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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

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 SketchUp

• 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 the elements including inclement weather.

This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.

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 Lower Mainland - BC, GTA & Ottawa Ontario-$102,600.00 - $153,900.00 Annually

Pay Transparency: In compliance with pay transparency laws, pay ranges are provided for positions in locations where required. Please note, the final agreed upon compensation is based on individual education, qualifications, experience, and work location. At Stantec certain roles are bonus eligible. Actual compensation for part-time roles will be pro-rated based on the agreed number of working hours per week.

Benefits Summary: Regular full-time and part-time employees (working at least 20 hours per week) will have access to health, dental, and vision plans, a wellness program, health care spending account, wellness spending account, group registered retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase program, group tax-free savings account, 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 time off.

Temporary/casual employees will have access to group registered retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase program, and group tax-free savings account.

The benefits information listed above may not apply to union positions because benefits for such positions are governed by applicable collective bargaining agreements.

Primary Location: Canada | NT | Yellowknife
Other Locations: Canada | ON | Ottawa
Organization: BC-1449 Buildings-CA North
Employee Status: Regular
Management Level: Individual contributor
Business Justification: Replacement
Travel: Yes
Schedule: Full time
Job Posting: 11/03/2026 04:03:22
Req ID: 1004802