Architect, Architect ​/ Sr. Architect

Location: Central Yukon (Dawson City)

Your Opportunity
As a key contributor on our professional integrated / multi‑disciplinary Architecture and Engineering practice for Northern Canada, you will work both collaboratively and independently to assist clients through the planning and creation of fiscally responsible, award‑winning designs. Your experience ensures that you are quite familiar with construction plans, specifications, estimates and building codes. You will be innovating and creating new prototypes designed with sustainable products with green architecture sensibility as your goals.

You will lead the development of integrated design proposals, continuous updating of a building information model, preparing a variety of output / drawings throughout the project, while leading and mentoring others and collaborating with team members to contribute to the final deliverables.

Ideally you will be located in or willing to relocate to Yellowknife, Whitehorse, or Iqaluit. Relocation assistance is available. Candidates from other Canadian cities with local Stantec offices that are willing to travel to the north as required will be considered.

Your

Key Responsibilities

Managing complex tasks on multiple, large scope, highly complex projects

Effectively participates and helps to win work in interviews for potential projects

Plans, organizes, and directs the work throughout the life of the project to successfully deliver the project to the client

Keeps the Principal in Charge informed of progress on project expectations, deadlines, and deliverables and understands the limits of the decision‑making responsibilities of the role and respects the boundaries of the Principal in Charge’s responsibilities

Assists in the negotiation and development of project agreements

Develops and manages project budget, schedule, and overall work plan to realize target financial performance

Mentors assistant Project Managers and motivates project teams

Assures that Project Management Framework tasks are timely completed and properly documented

Leads project coordination and owner/site meetings with internal team members and/or external consultants, owner and contractor and sub‑contractors

Manages and tracks change orders, applications for payment by contractors and other contractual modifications impacting budget and schedule

Ability to conduct senior peer review of deliverables, including Building Condition Assessments and Tender Documents

Works with Operations Manager in determining project staffing needs and recommending personnel

Travel to small communities to conduct building condition assessments or review construction progress

Directs client invoicing and effectively manages collections

Your Capabilities and Credentials

Extensive project experience supporting our team’s ability to win work during proposal responses

Capable of simultaneously supporting one or more Principal’s in Charge on multiple projects

Ability to prepare design and building condition assessment reports

Excellent understanding of accessibility codes, life‑safety codes, northern building construction systems, means and methods, materials, and industry associated standards

Requires understanding of Microsoft Office Suite; prefer experience with Revit, AutoCAD and Sketch Up

Proactively takes appropriate action without requiring continued direction or guidance

Effectively manages multiple deadlines and priorities

Team player with the client, project team and contractor

Excellent negotiator and communicator

Ability to travel to Yellowknife and/or Whitehorse once per quarter

Comfortable going into local office 3 days/week minimum

Education and Experience

The role requires a professional degree in Architecture and a minimum of 5 years of related work experience.

Registered or able to become registered within one year, as an Architect with a Canadian Architects Association

Preferential credentials include: a LEED Green Associate or LEED AP, Lean project management or PMP, Contract Administration or Certified Specification Writer, and/or related Building Science or Technical.

Typical office environment working with computers. Hybrid work arrangements may be considered. Occasional field work may include exposure to…