Yanbu is a small peaceful city on the Red Sea coast of Saudi Arabia Parsons has been an integral part of the city's development. Since 1976 we have been working for the Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu to master plan and then manage all infrastructure design construction and development for the new city.

We do wastewater treatment plans, we do desalination plants, we're doing schools, and mosques, and housing projects, and high-rise office buildings. We do just about every kind of construction project that you can imagine. It's cool to be associated with a program of this magnitude. It's the kind of work that every engineer dreams about. We get to build a city from scratch. It's just phenomenal. So it's just a great opportunity to be here and do work that you only dream about when you're in school.

With the city located on the beautiful Red Sea coast there are many recreational activities centered on the water: fishing, scuba, diving, sailing, and voting are very popular. Overnight camping and barbecues at the beach in the surrounding mountains or in the desert are fun weekend activities for the more adventurous. The city is home to a large, well-equipped Medical Center and the number of smaller private clinics continues to grow.

We find working within the city wonderful. My daughter has developed many friendships over here and my son many friends as well - within the kingdom both with Saudis and with expats.

One positive and often overlooked feature of an assignment at Yanbu is the proximity of Saudi Arabia to other interesting places. To name a few: Italy, Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, Egypt, and Kenya are popular short-haul destinations and the major cities of Europe are not too much farther away.

I thoroughly enjoyed my time off this year so far. I'm thankful that I work for Parsons it's been a very positive experience so far for me and I thoroughly enjoyed working in Yanbu itself. It's a safe environment with a wonderful community and great activities.

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The city has great development plans and it's a place where there's always an exciting engineering solution to think about.

Come grow with us in Yanbu.