The successful candidate demonstrates technical proficiency and will be responsible for ensuring the project meets the highest standards of quality, performance, and sustainability, while aligning with firm goals and client expectations. This individual will lead the technical design, documentation, consultant coordination, and contract administration for the project.
Key Responsibilities
- Integrate technical solutions with design vision and project goals.
- Direct the development of contract documents ensuring completeness and coordination.
- Mentor project team in development of contract documents, construction drawings, constructability considerations and detailing.
- Lead technical design resolution including envelope and systems integration.
- Coordinate multidisciplinary teams and external consultants, ensuring integration of consultant systems into documentation.
- Ensure adherence to firm standards and best practices, meeting standards for accuracy, clarity, coordination and constructability.
- Lead QA and QC processes.
- Perform and oversee duties related to contract administration, including submittals, RFIs, change management, and closeout. Lead architectural field observations and reporting.
- Ensure construction aligns with contract documents and design intent.
Required Skills & Expertise
- Advanced knowledge of the National Building Code - Alberta Edition.
- Expertise in construction techniques, detailing, and systems.
- Strong experience in contract documentation and administration.
- Professional field observation experience.
Software & Tools
- Revit (advanced)
- Microsoft Office 365
- Rhino / Grasshopper (preferred)
- Bluebeam Revu
Qualifications
- 10–15+ years of experience, with demonstrated construction site experience in Alberta
- Professional degree in Architecture or Diploma in Architectural Technology / Building Technology
Certifications
- LEED GA within 6 months
- LEED AP or equivalent sustainability certification
Skills Required
- 10-15+ years of experience in architecture with construction site experience in Alberta
- Professional degree in Architecture or Diploma in Architectural Technology / Building Technology
- Advanced knowledge of the National Building Code - Alberta Edition
- Strong experience in contract documentation and administration
- Professional field observation experience
Perkins&Will Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Perkins&Will and has not been reviewed or approved by Perkins&Will.
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Inclusive Benefits Coverage — Inclusive health benefits extend to same-sex spouses and domestic partners and include coverage for gender confirmation surgery, reinforced by repeated external recognition for LGBTQ equality.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage spans dental, vision, disability, life, and medical insurance, alongside FSA options and related support programs that broaden access to care.
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Retirement Support — Retirement support includes a 401(k) with employer matching and is complemented by performance bonuses that add to total rewards.
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What We Do
Since 1935, we’ve believed that design has the power to make the world a better, more beautiful place. That’s why clients and community members on nearly every continent partner with us to design healthy, happy places in which to live, learn, work, play, and heal. We’re passionate about Living Design, a philosophy that guides our work and emphasizes poetics and beauty; conceptual clarity; research and innovation; technology and tectonics; community and inclusion; resilience and regeneration; and health and well-being. Our team of over 2,500 professionals in 30 studios worldwide provides interdisciplinary services in architecture, interior design, branded environments, urban design, landscape architecture, and more. Our partners include Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects; Portland; Nelson\Nygaard; and Pierre-Yves Rochon (PYR). We’re also part of the Sidara Collaborative, a global network of leading designers, engineers, planners, and consultants.
