Senior Project Architect - Civic / Justice

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.

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.
• Strong communication, facilitation, presentation, team leadership, mentoring, and client relationship skills.
• Experience applying QA/QC, BIM, project governance, and interdisciplinary coordination practices.
• Proficiency in Revit, Bluebeam, Microsoft Office, Adobe Creative Suite, and other common architectural tools.

Education and Experience

• Professional degree in Architecture, such as a Bachelor of Architecture or Master of Architecture, is required.
• Registration as an Architect in Alberta is required, or the ability to obtain registration through interprovincial reciprocity. PMP, LEED accreditation, or comparable credentials are considered assets.
• Minimum of 12 years of progressive architectural experience, including leadership / Architect of Record on multidisciplinary projects in an architecture, engineering, or professional services environment.
• Relevant experience in Justice and Civic work is strongly preferred, including courthouses, correctional facilities, law enforcement facilities, public safety facilities, government buildings, civic facilities, or other secure and operationally complex environments.

Please submit a current portfolio or work samples in PDF format that demonstrate relevant project experience, technical leadership, design capability, and delivery impact.

Position will primarily work in an office setting; may require some field work.

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.