Senior Project Architect​/Project Manager - Federal

Position: Senior Project Architect / Project Manager - Federal
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.

Stantec Buildings is on a mission to become the world's leading integrated design practice. Our architects, engineers, interior designers, sustainability specialists, and technologists are passionate about the power of design. We take an innovative, collaborative approach to projects, sharing a common belief that sustainable design for the built environment can make the world a better place for future generations. Join us and design your place with Stantec.

Stantec's Federal Buildings group is seeking qualified candidates to support our expanding practice. As a Top 10 global design firm, we deliver innovative infrastructure, architecture, engineering, urban, and interior design solutions for U.S. federal clients-including NAVFAC, USACE, USAF, USCG, NGB, and GSA. Join us in shaping responsive, future-focused environments through expertise, creativity, and a commitment to excellence.

About Stantec

Stantec is committed to leading integrated building design, emphasizing innovation, collaboration, and sustainable solutions for the built environment. The 2024 Building Design + Construction Giants 400 Report ranked Stantec the #1 architecture and engineering (AE) firm across the federal government market.

Your Opportunity

We invite accomplished candidates to join our integrated buildings practice in Seattle, WA, where you will manage and lead the growth of our Indo-Pacific delivery and execution hub. As a Senior Architect / Project Manager, you will play a pivotal role in advancing Stantec's success across multiple NAVFAC and USACE contracts in the West and Indo-Pacific regions. This position offers the opportunity to manage projects ranging from $30 million to over billion dollars in construction value, utilizing sound judgment, strong interpersonal skills, and proven project delivery methods.

You will serve as a senior contributor within our Buildings/AE team, independently guiding clients from initial planning through project completion to achieve high-performance, cost-effective outcomes. This role provides a pathway to expand Stantec's Federal DoD practice and assume a leadership position for the Indo-Pacific region.

Your expertise will enable you to develop and maintain client relationships, as well as manage contracts, technical teams, project finances, and schedules, while also supporting strategic project pursuits. You will lead the development, execution, and delivery of integrated design for design-build and design-bid-build projects, and manage comprehensive work plans and financials. Collaboration with clients and team members will be essential to delivering final project outcomes.

This position requires advanced proficiency in design and delivery processes, including design-build, design-bid-build, alternative construction method, etc., construction documentation, cost management, and regulatory compliance. You will be responsible for developing project proposals, design execution, integrated work plans, financial oversight, stakeholder coordination, and team leadership.

Key Responsibilities:

Project Management and Execution

* Responsible for delivering quality documents.

* Developing project-specific management plans, execution plans, communications plans, design quality control plans, risk management plans, etc.

* Plan, organize, and direct the work throughout the life of the project to successfully deliver the project to the client.

* Lead project management and execution, promoting design excellence and sustainability.

* Responsible for cost-based, project financial management utilizing Earned Value Management (EVM). Monitor project spending with budget and schedule adherence.

* Keep the Principal in Charge…