Senior Lighting Designer

The buildings that make up the landscape of our daily lives seem like permanent fixtures, fastened to a time and place. But what if that didn’t have to be true? What if our built environment — where we live, learn, play, and conduct business — carried us forward instead?

Our Buildings practice keeps people at its heart, recognizing that our shared journey forward is shaped by the meaningful and responsive places we design. From iconic designs to monumental groundbreakings, join us to bring transformational building solutions to life.

Buildings Specialty Lighting practice is expanding and looking for a Senior Lighting Designer to join our growing team. The main purpose of this position is to support the growth of Stantec’s Lighting Design practice. You will be the advocate of the practice both internally within Stantec and externally to clients and professional organizations within the region. In addition to your regional focus, you will collaborate with our broader team of 20+ dedicated lighting specialists that support our US and Canadian Buildings multidisciplinary practice.

Stantec’s Lighting Design team transforms visionary concepts into built environments that illuminate some of the world’s most remarkable buildings.

We’re seeking a motivated self‑starter who will support large, multidisciplinary projects and lead all lighting design aspects of smaller assignments, including developing design solutions; coordinating with design teams, owners, and internal support staff; overseeing luminaire selection and lighting control intent; ensuring energy code compliance; producing documentation and details; managing construction administration; and stewarding budgets and fees. The ideal candidate thrives in a collaborative studio setting alongside other creative minds and problem‑solvers and brings a passion for design excellence.

This is a hybrid position with a minimum of 3-days per week in the local Los Angeles, California office.

Project Involvement - approximately 90% of time.

• Develop and implement lighting design solutions on projects of various types.
• Collaborate and communicate effectively within the lighting design discipline and broader project teams.
• Collaborate with and support all partners in design including architecture, Interior designers, engineering, sustainability, contractors, owners and developers to build strong and lasting relationships.
• Attend and lead project design meetings as applicable.
• Develop efficient and accurate solutions to design/integration problems.
• Collaborate across the practice to enhance our commitment to an integrated practice model and the value of design excellence.
• Drive a culture of innovation and incorporate industry trends including operational efficiencies, user satisfaction, evidence-based design, sustainability, and high-performance lighting design.
• Apply basic technical skills and design documentation processes to produce accurate and timely deliverables.
• Effectively delegate work to production support teams as needed.

Business Development/Marketing approximately 5% of time

• Be the face of Stantec’s Lighting Design practice in Los Angeles, providing guidance and leadership for our project teams and clients.
• Seek internal and external opportunities for Lighting Design consulting services.
• Enhance internal and external awareness of Stantec’s Lighting Design service offerings.
• Support project proposals and review of scope language and alignment with project fees.
• Represent the firm through published articles, public speaking engagements, and attendance at industry and community events and conferences.
• Showcase Lighting Design expertise through internal and external thought leadership and Awards submissions to enhance Stantec’s position as an industry leader.

Learning/Maintaining and Expanding Technical Skills – approximately 5% of time.

• Engage with industry organizations and maintain vendor relationships related to Lighting Design.
• Develop and maintain knowledge of technologies, integration platforms, and trends in the Lighting market.
• Proactively pursue additional knowledge in related disciplines by attending available in-house…