Stantec

Senior 3D Visualization Specialist

Posted 3 Days Ago

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New York, NY, USA

Hybrid

Senior level

Other • Real Estate • Consulting

The Role

Create photorealistic renderings, animations, and interactive visualizations from large CAD/GIS/BIM datasets. Develop GIS workflows, perform Civil3D conversions, build custom 3ds Max tools and scripts, research emerging visualization technologies, and collaborate with multidisciplinary project teams to ensure technical accuracy and design intent.

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Your Opportunity

At Stantec, we believe that great design starts with great people. Our Design Visualization Services group blends design, data, and technology to craft meaningful visual stories that communicate complex ideas clearly and effectively.

We are seeking a Senior 3D Visualization Specialist to join our growing team of creative professionals. In this role, you’ll help shape how projects are experienced—transforming technical designs into compelling, photorealistic visuals that inform, engage, and inspire.

You will collaborate closely with engineers, architects, planners, and designers to develop high-quality renderings, animations, and interactive experiences for infrastructure, water, environmental services, energy, mining, community development, and architectural projects.

Your Key Responsibilities

Handle and manage extremely large 2D/3D datasets from CAD applications including Revit, MicroStation, OpenRoads, AutoCAD, Civil3D, ESRI, and Rhino.
Develop and implement GIS/ESRI workflows tailored for visualization projects and geospatial data integration.
Perform Civil3D conversions and apply advanced production methods to optimize data for visualization workflows.
Conduct research and development in cutting-edge technologies (Gaussian splat, AI automation, Digital Twin, etc.) to advance Stantec’s visualization capabilities and deliver cutting-edge deliverables.
Design and maintain custom 3ds Max tools and scripts used across visualization teams to improve efficiency and consistency.
Collaborate with project teams to ensure visualization deliverables align with technical accuracy, design intent, and project timelines.

Qualifications

Technical Skills

Advanced proficiency in 3ds Max, V-Ray, and Adobe Creative Suite.
Strong understanding of CAD, GIS, and BIM workflows for visualization.
Strong understanding of real-time rendering software (Vantage, TwinMotion, Unreal Engine) and emerging visualization technologies.
Demonstrated ability to manage large and complex datasets across multiple software environments.
Experience with scripting and automation (MAXScript, Python, or similar).
Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate across multidisciplinary teams.

Education and Experience

Bachelor’s degree in Visualization, Architecture, Engineering, Digital Media, or a related field.
Minimum of 10 years of professional experience in 3D visualization, preferably in the AEC industry.

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. At Stantec, we live our corporate values every day.

Join us and redefine your personal best.

About Us

Communities everywhere share the need for clean water. And as they work to meet that need, they’re facing new, more complex challenges every day. Our water professionals collaborate to contribute innovative ideas, guided by scientific rigor and a vision for sustainable growth. Every day, we’re helping communities improve, reuse, and protect our world’s most precious resource.

Join our team to deliver transformational projects that will benefit future generations. Grow with us, H2O+U.

About the Team

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) have access to medical, dental, and vision plans, a wellness program, health saving accounts, flexible spending accounts, 401(k) plan, employee stock purchase program, 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 family leave. Regular full-time and part-time employees will receive ten paid holidays in each calendar year. In addition, employees will be eligible to accrue vacation between 10 and 20 days per year and eligible for paid sick leave (and if more generous, in accordance with state and local law).

Temporary/casual employees have access to 401(k) plans, employee stock purchase program, and paid leave, in accordance with state and local law.

The benefits information listed above may not apply to union positions because benefits for such positions are governed by applicable collective bargaining agreements

Skills Required

Manage extremely large 2D/3D datasets from Revit, MicroStation, OpenRoads, AutoCAD, Civil3D, ESRI, and Rhino
Develop and implement GIS/ESRI workflows for visualization and geospatial data integration
Perform Civil3D conversions and optimize data for visualization workflows
Conduct R&D in advanced visualization technologies (Gaussian splat, AI automation, Digital Twin)
Design and maintain custom 3ds Max tools and scripts used across visualization teams
Advanced proficiency in 3ds Max, V-Ray, and Adobe Creative Suite
Strong understanding of CAD, GIS, and BIM workflows
Experience with real-time rendering software (Vantage, TwinMotion, Unreal Engine)
Experience managing large and complex datasets across multiple software environments
Experience with scripting and automation (MAXScript, Python, or similar)
Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate across multidisciplinary teams
Bachelor's degree in Visualization, Architecture, Engineering, Digital Media, or related field
Minimum of 10 years professional experience in 3D visualization
Experience in the AEC industry

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The Company

HQ: Edmonton, Alberta

22,253 Employees

What We Do

We're active members of the communities we serve. That's why at Stantec, we always design with community in mind. The Stantec community unites approximately 22,000 employees working in over 350 locations across six continents. We collaborate across disciplines and industries to bring buildings, energy and resource, environmental, and infrastructure projects to life. Our work—engineering, architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, surveying, environmental sciences, project management, and project economics, from initial project concept and planning through design, construction, and commissioning—begins at the intersection of community, creativity, and client relationships. Our local strength, knowledge, and relationships, coupled with our world-class expertise, have allowed us to go anywhere to meet our clients' needs in more creative and personalized ways. With a long-term commitment to the people and places we serve, Stantec has the unique ability to connect to projects on a personal level and advance the quality of life in communities across the globe.