Design Director, US South

Overview

Lead design excellence, culture, quality, and brand across Stantec’s US South region.

Key Responsibilities

• digital design
• sustainable design
• design delivery
• design reviews
• design leadership
• design awards

Tasks

-Participate in the annual allocation and organization of Design Excellence budget. -Participate and support local practice engagement in their communities at the local, national, and international level volunteering, mentoring, design panels, design forums, practice committees, etc -Advance Design Thinking actively participating in the practice wide Design Forum and Design Excellence calls, and regional town halls.. -Advance design practices that are recognized for driving value, balancing innovation with profitability. -Participate and support thought leadership through research, presentation, and publication of projects, processes, approaches, and ideas. -Advance digital design practice and delivery in collaboration with the Design Computing Lead. -Advance sustainable design focused on lower energy demand, lower ware use demand, and lower embodied and operational carbon in collaboration with the Carbon and Climate Lead and Team. -Establish a culture of learning, professional development, and growth. -Conduct and participate in Design Reviews to ensure work aligns with our Five Principles of Design Excellence {Clarity, Purpose, Discovery, Performance, and Craft] and encouraging, supporting, and establishing holistic sustainable design through multidisciplinary reviews. -Partner with local Design Leadership to ensure every project has an empowered Design Lead. -Assist in the attraction and retention of design talent, building high performance teams and practice models. -Establish, support, and mentor Design Leads in each practice. -Actively engage with each practice, and design leadership, across the country, driving design culture, quality and brand. -Maintain Professional Licensure and specialty certifications/status. -Advance design practices, processes, and knowledge encouraging, supporting, and participating in the Innovation Program. -Advance design delivery through integrated design, modeling, coordination, and documentation. -Advance a ‘Green’ portfolio, positioning and winning work with high sustainability objectives, designing, delivering, documenting, photographing, publishing, presenting, and submitting for design awards obtaining recognition for Design Excellence. -Participate and support local practice engagement in the academies with future practitioners teaching, lecturing, speaking, and critiquing. -Advance a design portfolio of outstanding projects, positioning and winning work with high design potential, designing, delivering, documenting, photographing, publishing, presenting, and submitting for design awards obtaining recognition for Design Excellence.

Requirements

• leadership
• sustainability
• collaboration
• mentoring
• presentation
• design excellence

What You Bring

-Active leadership in University design school programs teaching, lecturing, speaking, and critiquing. -Experience conducting practice based design reviews and critiques. -Demonstrated evidence of collaborative, sustainable, holistic design with a ‘green’ portfolio of projects achieving high sustainability standards [Passive House, ZCB, WELL, Living Building Challenge, Net Zero, LEED, etc] -Effective working relationships with RBL and Buildings Leadership Team -Culture Advance design thinking through collaboration, dialogue, mentorship, and demonstration. -Experience advancing design excellence across a practice or region. -Active participation and leadership in designoriented peer groups. -Active leadership in professional organizations and community [committees, councils, design review panels, etc] -Exemplary communication skills and advocating our design point of view internally and externally. -Brand Advance design recognition to become synonymous with Outstanding Design, Innovation, and Sustainability. -Demonstrated evidence of innovative design and delivery. -Quality Advance design delivery to be consistent holistic integrated design that achieves Clarity, Purpose, Performance, and Craft through an integrated design practice.. -Demonstrated experience speaking and presenting [Academia, Conferences, Podcasts, Forums, Panels, etc] -An inspiring designer, mentor, and leader attracting and retaining top design talent. -Demonstrated interest and ability to lead and collaborate with all allied disciplines. -Experience mentoring, leading, and motivating designers and design teams. -Demonstrated evidence of design excellence with a portfolio of outstanding design work including photography, documentation, publication, presentations, citations, and awards.

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About Stantec

-Began as a one-person environmental engineering practice and has grown through strategic geographic and service expansion. -Publicly listed on the NYSE and TSX, Stantec has completed major acquisitions to bolster expertise and strengthen global infrastructure portfolio. -Headquartered in the iconic Stantec Tower in Edmonton, the company has delivered landmark projects like the Panama Canal Expansion and high-profile community developments. -Leverages interdisciplinary teams of designers, engineers, scientists, and project managers. -Typical projects span urban planning, civil infrastructure, water management, environmental assessment, energy delivery, and architectural design, serving public and private sectors. -Blends technical prowess with visionary design in bold ventures such as designing its own mixed-use tower and leading multi-nation infrastructure projects.

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