Job Description
Summer Student Architecture - Buildings (Summer 2023) - ( 2300014Q )
**Description**
Our Buildings practice keeps people at its heart, recognizing that our shared journey forward is shaped by the meaningful and responsive places we design. From iconic designs to monumental groundbreakings, join us to bring transformational building solutions to life. Every day we apply our expertise, creativity, and passion to propel communities into the future—join us!
Stantec Architecture Winnipeg
Our local integrated architecture and buildings engineering practice brings together a highly motivated, dynamic, and diverse team of Architects, Interior Designers, Structural, Mechanical, Energy, and Electrical Engineers, Sustainably Specialists, and support staff. Working together with our clients in a multi-disciplinary practice, we believe we are better able to ask the right questions, establish shared positions, and collectively evaluate and advance meaningful solutions that realize the vision while achieving value, program clarity, and technical astuteness.
We are a young, ambitious, growing practice, driven to achieve Design Excellence through Brilliant Delivery founded in communication, collaboration, expertise, research, technology, and culture.
We work in studios, Civic [including Culture and Transportation], Commercial [including Retail, Residential, Hospitality, and Mixed-Use], Healthcare, Industrial, K-12 Education, Post-Secondary Education, Sport & Recreation, and Workplace. While our focus is local, our success and the nature of our broader global practice routinely leads to opportunities to travel and work on projects across North America and beyond.
**Your Opportunity**
We are looking for a Summer Student in Architecture to fulfill the role of Design and Project Support. Working closely and under the direct supervision of the project Principals and/or Project Architects, you will be assisting on a wide range of projects with varying levels of complexity and scale and broad integrated design teams working through all project phases from pre-design through post construction services.
**Your Key Responsibilities**
+ Assist with preparing marketing materials including proposals, awards, etc
+ Assist with site evaluations including documentation, site and zoning analysis, etc
+ Assist with investigating/verifying existing conditions including documentation, measurement, and verification, etc
+ Assist with program evaluations
+ Participate in client meetings and stakeholder engagement workshops including user group meetings and prepare meeting minutes
+ Assist with coordinating project deliverables including schedule, meetings, etc
+ Assist with, and/or, develop design options/approach
+ Assist with, and/or, develop massing/concept diagrams
+ Assist with, and/or, develop block planning and building plans
+ Assist with, and/or, develop renderings
+ Assist with BIM model set up, and utilizing BIM technologies to design and develop projects
+ Participate in design reviews
+ Assist with the evaluation and selection of building systems and materials
+ Assist with preparing Project/Design Reports including graphic communication, writing, and coordination
+ Assist with developing Schematic Design Documents including drawings and outline specifications
+ Assist with coordinating building systems
+ Assist with implementing sustainable design principles
+ Assist with developing Design Development Documents including drawings and outline specifications
+ Assist with developing Contract Documents including drawings and coordinating specifications
+ Assist with preparing Addenda
+ Assist with Supplemental Instructions, Contemplated Change Notices, Change Orders, and Change Directives
+ Assist with preparing Record Drawings
+ Assist with ensuring the design intent/vision is maintained throughout from conception through system and material selection, visualization, implementation, documentation, coordination, and construction
**Qualifications**
**Your Capabilities and Credentials**
+ Excellent verbal, written, and graphic communication skills
+ Humble, driven to achieve Design Excellence Delivered Brilliantly, and collaborative with a High EQ
+ Ability to engage and work within a creative and collaborative integrated design practice
+ Interest in holistic design, systems thinking, construction, materials, sustainability, and technical design detailing
+ Ability to produce design at a level that would be perceived externally as excellent
+ Ability to work independently with direction and participate in project team settings
+ General knowledge of building construction systems, constructability, materials, and industry associated standards
+ General understanding of the relationship between drawings and specifications
+ Understanding of Microsoft Office, Revit, AutoCAD, Abobe Creative Suite, SketchUP, Newforma, Sefaira, or other modeling software is preferred
+ Experience with 3D Printer & Laser Cutter is beneficial
**Education and Experience**
Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Design or enrolled in a Master of Architecture program, or related field
_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 others’ talents, do exciting work, and make an impact on the world around us. Join us and redefine your personal best.
**Benefits Summary:** Full-time and part-time employees will have access to health, dental, and vision plans, a well-being program, health care spending account, wellness spending accounts, 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.
**Primary Location** : Canada-Manitoba-Winnipeg
**Organization** : BC-1445 Buildings-CA Manitoba
**Employee Status** : Temporary
**Job Level** : Entry Level
**Travel** : No
**Schedule** : Full-time
**Job Posting** : Mar 9, 2023, 2:05:17 PM
**Req ID:** 2300014Q
Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, job training, terminations or any other condition of employment. Stantec is in compliance with local, state and federal laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment. EEO including Disability/Protected Veterans
