Architectural Designer

6ixDesign Inc. is a multidisciplinary architecture and engineering practice based in Toronto. We work across low-rise and mid-rise residential, multiplex, commercial, mixed-use, and institutional projects, carrying them from early feasibility through permit, tender, and construction. What sets us apart is structural: architecture and engineering sit under one roof, so coordination happens down the hall instead of across three firms and a two-week email chain.

As our project volume grows, we are looking for people who want real responsibility and the room to use it.

Growth:
We are expanding our architectural department, and this role sits at the front end of every project we take on. The decisions you make in the first three weeks of a job shape everything that follows it.

Integrated Practice:
Our architectural and engineering teams share models and resolve issues internally. You will test a structural idea the same day you have it instead of waiting on a consultant to tell you it does not work.

Ownership:
We are a flat studio with short lines to the principals. Your design work goes in front of clients and municipalities, not into a folder someone else presents from.

Breadth of Work:
Multiplex and missing-middle housing, low- and mid-rise infill, additions and adaptive reuse, retail and institutional builds. You will not spend two years on a single building type.

Beautiful Workspace:
Our office is designed the way we design for our clients. It is a space built to support focused, collaborative work.

Competitive Salary:
We recognize and reward the value that each team member brings to the table. Our compensation packages reflect our dedication to attracting and retaining strong people.

As Architectural Designer, you will take projects from first sketch to resolved design. You will run feasibility and zoning studies, develop massing and plan options, carry the strongest one through design development, and produce the drawings and presentations that get it approved by clients, municipalities, and committees. You will then stay with the project as it moves into permit and construction documentation, supporting the Job Captain and keeping the design intent intact as the set gets built out.

This is a hands‑on role. You will be in Revit and Rhino daily. You will report to the Architectural Manager, work directly with Job Captains, senior staff, and the principals, and coordinate with our in‑house engineering teams as design questions become technical ones.

• Concept and Schematic Design:
  Develop design concepts, massing studies, plan options, and unit layouts, and test them against site constraints, client program, and budget.
• Feasibility and Zoning Analysis:
  Run yield and massing studies, review zoning by‑laws and Official Plan policy, calculate GFA, coverage, setbacks, angular planes, and parking, and identify what the site will and will not support.
• Design Development:
  Carry the selected scheme from concept through resolved plans, sections, elevations, and preliminary assemblies, resolving the design against structural, mechanical, and code realities as they emerge.
• Modelling and Production:
  Build and maintain accurate Revit models, produce drawing sets to design development standards, and support the Job Captain through permit and construction documentation.
• Visualization and Presentation:
  Produce renderings, diagrams, material boards, axonometrics, and presentation packages that explain the design clearly to clients, municipalities, and the public.
• Municipal Submissions:
  Prepare drawings and supporting material for pre‑application meetings, Committee of Adjustment, minor variance, and site plan approval submissions, and revise in response to planner and reviewer comments.
• Code and Accessibility Review:
  Apply Ontario Building Code requirements, accessibility provisions, life safety, and spatial separation to your designs early, so schemes do not need rebuilding after the fact.
• Material and Product Research:
  Investigate cladding, glazing, envelope, and finish options, evaluate them against cost, availability, performance, and constructability, and make…