Project Architect

Your Opportunity

We have an immediate need for a Senior Architect, Justice and Civic to join our Alberta Practice. This role is intended for an experienced architect who is passionate about shaping public-sector environments that support safe communities, accessible services, operational resilience, and a meaningful civic presence. The successful candidate will bring proven experience in justice, civic, public safety, institutional, or government facilities and will help strengthen Stantec’s Justice and Civic practice across the Prairies and Territories.

As a Senior Architect, you will guide complex projects through planning, design, documentation, procurement, construction administration, and close-out. You will work directly with clients, project managers, integrated design teams, and subject matter experts to translate operational needs, security considerations, stakeholder priorities, and community objectives into practical, well-coordinated architectural solutions.

This role requires a balance of design leadership, technical judgment, delivery discipline, and client service. You will help create facilities that are secure, welcoming, durable, sustainable, and responsive to daily operations while supporting a collaborative team culture. You will also contribute to pursuits, client development, interviews, mentoring, and the continued growth of Stantec’s Justice and Civic practice.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Guide justice and civic projects from early planning through design, construction administration, and close-out.
• Translate client, operational, security, stakeholder, and public-sector priorities into coordinated architectural solutions.
• Work with project and practice leadership to align scope, schedule, budget, quality, risk, and design intent.
• Coordinate integrated design teams and apply Stantec’s quality, BIM, document control, and delivery processes.
• Support client and stakeholder meetings, workshops, presentations, pursuits, interviews, and public-sector approvals.
• Coach team members and contribute to portfolio development, thought leadership, and market-facing materials.

Qualifications

Your Capabilities and Credentials

• Advanced technical knowledge of architectural design, documentation, coordination, constructability, and construction administration.
• Experience with public-sector, justice, civic, public safety, correctional, courthouse, or other secure and operationally complex projects.
• Ability to balance design, technical, operational, scope, schedule, budget, quality, risk, and client requirements.