Senior Urban Designer

4 weeks ago

Kingston, Ontario, Canada Arcadis Full time
POSITION - SENIOR URBAN DESIGNER

LOCATION - OTTAWA AREA

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world's most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role description:

Arcadis is looking for a talented Senior Urban Designer to join us full-time at our Placemaking Studio in Ottawa.

As our Senior Urban Designer, you will also work with senior leadership to grow the Placemaking practice in Ottawa. As a leader and mentor to junior team members, you will be instrumental in the design and implementation of a diverse range of projects ranging from neighborhood master plans, smart cities, urban design, TOD, transit planning, streetscape design, parks, residential development, resorts amongst others for public and private sector clients. You will also collaborate with our Toronto team of Urban Designers, Landscape Architects, and Planning Professionals on local and international projects of various scales.

Role accountabilities:
  • Lead and collaborate with senior leadership through responding and developing the creative content for RFP responses, and supporting relevant marketing and business development initiatives.
  • Collaborate with and mentor Junior Urban Designers / Planners / Landscape Architects on a variety of private and public sector urban design, landscape architecture, master planning and planning projects.
  • Independently manage and lead multi-disciplinary teams and assist with project completion from initial proposal compilation to detailed design and report delivery.
  • Develop master plans, site plans, built form, and massing for a variety of projects ranging in complexity, scope, and context.
  • Prepare and present high-quality graphic presentations, detailed design schemes, and reports.
  • Engage with and manage Clients/Stakeholders and ensure deadlines and budgetary constraints are met for all projects.
  • Demonstrate strong verbal, written, and graphic communication skills and ensure that a high level of professionalism and design excellence are upheld within each project.
Qualifications & Experience:
  • University degree in Architecture, Urban Design, Landscape Architecture or Planning.
  • 10+ years of experience in Urban Design or related fields in a professional office, with proven experience leading and managing multi-disciplinary teams.
  • Track record of growing and building a book of business within the urban planning sector.
  • Demonstrated success working with public and private sector clients in the Ottawa region. Previous experience working with the public sector and IO as clients will be an asset.
  • Professional registration with OALA or OAA or OPPI.
  • Multi-disciplinary interests in Urban Design, Landscape Architecture, Transportation Planning, and Urban/Regional Planning including a strong awareness/understanding of current planning and design issues and trends.
  • Inquisitive and self-motivated individual with strong leadership and organizational skills able to thrive in a fast-paced project deadline environment centered around design excellence.
  • Independent design capabilities to prepare site plans and master plan concepts.
  • Possess strong verbal and written communication skills, capable of assisting in the preparation of reports and developing design narratives.
  • Strong software skills related to: 3D modeling, SketchUp, Rhino, Revit, AutoCAD, Adobe Suite InDesign, MS Office, etc.
Why Arcadis?

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It's why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You'll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you'll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

Together, we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging:

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Women, minorities, people with disabilities and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, disability, veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by law.

The salary range for this position is $105,000 - $130,000. The base salary represents Arcadis' hiring range for this position. Actual salaries will vary and will be based on various factors, such as location, skills, experience, and qualification for the role.
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