Senior Architectural Designer

Job Description

Your Opportunity

We are seeking an experienced and technically focused Senior Architectural Designer to support the continued growth of our Advanced Manufacturing practice. This role offers the opportunity to lead the Architectural development of complex, technically sophisticated projects for national and international clients while collaborating with multidisciplinary teams. The ideal candidate is a collaborative and detail-oriented professional with strong technical capabilities, leadership skills, and a passion for design quality, project execution, and team development.


As a Senior Architectural Designer, you will contribute from early planning development through construction administration and project completion. This role requires a strong understanding of technical coordination, construction documentation, interdisciplinary coordination, and project delivery within complex advanced manufacturing environments, specifically semiconductor fabrications/cleanroom facilities and campuses. You will be leading designers to develop drawings and documentation for projects and assist with innovative and creative new ideas surrounding best practices within a design-oriented studio atmosphere.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Translate concepts into clear technical documentation using Revit and visualization tools
• Develop practical, technically sound design solutions aligned with project goals and client needs
• Support site planning, entitlements, and approvals with civil and consultant teams
• Direct and develop construction documents from schematic design through construction administration including plans, sections, elevations, & details, evaluate materials options, and coordinate with consultant teams
• Coordinate architectural documentation, including technical reviews, detailing, redlines, and interdisciplinary coordination to ensure clear delineation of scop for the Owner, the Authority Having Jurisdiction, and the Contractor.
• Mentor architectural team members and promote collaboration, accountability, and growth
• Support code analysis, material evaluations, specification coordination, and technical research
• Support bidding and construction administration, including RFIs, submittals, and field observations
• Stay current on codes, sustainable design practices, building technologies, and construction methods
• Clearly communicate technical and design solutions through presentations and stakeholder coordination
• Maintain technical quality, documentation accuracy, and constructability across all project phases

Capabilities and Credentials

• Advanced Revit proficiency required; familiarity with AutoCAD, Microsoft Office Suite, preferred; experience with InDesign, Photoshop, Enscape, SketchUP, and other rendering tools a plus.
• Excellent graphics, written, and verbal communication skills
• Understanding of building codes, construction systems, and the permitting process
• Strong understanding of project documentation, technical detailing, and construction administration processes
• Experience assisting with construction administration, including RFIs, submittals, and field observations
• Excellent communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills and commitment to technical accuracy and quality
• Ability to mentor teams and build collaborative working relationships
• Highly organized, adaptable, detail-oriented, and effective in deadline-driven environments

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Architecture or related field
• 10+ years of experience in architecture and design, including 5+ years' design experience focused on Advanced Manufacturing projects

Typical office environment working with computers and remaining sedentary for long periods of time. 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. Stantec is a place where the best and brightest come to build on each other's talents, do exciting work, and make an impact on the world around us. Join us and redefine your personal best.

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.

About Us

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.