Senior Project Architect

Stantec; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Stantec is seeking a Senior Project Architect in Los Angeles to lead design teams, coordinate multidisciplinary work, and manage project delivery from concept through construction administration.

You will promote design excellence, maintain design intent, and mentor junior staff while coordinating with clients and consultants using BIM and traditional documentation methods.

Qualifications

• Broad experience across architecture projects and leading design teams.
• Ability to promote design excellence and maintain design intent.
• Strong communication to liaise with clients and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead multiple projects of large and medium complexity.
• Collaborate with leadership to plan and monitor the project work.
• Confirm scope, schedule, goals, budget, and staffing.
• Maintain design intent through documentation and construction.
• Coordinate building systems with the design intent.
• Develop space planning and adjacency diagrams with program.
• Present designs to stakeholders during early project phases.
• Lead coordination meetings with clients, consultants, and contractors.
• Coach junior staff and lead design reviews.
• Leverage BIM to advance design and documentation.
• Prepare specifications in coordination with plans.
• Apply sustainable design principles.
• Interpret and apply building codes and energy codes.
• Support marketing activities and business development.

Skills

Project leadership

Client communication

Team mentoring

Design coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in Architecture

Tools

Revit

AutoCAD

Job description

Stantec’s Buildings team is on a mission to become the world’s leading integrated design practice. Our architects, engineers, interior designers, consultants, sustainability specialists, and technologists are passionate about the power of design. Our collaborative culture and our innovative, sustainable approach to projects help us create buildings that matter to our world.Together, we are enhancing the quality of life globally through design.Join us and design your place with Stantec.

Your Opportunity

We are actively seeking a Senior Project Architect. You are expected to have a broad set of experience and knowledge, promote design excellence, possess technical skills to support project work, and employ strong communication to lead a multi-disciplinary team. Supporting the office leadership and account management team, you will often serve as the primary contact for a client, communicating progress and status as you lead the design team through the documentation of project work from initial conception to construction administration. This shall be done in a manner consistent with firm-wide standards for project delivery.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for multiple projects of large and medium complexity/size.
• Collaborate with the team leadership (principal, project manager, project controls) to communicate and monitor an efficient project work plan.
• Assist in the confirmation of scope, schedule, goals and priorities, budget, and staffing.
• Ensures that design intent is maintained through documentation and construction.
• Coordinates building systems to ensure compatibility with the design intent.
• Conceptualizes a building design from both a functional and aesthetic perspective in concert with a client’s requirements, budget, and program.
• Develops space planning, block planning, and adjacency diagrams in coordination with building program.
• Present the design with the Project Manager and Project Designer to stakeholders during early project phases.
• Participate and collaborate on project activities from concept design through construction administration.
• Lead project coordination and owner/site meetings with internal team members and/or external consultants, owner and contractor and sub-contractors.
• Lead others in project team settings, design critiques, pin-ups, and constructability reviews.
• Supervise and coach junior staff on project teams.
• Utilize BIM technology to advance the design and documentation in various architectural phases.
• Lead or direct the preparation of specifications in coordination with building plans.
• Evaluate and promote the incorporation of sustainable design principles.
• Interpret and apply building codes, energy codes and requirements of regulatory agencies.
• Evaluate and select building systems and materials.
• Participate and support Quality Assurance and Control practices.
• Participate in marketing activities for the office/company, including helping to win work in interviews for potential projects.