Senior Architectural Technologist

Stantec; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading architecture firm in Vancouver is seeking a Senior Architect to join their professional team. This role involves independently assisting clients in planning and creating award-winning designs while mentoring junior colleagues. The ideal candidate will have a strong grasp of building codes and construction plans, with a focus on sustainability and innovative design. This position offers a chance to lead projects and collaborate on impactful building solutions.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of building construction systems and materials.
• Ability to mentor and guide junior staff.
• Capable of managing project budgets and schedules.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of integrated design proposals.
• Mentor design staff and provide technical excellence.
• Foster collaboration between offices and promote design vision.

Skills

Creative and critical thought

Excellent design production

Effective communication

Leadership in project settings

Presentation skills

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Revit

AutoCAD

Adobe Creative Suite

SketchUP

Newforma

Job description

Our Buildings practice keeps people at its heart, recognizing that our shared journey forward is shaped by the meaningful and responsive places we design. From iconic designs to monumental groundbreakings, join us to bring transformational building solutions to life. Every day we apply our expertise, creativity, and passion to propel communities into the future—join us!

Your Opportunity

Your role as a senior contributor on our professional Architecture team is to work independently to assist clients through the planning and creation of fiscally responsible, award-winning designs. Your experience ensures that you are quite familiar with construction plans, specifications, estimates and building codes. You will be innovating and creating new prototypes designed with sustainable products with green architecture sensibility as your goals. You will lead the development of integrated design proposals, continuous updating of a building information model, preparing a variety of output / drawings throughout the project, while leading and mentoring others and collaborating with team members to contribute to the final deliverables as required under instruction from the Project Leader.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Advocates and inspires creativity, critical thought and technical excellence both internally and externally.
• May assist in identification, recruiting, and interviewing of technologist staff at all levels.
• Fosters collaboration between offices while promoting and providing design vision as it relates to building technology and systems.
• Acts as a mentor, teacher and coach to design staff with the goal of growing and guiding them through their careers.
• Evaluates the quality of technical design and activities and assure a high level of technological quality throughout the firm.
• Participates in performance reviews including setting of job goals.
• Engages staff in dialog on technology and building systems to ensure process is followed and influences usage of technological tools.
• Acts as a vehicle for the delivery of firm’s message on building technology and systems.
• Expresses philosophy of the work with appropriate vocabulary.
• Responsible for leading others in project team setting and design critiques and pin-ups.
• Ambassador and steward of the firm’s portfolio of work with ability to guide and educate others.

Your Capabilities and Credentials

• Ability to engage in creative and critical thought.
• Produce design at a level that would be perceived externally as excellent.
• Hand sketch and communicate concepts and ideas to others effectively.
• Participate or lead in project team setting.
• Lead one or more teams on medium to large size projects through the development of design concept as it relates to building technology and systems.
• Receive criticism and respond appropriately and professionally.
• Inspire confidence and garner trust and respect with the project team and clients.
• Provide a balanced approach and good judgement.
• Check work of others for accuracy and completeness and manage team 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. Strong presentation and interview skills.
• Exhibit maturity and cultural awareness internally and externally.
• Comprehensive knowledge of building construction systems, constructability, materials, and industry associated standards.
• Requires solid understanding of Microsoft Office Suite, Revit, AutoCAD, Adobe Creative Suite, SketchUP, and Newforma.