Project Architect

Project Architect

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 and share a collaborative approach to projects, rooted in sustainable design for the built environment.

Your role as a Project Architect on our professional Architecture team is to work independently to assist clients through the planning and creation of projects that are fiscally responsible, design‑excellence driven, and client‑satisfaction oriented. You will manage workflow, support business development activities, and nurture existing client accounts while contributing to a collaborative and engaging environment across Alberta.

• Advocate and inspire creativity, critical thought, and design excellence both internally and externally.
• Ensure the overall design intent established by the Project Designer is incorporated into detailed documentation.
• Monitor the design process from conceptual phase through construction administration, ensuring consistency and proper execution.
• Lead communication with other disciplines, vendors, and contractors to incorporate all information into project requirements and provide support as necessary.
• Take an active role in the production of project deliverables.
• Meet with clients and conduct presentations.
• Support Business Development activities, including marketing proposals, interview, conference attendance, etc.
• Assist in identification and recruiting of design staff at all levels.
• Foster collaboration between Stantec offices while promoting design culture.
• Act as a mentor, teacher and coach to junior design staff and interns with the goal of growing and guiding them through their careers.
• Evaluate the quality of design and design activities and assure a high level of design quality throughout the firm.
• Develop and implement the firm’s brand, image, marketing collateral and business collateral.
• Participate in performance reviews including setting of career goals.
• Oversee and participate in the production of design award submissions.
• Engage staff in dialog on design, ensure design process is followed and influence usage of technological tools.
• Act as a vehicle for the delivery of the firm’s message on design.
• Express both the design philosophy of the work and technical requirements of the projects with appropriate vocabulary.
• Identify and direct project photography, written descriptions, and other media in support of building the firm’s portfolio.
• Be an ambassador and steward of the firm’s portfolio of work with ability to guide and educate others.

• Ability to engage in creative and critical thought.
• Be inspiring for those around you.
• Produce design at a level that would be perceived externally as excellent.
• Effectively communicate abstract ideas through strong graphic and verbal communication to the client, their representatives, and the project team.
• Strong presentation and interview skills.
• Participate in a project team setting and bring out the highest value from all team members through strong engagement and leadership skills.
• Actively lead several teams simultaneously on large complex projects from the development of a design concept through construction.
• Welcome design critiques and respond appropriately and professionally.
• Inspire confidence and garner trust and respect with the project team and with clients.
• Provide a balanced approach to workloads and staffing demands with good judgement.
• Check work of others for accuracy and completeness and manage teams 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.
• Empathize strongly with clients and comprehend problems from their point of view in order to develop solutions that best serve their needs.
• Exhibit maturity and cultural awareness internally and externally.
• Demonstrate general knowledge of building construction systems, constructability,…