Your Chance 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.
Pay Range 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.

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📌 Architect (Northwest Territories)
🏢 Stantec Consulting International
📍 Northwest Territories