Senior Job Captain, Healthcare Sector

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

We are seeking an experienced and highly skilled Senior Job Captain (Healthcare Sector) to join our dynamic architecture firm. The ideal candidate will have over 20+ years of experience in delivering complex, large-scale projects and leading multidisciplinary teams. This role requires a deep understanding of building codes, up-to-date building construction, and technology. The Senior Job Captain will be responsible for setting high standards for delivering high-quality deliverables and mentoring junior team members.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Project Leadership: Responsible for projects of high complexity and size, ensuring they meet the highest standards of quality and are completed on time and within budget.
• Team Management: Oversee and coordinate multidisciplinary teams, fostering a collaborative and productive work environment. Lead others in project team settings and design critiques.
• Mentorship: Provide guidance and mentorship to junior team members, helping them develop their skills and advance their careers.
• Quality Assurance: Set and maintain high standards for project deliverables, ensuring all work meets the firm's quality benchmarks.
• Technical Expertise: Stay current with building codes, construction methods, and technological advancements to ensure projects are compliant and utilize the latest innovations.
• Project Experience: Demonstrated experience working on large, complex hospitals, airports, civic/federal buildings, and other institutional buildings.
• BIM Utilization: Utilize BIM technologies in the development of three-dimensional models of buildings and their components.
• Stakeholder Communication: Present design or technical information with the Project Manager to stakeholders during early project phases. Develop building designs in accordance with cost parameters.
• System Evaluation: Evaluate and select building systems and materials. Coordinate building systems to ensure compatibility with the design intent.
• Sustainable Design: Implement sustainable design principles into the design and environment.
• Site Analysis: Analyze sites incorporating geotechnical, hydrological, environmental, social, economic, and contextual conditions.
• Documentation: Ensure that design intent is maintained through documentation and construction.
• Collaboration: Work with a Construction Manager/General Contractor and in a Joint Venture environment.
• MOH Submissions: Familiarity with the Ministry of Health (MOH) submissions is required.

Your Capabilities and Credentials

• Creative and Critical Thought: Engage in creative and critical thought, producing technical designs at a level that would be perceived externally as excellent.
• Communication: Sketch and communicate concepts and ideas to others effectively. Present abstract and technical ideas to the client and client representatives.
• Team Leadership: Lead in project team settings and demonstrate leadership in project deliveries.
• Accuracy and Completeness: Check the work of others for accuracy and completeness and manage the team to meet project budget and schedule.
• Code Application: Interpret sketches, drawings, codes, building programs, and other similar material. Apply accessibility codes, applicable building codes, and life-safety codes to a wide variety of project scopes and complexity.
• Construction Knowledge: General knowledge of building construction systems, constructability, materials, and industry-associated standards. General understanding of the relationship between drawings and specifications.
• Software Proficiency: Requires understanding of Microsoft Office Suite, Revit, AutoCAD, Newforma, and Bluebeam.

Education and Experience

• Degree: Bachelor’s degree in Architecture or related field and working towards licensure. OAA or LTOAA preferred.
• Experience: Minimum of 20 years of experience, preferably on teams with healthcare or institutional clients.
• Certification: LEED Green Associate or LEED AP preferred.
• Career Advancement: Based on performance, there is an opportunity to be promoted to a Principal and become the technical lead for the GTA practice.

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.

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.