Hybrid Project Architect

at Stantec

• Job title: Project Architect
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Calgary, Canada

About the role

• Project Architect at Stantec designing and delivering projects with a focus on client needs and design excellence. Leading project teams, managing workflow, and ensuring satisfaction across Alberta.

Responsibilities

• Advocate and inspire creativity, critical thought and design excellence both internally and externally.
• Ensure that the overall design intent of the project established by the Project Designer is incorporated into the detailed documentation.
• Monitor the design process from conceptual phase through construction administration, ensuring the design idea is consistent and properly executed.
• Lead communication with other disciplines, vendors, and contractors to ensure incorporation of all information into project requirements and provides support as necessary.
• Take an active role in the production of project deliverables.
• Meet with clients and conduct presentations.
• Support Business Development activities, including marketing proposals, interview, conference attendance, etc.
• Assist in identification and recruiting of design staff at all levels.
• Foster collaboration between Stantec offices while promoting design culture.
• Act as a mentor, teacher and coach to junior design staff and interns with the goal of growing and guiding them through their careers.
• Evaluate the quality of design and design activities and assure a high level of design quality throughout the firm.
• Develop and implement the firm’s brand, image, marketing collateral and business collateral.
• Participate in performance reviews including setting of career goals.
• Oversee and participate in the production of design award submissions.
• Engage staff in dialog on design, ensure design process is followed and influence usage of technological tools.
• Act as a vehicle for the delivery of the firm’s message on design.
• Express both the design philosophy of the work and technical requirements of the projects with appropriate vocabulary.
• Identify and direct project photography, written descriptions, and other media in support of building the firm’s portfolio.
• Be an ambassador and steward of the firm’s portfolio of work with ability to guide and educate others.

Requirements

• Ability to engage in creative and critical thought.
• Be inspiring for those around you.
• Produce design at a level that would be perceived externally as excellent.
• Effectively communicate abstract ideas through strong graphic and verbal communication to the client, their representatives, and the project team.
• Strong presentation and interview skills.
• Participate in a project team setting and bring out the highest value from all team members through strong engagement and leadership skills.
• Actively lead several teams simultaneously on large complex projects from the development of a design concept through construction.
• Welcome design critiques and respond appropriately and professionally.
• Inspire confidence and garner trust and respect with the project team and with clients.
• Provide a balanced approach to workloads and staffing demands with good judgement.
• Check work of others for accuracy and completeness and manage teams to meet project budget and schedule.
• Scale process, design and effort to various roles on the project, the needs of the project, and other conditions.
• Interpret sketches, drawings, codes, building program and other similar material.
• Empathize strongly with clients and comprehend problems from their point of view in order to develop solutions that best serve their needs.
• Exhibit maturity and cultural awareness internally and externally.
• Demonstrate general knowledge of building construction systems, constructability, materials, and industry associated standards.
• This position requires candidates to possess a professional degree in Architecture (Bachelor’s or Masters)
• Registered Architect (or ability to achieve this through interprovincial reciprocity) in the Province of Alberta is required.
• The position requires a minimum of 5 years of professional experience, demonstrating experience leading projects and developing business.
• Experience in providing consulting services to education, justice, and healthcare clients will be an asset.
• This position requires proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and Adobe Creative Suite and an understanding of production processes in Revit, AutoCAD, SketchUp, Newforma, Sefaira, Recent modeling software (eg: Rhino, Lumion, Enscape, 3d-Studio-max).

Benefits

• health, dental, and vision plans
• wellness program
• health care spending account
• wellness spending account
• group registered retirement savings plan
• employee stock purchase program
• group tax-free savings account
• life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance
• short-term/long-term disability plans
• emergency travel benefits
• tuition reimbursement
• professional membership fee coverage
• paid time off