Job Description:
Senior Architect – Rail & Transit Facilities
Parsons is seeking an experienced Architect to support and grow our Canada Rail & Transit business. This role is ideal for a senior architect with deep expertise in station design, maintenance and storage facilities, rail and bus depots, and zero-emission bus (ZEB) facilities, along with proven leadership in project delivery and pursuit support.
Our Rail & Transit portfolio across Canada includes new station design, station upgrades, rail depot design, bus depot design, and related systems/infrastructure integration. In addition to leading the execution of active projects, you will help expand our facilities practice by supporting pursuits and working closely with multi-disciplinary teams to deliver excellence for our clients.
Key Responsibilities
Project & Design Leadership
- Lead all phases of transit facility projects (planning/feasibility, concept, schematic, detailed design, and construction support) ensuring delivery meets scope, schedule, budget, and quality expectations.
- Serve as Architectural Lead and/or Project Manager for complex transit facilities and coordinating architectural designs with civil, structural, MEP, systems, rail, operations, safety, and sustainability requirements.
- Ensure design reflects transit operating needs, maintainability, passenger experience, safety/security, accessibility, and resilience.
Client Leadership & Stakeholder Management
- Act as a primary point of contact for clients and stakeholders, maintaining trusted relationships and responding effectively to feedback.
- Lead and participate in workshops, design reviews, value engineering, and stakeholder engagement activities (owners, operators, municipalities, Indigenous communities where applicable, constructors, and third parties).
Business Development & Market Growth
- Identify, qualify, and support pursuits across Canada including:
- Maintenance & Storage Facilities
- Zero-Emission Bus Facilities (charging infrastructure integration and facility impacts)
- Transit Stations and Station Upgrades
- Contribute to proposals, interviews, technical approaches, schedules, resourcing plans, and fee development in coordination with Parsons leadership.
Quality, Standards & Digital Delivery
- Champion design quality management and best practices, ensuring deliverables meet Parsons and client standards, applicable Codes, and authority requirements.
- Lead BIM strategy and execution (model-based coordination, clash detection, workflows, and BIM execution planning).
Team Leadership
- Help build, mentor, and develop high-performing teams.
- Provide technical direction, coaching, and review of deliverables.
- Support hiring, resourcing, and capability development to help grow Parsons’ transit facilities architecture practice in Canada.
Required Qualifications
- Professionally degree in Architecture accredited by the Canadian Architectural Certification Board (CACB) or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Registered Architect with a Canadian provincial association (e.g., the OAA, AAA, AIBC, MAA, etc.).
- 20+ years of progressively responsible experience delivering transit/transportation facilities such as stations, depots, maintenance facilities, operations buildings, and/or intermodal facilities.
- Demonstrated leadership coordinating with multi-disciplinary teams to deliver projects from feasibility/concept design and throughout the various phases of detailed design and construction support/contract administration.
- Strong knowledge of Canadian Building Codes, accessibility requirements, and life-safety principles as applied to complex public/infrastructure facilities.
- Proven experience with alternative delivery models (e.g., Design-Build, P3, Alliance/CM) including architect responsibilities during procurement and construction.
- Business development experience supporting pursuits (proposal writing, technical leadership, interviews, and client strategy).
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with ZEB facilities, charging infrastructure interface impacts, and facility planning for electrification.
- Strong proficiency in BIM and design tools such as Revit, AutoCAD, Navisworks, and related coordination tools and workflows. Familiarity with SketchUp and MicroStation is an asset.
- Experience developing BIM Execution Plans, digital QA/QC processes, and model-based coordination practices across disciplines.
- Familiarity with transit agency standards and stakeholder approvals typical for large public infrastructure programs/projects
This position is part of our Critical Infrastructure team.
Salary Range: $85,000 - $135,000
This job posting is for a current addition or replacement opportunity within Parsons.
We value our employees and want our employees to take care of their overall wellbeing, which is why we offer best-in-class benefits such as health, vision, dental, employer paid provincial care premiums, Defined Contribution Pension Plan (DCPP), Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA), Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP), life insurance, paid time off, sick leave, all province observed holidays off, and gym membership discounts to fit your busy lifestyle!
