Design jobs in Canada

Stantec Buildings is on a mission to become the world’s leading integrated design practice. Our architects, engineers, interior designers, sustainability specialists, and technologists are passionate about the power of design. We take an innovative, collaborative approach to projects, sharing a common belief that sustainable design for the built environment can make the world a better place for future generations. Join us and design your place with Stantec.

Your Opportunity

Stantec’s Science + Technology group seeks Principal Leader to join our team in Western Canada. The ideal candidate will have experience in all phases of planning and design of academic and corporate science facilities with strong business development attributes. Our clients consist of Universities, Federal Research facilities and corporate life sciences companies. Being a Global company, you will routinely be collaborating with colleagues from across the United States and Canada. We believe that we work better together and strive to elevate scientific discovery through the power of innovative design.

The successful candidate will lead an integrated team of architects and engineers to design innovative and thoughtful engineering, life science and physical science projects. As part of this role, you will be developing client relationships, mentoring younger staff and contributing to our growth and success in our S&T market and diversifying our client and project base. We are looking for teammates who can create and foster solutions, maintain a fast-paced mindset, and are interested in growing with our world class team of designers and planners.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Sustain and grow revenue within the S&T market, helping to achieve top line growth for the business sector, and working collaboratively with the project team to achieve key operational performance metrics.
• Develop approximately $3M per year of top line revenue within the S&T market.
• Lead a team consisting of lab planners, architects, and engineers for projects and portions of projects.
• Lead project teams on large scale projects, responsible for technical execution and discipline coordination on Lab areas of the project.
• Work with teams across multiple Stantec offices.
• Play a key leadership role and be an essential part of a project team working on all phases of design projects from Programming and Schematic Design through Construction Administration in the Academic and Corporate Science & Technology sector.
• Coordinate with Stantec’s Life Sciences Subject Matter Experts to deliver cutting edge designs on complex projects in Western Canada.
• Contribute to firm-wide initiatives to help advance our Science & Technology project design, operations, and business development.
• Play the role of a seller-doer generating work, creating long-term relationships and delivering long-term value to clients for Stantec.

Your Capabilities and Credentials

• Extensive Science & Technology lab planning experience (both in size and diversity) that will support the ability to win work during proposal response. – this includes lab planning for ground-up buildings, Tenant Improvements, and renovation projects.
• Multidisciplinary buildings engineering and architecture experience in Science and Technology
• Knowledge of building codes, standards, building construction, and building systems with specific knowledge of science and technology building requirements.
• Demonstrated technical skills on major and technically complex projects.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Strong business development skills, including significant experience building and maintaining productive relationships with a client base (such experience within a consulting organization in Western Canada is considered a strong asset).
• Exceptional organization, leadership, communication, and team-building skills.
• An entrepreneurial orientation with strong understanding of the business development challenges of a consulting-services provider.
• Proven success in developing new clients and maintaining strong client relationships.
• Familiarity with industry trends and industry leaders in the Science and Technology sector and Western Canada
• Demonstrated capability to lead teams working on projects documented in Revit or AutoCAD.
• Demonstrated experience in working on LEED certified S&T projects or S&T projects with other sustainability goals/credentials. Having a LEED credential is a plus.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Architecture, or Engineering.
• Registration as an Architect/Engineer.
• 15+ years of experience working with multi-discipline teams with a minimum of ten (10) years related Lab design experience. Experience in Biotechnology, Health Science or Semiconductor is a plus.

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.

Additional Information

• Salary Range(s): Pay transparency laws require employers to provide the following information for positions that may be in the following jurisdiction(s):
• Location Description: Min/Max Pay Range for postings located in BC (Lower Mainland includes Vancouver & Burnaby)
• Min Pay Range: Lower Mainland $119,000/BC Other Areas $112,300
• Max Pay Range: Lower Mainland $178,600/BC Other Areas $168,500
• Note: The final agreed upon compensation is based on individual education, qualifications, experience, and work location. At Stantec certain roles are bonus eligible.