Senior Architect

Are you someone with strong leadership and technical capabilities Do you enjoy building relationships and working collaboratively in a team environment with both internal and external stakeholders Are you a thought leader a trusted advisor and a problem solver If you enjoy entrepreneurship and innovation this opportunity is for you! As someone with excellent communication skills and business acumen you will thrive in our fast-paced and agile environment.

Your opportunity

Dillons Architectural Discipline is seeking a Senior Architect to fill an existing vacancy within our multidisciplinary team of professionals. You will have the opportunity to work on new and exciting projects while providing clients with a fully integrated and superior customer experience.

This opportunity may be the right fit if you have a passion for client engagement architectural design a strong knowledge of construction techniques and detailing and enjoy collaborating with others to solve project challenges.

We are seeking a highly professional individual with 10 years of experience delivering complex projectssuch as research institutional healthcare or educational facilities. The ideal candidate will bring leadership strategic insight and well-established industry connections. This role involves contributing to projects that are multifaceted and technically sophisticated requiring a depth of experience discretion and the ability to navigate stakeholder expectations in sensitive environments.

At Dillon we operate as one team. The successful candidate can be based at any one of our following offices: Ottawa.

We offer flexible work hours to help balance the competing demands of work and personal life.

• Establish and support the design vision of new projects and communicate the vision to the project team including sub-consultants
• Together with the Client manage the project schedule and ensure the project remains on time and deliverable dates are met
• Oversee the coordination of the project (drawings / design/ specs) the project team
• Communicate with the Client and subconsultants as necessary to support the project
• Provide technical direction during the pre-design phase of the project including functional programming by preparing reports sketches and undertaking research
• Manage the overall design of the project and quality control of the documents
• Support coordination of the sub-consultants work
• Contribute to business development through proposal writing and Client engagement
• Build client relationships through identification of market opportunities client communications preparation of proposals and business development activities
• Assist with review and respond to RFPs and prepare project proposals
• Contribute to Dillons corporate profile through active participation in professional associations and committees

Learning & Development

• Commit to self-development and ongoing learning and professional development.
• Input to the career development of junior staff including technical direction training recommendations coaching and mentoring.
• Contribute to Dillons corporate profile through active participation in professional associations and committees.

What you will need to succeed

• Candidates will be a registered Architect who is licensed or able to be licensed in Ontario or the province they reside in
• Have strong time management and scheduling skills to successfully meet deadlines.
• Have the ability to work in a collaborative multi-disciplinary team environment.
• Have excellent design and presentation skills and experience developing construction documents.
• Have excellent communication presentation and graphic communication skills

• Ten (10) years or more relevant experience
• Currently licensed architect in Ontario or licensed architect in Ontario within six months of hire
• Have a working knowledge of Adobe Creative Cloud Suite (InDesign Illustrator Photoshop) MS Office Suite
• Have a working knowledge in Revit and Bluebeam

Compensation:

$103200 - $153200

Dillon is including the salary range that we in good faith believe may offer for this position. It will be dependent on the successful applicants education experience and skills in addition to internal equity and geographic region. Dillon reserves the right to pay outside of the posted range contingent on factors unrelated to an applicants gender or other status protected by provincial and/or federal law.

Why choose Dillon

We live our core values:

• Achievement: do the work to hit the target;
• Continuous Development: always learning; always adapting; always growing;
• Creativity: discover new possibilities;
• Courage: do the things that matter especially when its hard;
• Inclusiveness: enabling belonging to draw strength from our differences;
• Reliability: words result in actions that build trust;

In addition we offer:

• Employee share purchase plan
• Dillon is 100% employee owned and share ownership is open to all employees.
• A competitive compensation package
• Comprehensive health benefits
• Generous retirement savings plan
• Student loan repayment assistance with matching employer contributions
• Flexible work hours and hybrid working options
• Dillon values its staff and the contributions that are made each day and understands that work arrangements can differ based on personal needs and business needs. We are taking a trust-based approach to offer a variety of flexible and hybrid work options to help balance the competing demands of work and personal life.
• Learning and Development opportunities
• As a knowledge-based business we use a composite approach to development including coaching to build the how mentoring to share lessons advising to round out perspectives and co-creation of knowledge through internal learning opportunities.
• Focus on Innovation
• The ability to anticipate examine and adopt new and innovative solutions is a crucial driver for the continual and progressive advancement of our business our culture people are empowered to reflect and question current practices and seek forward looking solutions to todays problems and tomorrows opportunities.
• Employee and Family Assistance program
• A variety of EFAP tools and online resources to support well-being are available to all employees.
• Goodlife Fitness Corporate Membership
• Our employees can take advantage of reduced annual membership fees.
• Wellness Subsidy
• Our employees can take advantage of a wellness subsidy that can be put towards expenses for a variety of health and/or wellness related activities such as gym membership purchase of home fitness equipment yoga classes and dance classes.

About Dillon

Dillon is a proudly Canadian employee-owned professional consulting firm specializing in planning engineering environmental science and management. We partner with clients to provide committed collaborative and inventive solutions to complex multi-faceted projects. With over 25 offices and more than 1100 employees across Canada Dillon offers a wide range of services related to building and improving facilities and infrastructure protecting the environment and developing communities.

Now operating for over 75 years we continue to strive for excellence in everything we do. Dillon has been listed as one of Canadas Best Managed Companies for 19 years in a row and has the distinction of being a Platinum Club member in this program.

Health & Safety at Dillon

Prospective employees are expected to fully align with Dillons core commitment to Health & Safety. This includes active ongoing engagement with our Health & Safety processes and platform and the active ongoing identification and reporting of health and safety hazards.

Employment Equity Diversity & Inclusion at Dillon

Dillon is committed to employment equity and an inclusive diverse workplace where opportunities are based on skills and abilities. If you require accommodation during the interview process please let us know. We look forward to hearing from you.

Technology enablement and the use of AI at Dillon

We invest in modern technologies to enable continuous improvement across the organization. Please be advised that Dillon Consulting utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) assisted tools to support parts of our recruitment process to increase efficiency and fairness. While AI supports this process all hiring decisions are made by our human recruiting team. By applying you acknowledge and consent to this use.

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