Product Development Designer, Architectural Design - Alberta House Building (Calgary, AB)

Anthem Properties; Calgary; On-site; CAD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual salary reviews and performance‑

Bonuses

Benefits plan with Health Spending

Educational Assistance Program

Mentorship from industry leaders

Dress for your day policy

Job summary

Anthem Properties, Calgary, seeks a seasoned Architectural Technologist to maintain model lines and production files while ensuring adherence to Anthem guidelines and local bylaws.

You’ll design new home models from concept to working drawings, create blackline sets, and coordinate with Construction and Estimating for efficiencies. Collaborative across Anthem teams, you’ll refine stock plans and support show homes in the Calgary/Edmonton regions.

Qualifications

• Post-secondary degree in Architectural Technologies, Civil Engineering or equivalent.
• 5+ years of residential construction industry experience.
• Proficiency in Revit, AutoCAD and Microsoft Office.
• Strong organizational skills and extreme attention to detail.
• Experience with project cost controls and maintaining budgets.

Responsibilities

• Maintain Anthem’s model line and production files.
• Understand market trends to expand and refine model lines.
• Assist with design and development of new home models from concept to working drawings.
• Create blackline drawings, floor plans, sections and options.
• Coordinate with Construction and Estimating on details and efficiencies.
• Collaborate across Anthem for Product Development and Specifications.
• Design Show Homes and Sales Centers; review as-built issues and drive changes.
• Provide support to external contractors on drawing guidelines and markups.
• Maintain Anthem standards and plan consistency for stock plans.
• Liaise with City on code/bylaw questions; maintain industry relationships.

Skills

Strong communicator

Active listener

Creative problem solving

Team player

Revit

AutoCAD

MS Office

Education

Architectural Technologies degree

Tools

Revit

AutoCAD

Microsoft Office

Job description

You are

• A strong communicator
• An active listener who seeks to understand and listen to others
• A creative problem solver - you think outside the box for solutions without fear of failure
• A strong team player who understands the value of collaboration

You will

• Be accountable for maintaining Anthem’s model line and production files
• Understand the local homebuilding market and overall industry and homebuilding trends, to expand, update and refine existing model lines
• Assist with the design and development of new home models, from concept to working drawings, paying attention to Anthem Guidelines and applicable Bylaws for both Calgary and Edmonton regions
• Create blackline set of drawings, floor plans, sections, pre-planned options
• Liaise with Construction and Estimating with regards to construction details and engineering efficiencies
• Collaborate across Anthem for Product Development and Specifications
• Design Show Homes, including Sales Centers, and review as-built construction issues as they arise (framing, engineering, floor and roof layouts, finishing, electrical); drive changes when required
• Provide support to Anthem’s external contractors (drawing guidelines, architectural controls, suggestions on models, drawing mark ups, etc.)
• Maintain Anthem standards and plan consistency for all stock plans and details
• Liaise with City regarding code, bylaw, or application concerns/questions
• Maintain positive relationships with industry officials, sub trades and suppliers
• Keep current on code, bylaws, and industry changes by attending industry seminars, information sessions, product demonstrations, engineering and other courses
• Keep current on Alberta code, bylaw and industry changes (attend industry seminars, information sessions, PHBI courses, product demonstrations, engineering, etc.)

You have

• A post-secondary degree in Architectural Technologies, Civil Engineering or equivalent
• 5+ years of residential construction industry experience
• Proficiency in Revit, AutoCAD and Microsoft Office products
• Strong organizational skills and are extremely detail-oriented
• Proven experience with project cost controls and maintaining set budgets

We have

• Great, diverse, authentic people!
• Unlimited career growth opportunities
• Mentorship from the ‘best in the biz’
• Corporate Give Strategy supporting community development
• Annual salary reviews and performance bonuses
• 100% employer paid Benefit Plan with Healthcare Spending Account and Employee Assistance Program
• Educational Assistance Program
• ‘Dress for your day’ policy… and more!

Founded in 1991, Anthem is a team of 850+ people driven by creativity, passion and direct communication. Anthem has invested in, developed or managed – alone or in partnership – more than 400 residential and commercial projects across North America.

Our growing residential portfolio includes 44,000 homes that are complete, in design or under construction, from mixed-use residential to townhome, rental and single-family homes.

We own, co-own, manage or have previously owned 12 million square feet of retail, industrial and office space, and our land portfolio includes more than 60 communities, spanning 9,100 acres across Canada and the United States.

Anthem is a real estate development, investment and management company that strives, solves and evolves to create better spaces and stronger communities. We are Growing Places.

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