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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, Na

📌 Senior Architect – Rail (Toronto)
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