Senior Computational Designer

Senior Computational Designer, Data Centers & Industrial Projects Specialist

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 seeking a Senior Computational Designer, Data Centers & Industrial Projects Specialist to join Stantec's Design Computing team. This is an opportunity to collaborate with the team to support current, and help to develop computational design, automation, and design technology innovation. This role will support Mission Critical and Advanced Manufacturing projects by identifying, prototyping, and implementing high-value automation across architecture, engineering, BIM, and digital delivery workflows.

The successful candidate will work directly with practitioners and project teams to understand current delivery methods, identify automation opportunities, and translate project needs into practical computational workflows. They will build and validate proofs of concept, test them against real project conditions, and coordinate with in-house development, Digital Practice, Digital Delivery, IT, and platform teams to transition successful prototypes into scalable, stable BIM-integrated tools and supported firmwide workflows.

As a senior contributor, this person will help establish repeatable engagement models, define measurable outcomes, communicate value to project and practice leadership, and support consistent, billable deployment of Design Computing within active project work. Curiosity for AI-assisted workflows, rapid prototyping, and emerging coding methods will be valuable as the team continues to move efficiently from idea to tested solution. This role is critical to moving computational design from project-specific expertise to firm-wide capability.

The Senior Computational Designer will help Stantec:

• Work more seamlessly across disciplines
• Make design automation operational, not experimental
• Build a sustainable, billable design computing team
• Clearly demonstrate the value of computation to leadership and clients

Your Key Responsibilities Project Delivery and Design Integration Automation, BIM and Digital Delivery Specialist Support for Data Centers and Industrial Projects Value, Metrics and Communication Your Capabilities and Credentials Education and Experience About Stantec

Stantec is a global leader in sustainable engineering, architecture, and environmental consulting. The diverse perspectives of our partners and interested parties drive us to think beyond what's previously been done on critical issues like climate change, digital transformation, and future-proofing our cities and infrastructure. We innovate at the intersection of community, creativity, and client relationships to advance communities everywhere, so that together we can redefine what's possible.

Pay Range:
Locations in CO, HI, IL, MD & Various CA, NJ, VA Areas-$94,300.00 - $ Annually

Benefits

Summary:

Regular full-time and part-time employees (working at least 20 hours per week) have access to medical, dental, and vision plans, a wellness program, health saving accounts, flexible spending accounts, 401(k) plan, employee stock purchase program, life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, short-term/long-term disability plans, emergency travel benefits, tuition reimbursement, professional membership fee coverage and paid family leave. Regular full-time and part-time employees will receive ten paid holidays in each calendar year.

In addition, employees will be eligible to accrue vacation between 10 and 20 days per year and eligible for paid sick leave (and if more generous, in accordance with state and local law). Temporary/casual employees have access to 401(k) plans, employee stock purchase program, and paid leave, in accordance…