with approved architectural designs, specifications, and design intent.
• Identify design deviations and execution risks and recommend corrective actions.

Design Coordination & Integration

• Coordinate with the Senior Infrastructure Engineer to ensure alignment between:

o Building layouts

o Infrastructure systems

o Utility corridors

o Site circulation

o Future expansion requirements

• Coordinate with project controls teams to provide:

o Design progress updates

o Risk assessments

o Consultant performance feedback

o Decision-support information

• Ensure multidisciplinary coordination between architecture, engineering, and execution teams.

• Large-scale master planning

• Architectural design governance

• Owner’s design brief development

• Consultant deliverable review and control

• Contractor design compliance monitoring

• OEM requirement integration

• Project phasing and expansion planning

• Concept to IFC drawing review

• Value engineering and constructability assessment

• Executive-level reporting and decision support