Project Architect

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

Stantec’s Alaska Practice seeks to find a talented Project Architect. The ideal candidate will have experience in all phases of planning and design, is organized and collaborative. You will be working on a variety of projects of different sizes and complexities, coordinating with other design disciplines including engineering, developing client relationships and working with Architects and Engineering for our Alaska clients and beyond. We are looking for teammates who can create and foster solutions, maintain a fast-paced mindset, and are interested in participating within a growing practice.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Play a key technical leadership role and be an essential part of a project team working on all phases of a design project from Programming and Schematic Design through Construction Administration.

• Demonstrate technical skills on major projects.

• Exceptional leadership, communication, and team-building skills.

• Develop, review proposals, reports, and contract documents in accordance with Stantec policy.

• Lead project coordination and site meetings with internal team members and/or external consultants, owner and contractor and sub-contractors.

• Work with teams across multiple Stantec offices.

• Develop and maintain industry relationships and visibility with current and prospective clients, sub-consultants, competitor/teaming partners, and potential recruits.

• Develop project specifications, including front end specifications.

• Help develop document standards.

• Participate in quality and quality control activities for projects.

Your Capabilities and Credentials

• Ability to coordinate among architecture and engineering disciplines on projects.

• Ability to work independently under the supervision of project manager.

• Ability to be organized, actively participate in projects understanding priorities and meeting deadlines.

• While our projects include a variety of private, municipal and state projects, we also focus on the federal market. The candidate must be eligible to work on federal projects, including USACE.

• Demonstrated design coordination and technical skills on projects of various sizes and complexities

• Excellent oral and written communication skills.

• Excellent organization, coordination, collaborations, leadership, team-building skills.

• Proven coordination skills in guiding teams through projects utilizing Revit and AutoCAD for documentation.

• LEED credential is preferred, not required

• DB Certification is preferred, not required.

• Proven success in maintaining strong client relationships.

• Participate in business development efforts, including market research, client relationships, developing leads, and securing contracts.

• Strong Microsoft Office Suite

• Knowledge or Bluebeam and Bluebeam Studio

• Matterport software knowledge preferred.

• Revit proficiency required.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture.

• Registered Architect in Alaska

• 6+ years of experience working with multi-discipline teams

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.

Typical office environment working with computers and remaining sedentary for long periods of time. Field work may require travel and include exposure to the elements including inclement weather. 

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 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) 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 with state and local law.

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: United States | AK | Fairbanks
Organization: 2014 Buildings-US California AID-Anchorage AK
Employee Status: Regular
Management Level: Individual contributor
Business Justification: New Position
Travel: Yes
Schedule: Full time
Job Posting: 30/09/2026 01:09:52
Req ID: 1008079

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