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 

Dillon’s 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 projects—such 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 or Kingston.

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 Dillon’s 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 Dillon’s 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:

$103,200 - $153,200

Dillon is including the salary range that we in good faith believe may offer for this position. It will be dependent on the successful applicant’s 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 applicant’s gender or other status protected by provincial and/or federal law.

Why choose Dillon

Dillon is powered by people who are technically proficient, passionate about socially important projects, and motivated to deliver superior, tangible results. We strive to remain at the forefront of technology and innovation, and are empowered to continually grow and develop. 

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 it’s 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 performance. In our culture, people are empowered to reflect and question current practices and seek forward looking solutions to today’s problems and tomorrow’s opportunities.
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• 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 Canada’s 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 Dillon's 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.