Computational Designer

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.

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We are seeking a Computational Designer 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 our Buildings Practice by identifying, prototyping and implementing high-value automation across architecture, engineering, BIM and digital delivery workflows.

The successful candidate will work directly with Senior Computational Designers, 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 firm‑wide workflows.

• Apply computational design methods to mission critical, data centre, industrial, advanced manufacturing and other technically complex building projects.
• Develop parametric and data‑driven workflows that connect geometry, program, planning criteria, engineering inputs, equipment layouts, system requirements, performance criteria and documentation outputs.
• Support early design exploration, option studies, layout evaluation and decision‑making through practical computational methods.
• Work across architecture, electrical, mechanical, structural and digital delivery teams to improve coordination, reduce manual rework and increase design clarity.
• Translate project‑specific challenges into reusable workflows, automation patterns and delivery methods that can be applied across future projects and sectors.

• Participate in practitioner and project‑team conversations to identify high‑value automation opportunities.
• Build Revit‑based automations using Dynamo, Rhino.
  
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  Revit, Grasshopper, Python, C#, the Revit API or related workflows, with a focus on electrical and mechanical design, coordination, documentation and data tasks.
• Automate repetitive design, analysis, QA/QC, documentation, modelling and data‑management tasks where they improve speed, reliability or coordination across disciplines.
• Build, test validate and document proofs of concept against real project needs and conditions.
• Partner with development and platform teams to transition successful prototypes into scalable BIM‑integrated tools or supported firm‑wide workflows.
• Balance innovation with reliability by ensuring automations are maintainable, aligned with project delivery standards and ready for hand‑off when appropriate.

• Define, track and communicate value metrics for computational design, including hours saved, reduced rework, faster iteration, improved coordination, risk reduction, delivery quality, workflow reuse, project‑team adoption and demonstrated business value.
• Translate technical work into clear project and business language for project managers, discipline leads, clients and firm leadership.
• Provide regular reporting on active…