Senior Revit Designer / Team Lead

Shpetwincities; Christchurch; On-site; NZD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working arrangements

Extra four weeks of leave

Professional memberships

Mentorship program

Health insurance

Job summary

Stantec in New Zealand is seeking a Senior Revit Designer to lead accurate, coordinated digital documentation for building services projects. You will drive BIM coordination, mentor junior staff, and support continuous improvement in delivery processes.

Reporting to the Delivery Manager, Digital Services, you will coordinate Revit and digital delivery activities, manage workloads, assess team capability, and act as a technical lead across disciplines to ensure quality, on-time project outcomes.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in digital delivery, including leadership or mentoring responsibilities.
• Advanced expertise in CAD, Revit, and digital delivery methods for building services projects.
• Proven ability to implement and uphold quality systems, drive project coordination, and minimise rework.
• Strong leadership skills, including mentoring and technical coaching.
• Strong communication and collaboration across multidisciplinary teams

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day coordination of Revit and digital delivery activities across building services, ensuring work is planned, prioritised, and delivered to quality standards and timeframes.
• Manage team workloads by reviewing project demands, balancing priorities, and allocating work for efficient delivery and wellbeing.
• Collaborate with Delivery Manager, discipline leads, and project leaders to understand upcoming pipelines, resourcing, and delivery risks.
• Assess team capability and capacity to align people to projects, and identify training opportunities.
• Support consistent digital delivery practices, including model coordination, documentation standards, quality checks, and continuous improvement.
• Act as a trusted technical point of contact for the team, providing guidance and resolving delivery issues across disciplines

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Communication

Collaboration

Digital delivery

Education

NZ Certificate or Diploma in CAD/Drafting

Tools

CAD

Revit

Job description

Stantec is a global leader in sustainable engineering, architecture, and environmental consulting. 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.

About the role

Stantec's Buildings team in New Zealand delivers end-to-end projects for our clients, from feasibility and design through to construction, commissioning, and operation. Specialising in mission-critical facilities such as data centres and healthcare, our team of 100 brings expertise in mechanical, hydraulic, fire, electrical, structural, and sustainability engineering to local projects. We're proud to put user needs at the centre of every design.
As a Senior Revit Designer, you will lead accurate, coordinated digital documentation for building
services projects through technical excellence, BIM coordination, and collaboration with Engineers
and the Project Leaders. Your day-to-day role will preparation and coordination of digital drawings
and models across our disciplines, alongside providing technical leadership, mentoring junior staff,
and support continuous improvement in delivery processes.

Reporting to our Delivery Manager, Digital Services, your team leader responsibilities will focus on enabling high-quality project delivery, supporting team performance, and ensuring our digital delivery capability is aligned to current and future project needs.

• Lead the day-to-day coordination of Revit and digital delivery activities across building services projects, ensuring work is planned, prioritised, and delivered to agreed quality standards and timeframes.
• Manage team workloads by reviewing project demands, balancing priorities, and allocating work in a way that supports efficient delivery and team wellbeing.
• Work closely with the Delivery Manager, discipline leads, and project leaders to understand upcoming project pipelines, resourcing requirements, and delivery risks.
• Assess team capability, skills, and capacity to ensure the right people are aligned to the right projects, while identifying opportunities for training, mentoring, and development.
• Support consistent digital delivery practices, including model coordination, documentation standards, quality checks, and continuous improvement across project teams.
• Act as a trusted technical point of contact for the team, providing guidance, resolving delivery issues, and helping maintain strong collaboration across disciplines.

What you'll bring

• NZ Certificate or Diploma in CAD, Drafting, or a related field.
• Advanced expertise in CAD, Revit, and digital delivery methods for building services projects.
• Proven ability to implement and uphold quality systems, drive project coordination, and minimise rework.
• Strong leadership skills, including mentoring and technical coaching.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills across multidisciplinary teams
• 7+ years of industry experience in digital delivery, including leadership or mentoring responsibilities.

What we offer

Professional development and support

• Flexible working arrangements, including purchasing up to an extra four weeks of leave and provision for school term contracts, part-time, and job sharing
• Learning and talent development programmes, including global, online, and on-the-job opportunities
• Professional memberships
• Service recognition awards
• Mentorship

Wellbeing and connection opportunities

• Health insurance, income continuance insurance, and life insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Developing Professionals Group, a global network for those with under 10 years of experience
• Office Social Club and events

About Stantec

We've been serving our clients and communities in Aotearoa New Zealand for over 125 years. With almost 900 professionals, our team is based in the main cities and throughout the regions. We collaborate across disciplines and sectors to bring buildings, energy, water, environmental, and transport projects to life.
Globally, Stantec unites approximately 34,000 employees working in over 450 locations across six continents. Our work from initial project concept and planning through design, construction, and commissioning begins at the intersection of community, creativity, and client relationships.

Applications close Friday 2nd October 2026