Project Architect - Civic

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.

Join a Top 10 global integrated design firm in our Houston Buildings practice that provides Architecture, Buildings Engineering, and Interior Design services with a long history and deep commitment to the Civic sector. Our Houston office is seeking an Architect to join our Buildings practice. The successful candidate will have experience with local municipalities, county, and public entity projects.

• Lead and oversee a large team of architects and engineers, both internally as well as external consultants;
• Work closely with Project Managers to forecast and develop project schedules and coordinate delivery deadline sequences.
• Utilizes BIM technologies in development of three-dimensional models of buildings and their components.
• Contribute to and manage multiple cloud-based organizational platforms;
• Develops documentation in various architectural phases including site plans, floor plans, building elevations, building sections and details.
• Manages and leads project coordination and meetings with internal team members and/or external consultants, owner, contractor, and sub-contractors.
• Ensure that project documentation adheres to applicable codes, criteria and jurisdictional requirements.
• Participates in bidding and negotiation phase and prepare addenda.
• Participates in client project requirement meetings and value analysis and basic cost estimating
• Coordinates the preparation of the project specifications. Coordination of specs with construction documents.
• Reviews shop drawings and submittals, responds to RFIs, prepares site observation reports and other contract administration tasks.
• Visit project sites and with clients as necessary
• Participates in constructability review.
• Conducts quality assurance and quality control on own projects.
• Ability to work well under pressure, juggle, and prioritize multiple projects and adjust accordingly, often against tight deadlines.