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Architect

Stantec2 days ago
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Victoria, BC
CA$79,700 - CA$115,500/year
Senior Level
Full-time

Top Benefits

Health, dental, and vision plans
Wellness program
Health care spending account

About the role

Your Opportunity

Your role will be to work directly with the Senior Architects to develop functional programming, plans/elevations/3D renderings and architectural details, and direct technical staff in the production of design and construction documents for a wide range of project typologies. You will interface with clients throughout the duration of projects, from schematic design through to project close-out, and will assist with or lead new project pursuits to contribute to the ongoing business development of the studio. You will be a part of a close-knit, communicative team that values long-term working relationships with our clients.

Your Key Responsibilities

  • Responsible for projects of medium to high complexity/size.
  • Inspires creativity, critical thought and design excellence both internally and externally.
  • Conceptualizes a building/project design from both a functional and aesthetic perspective in concert with a client’s requirements, budget and program.
  • Develops a design through sketches, physical models, electronic models, diagrams, massing studies, and other visual formats to express the design intent and communicate to project team, client, and building user groups.
  • Utilizes BIM technologies in development of three dimensional models of buildings and their components.
  • Participates in design critiques and pin-ups.
  • Presents the design to stakeholders during early project phases. Develops building design in accordance with cost parameters.
  • Develops space planning, block planning, and adjacency diagrams in coordination with building program.
  • Evaluates and selects building systems and materials.
  • Coordinates building systems to ensure compatibility with the design intent.
  • Implements sustainable design principles into the design and environment.
  • Analyzes site incorporating geotechnical, hydrological, environmental, social, economic and contextual conditions.
  • Participates in development of the functional program and other pre-design efforts.
  • Ensures that design intent is maintained through documentation and construction.
  • Responsible for leading others in project team setting and design critiques and pin-ups.
  • Participates in employee performance reviews and interviews of potential employees.
  • Responsible for site reviews and contract administration
  • Leads or assists with new project pursuits and/or business development opportunities

Your Capabilities and Credentials

  • Ability to engage in creative and critical thought.
  • To produce design at a level that would be perceived externally as excellent.
  • To hand sketch and communicate concepts and ideas to others efficiently and effectively.
  • To participate in project team setting.
  • To lead one or more teams on medium size projects through the development of design concept.
  • To check work of others for accuracy and completeness, and manage team to meet project budget and schedule.
  • To interpret sketches, drawings, codes, building program and other similar material.
  • To present abstract ideas to the client and client representatives.
  • To apply accessibility codes, applicable building codes, and life-safety codes to a wide variety of project scopes and complexity.
  • General knowledge of building construction systems, constructability, materials, and industry associated standards.
  • General understanding of the relationship between drawings and specifications.
  • Requires understanding of Microsoft Office Suite, Revit, AutoCAD, Abobe Creative Suite, SketchUP, Newforma, and other modeling software;

Education and Experience

Bachelor or Masters degree in Architecture or related field & Registered Architect. Minimum of 5-6 years of experience. LEED Green Associate or LEED AP preferred.

Typical office environment working with computers and remaining sedentary for long periods of time. Field work may include exposure to the elements including inclement weather.

This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.

Stantec is a place where the best and brightest come to build on each other's talents, do exciting work, and make an impact on the world around us. Join us and redefine your personal best.

About Stantec

Design Services
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Stantec empowers clients, people, and communities to rise to the world’s greatest challenges at a time when the world faces more unprecedented concerns than ever before.

We are a global leader in sustainable engineering, architecture, and environmental consulting. Our professionals deliver the expertise, technology, and innovation communities need to manage aging infrastructure, demographic and population changes, the energy transition, and more.

Today’s communities transcend geographic borders. At Stantec, community means everyone with an interest in the work that we do—from our project teams and industry colleagues to our clients and the people our work impacts. The diverse perspectives of our partners and interested parties drive us to think beyond what’s previously been done on critical issues like climate change, digital transformation, and future-proofing our cities and infrastructure.

We are designers, engineers, scientists, project managers, and strategic advisors. We innovate at the intersection of community, creativity, and client relationships to advance communities everywhere, so that together we can redefine what’s possible.

Stantec trades on the TSX and the NYSE under the symbol STN.