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Job Description:

Parsons is hiring an experienced Transit Facilities Architect Lead to support and grow our Canada Rail & Transit business. This role is ideal for a senior architect with deep expertise in transit stations, 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, identifying capability gaps (especially BIM/digital delivery), and working closely with Parsons’ architecture and 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, coordinating architectural design with civil, structural, MEP, systems, rail, operations, safety, and sustainability requirements.

- Ensure designs reflect 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 Western 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, BIM execution planning), and identify gaps in team capability with action plans to close them.

Team Leadership

- Build, mentor, and develop high-performing teams; provide technical direction, coaching, and review of deliverables.

- Support hiring, resourcing, and capability development to grow Parsons’ transit facilities architecture practice in Canada West.

Required Qualifications

- Bachelor’s degree in Architecture (or related field) or equivalent combination of education and experience.

- 20+ years of progressively responsible experience delivering transit/transportation facilities , such as stations, depots, maintenance facilities, operations buildings, and/or intermodal facilities.

- Demonstrated leadership delivering projects through feasibility to detailed design and construction support , coordinating multi-disciplinary teams.

- 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 constru

📌 Senior Transit Facilities Architect Lead (Toronto)
🏢 PARSONS
📍 Toronto