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Principal Architect

WSP
Indiafull_timeVerifiedPosted 10 Feb 2026

About the role

Principal Architect to join WSP India with extensive knowledge & experience in fulfilling a leadership role within the site team and mentoring to the team members. Achieve successful co-ordination between disciplines and manage the Quality Assurance system for the project. Manage, direct and supervise direct reports to satisfy the time, quality and budgetary targets, whilst meeting or exceeding Clients’ expectations.
 

  • Review and evaluate architectural designs to ensure compliance with relevant regulations, standards, and guidelines
  • Provide technical leadership and guidance to project teams and designers to ensure that design solutions meet business requirements and are aligned with architectural standards and principles
  • Develop and maintain design standards, guidelines, and best practices for the organization that are optimized for BIM
  • Identify and mitigate design risks and issues by collaborating with project teams, designers, and stakeholders
  • Ensure all architectural designs are consistent with the organization's strategic objectives and long-term goals
  • Participate in project planning and governance activities to ensure that designs are aligned with business requirements and project objectives
  • Collaborate with other architects and stakeholders to identify and resolve cross-functional design issues
  • Liaise with the statutory and local authorities to obtain design approvals
  • Lead by example and ensure QMS and Project Life Cycle compliance across team and projects
  • The candidate should possess a Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Architecture from an accredited institute.
  • At least 12 years of proven experience in a similar role demonstrating an exemplary track record
  • Experience in working on projects in Middle East.
  • Expert knowledge of relevant regulations, standards, and guidelines
  • Expert knowledge in BIM processes – combine and review models, clash detection, manage changes etc.
  • Excellent technical writing skills
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills
  • Commercial acumen
  • Technical capability and Delivery
  • Leadership and teamwork
  • Agility and adaptability

    BGV:

  • Employment with WSP India is subject to the successful completion of a background verification (“BGV”) check conducted by a third-party agency appointed by WSP India.
  • Candidates are advised to ensure that all information provided during the recruitment process — including documents uploaded — is accurate and complete, both to WSP India and its BGV partner”.

WSP is one of the world's leading professional services consulting firms. We are dedicated to our local communities and propelled by international brainpower. We are technical experts and strategic advisors including engineers, technicians, scientists, architects, planners, surveyors and environmental specialists, as well as other design, program and construction management professionals. We design lasting solutions in the Transportation & Infrastructure, Property & Buildings, Earth & Environment, Power & Energy, Resources and Industry sectors, as well as offering strategic advisory services. Our talented people around the globe engineer projects that will help societies grow for lifetimes to come.

With approximately 4,000 talented people across 3 locations (Noida, Bengaluru & Mumbai offices) in India and more than 73,000 globally, in 550 offices across 40 countries, we engineer projects that will help societies grow for lifetimes to come.

At “WSP” we draw on the diverse skills and capabilities of our employees globally to compete for the most exciting and complex projects across the world and bring the same level of expertise to our local communities. We are proud to be an international collective of innovative thinkers who work on the most complex problems. Unified under one strong brand, we use our local expertise, international reach and global scale to prepare our cities and environments for the future, connect communities and help societies thrive in built and natural ecosystems. True to our guiding principles, our business is built on four cornerstones: Our People, Our Clients, Our Operational Excellence and Our Expertise.

www.wsp.com

We are

  • Passionate people doing purposeful and sustainable work that helps shape our communities and the future.
  • A collaborative team that thrives on challenges and unconventional thinking.
  • A network of experts channeling our curiosity into creating solutions for complex issues.

Inspired by diversity, driven by inclusion, we work with passion and purpose.


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