Careers

Intermediate Designer

At Giannone Petricone Associates, we are designing environments inspired by a love of city building and contemporary urban culture. From well-crafted interiors to large-scale urban redevelopments (and everything in-between), our work relishes in a close attention to detail and material expression, provocative programs, and thorough investigation and infiltration of local contexts.

We are growing and looking to hire architects and designers that will complement our great team of creative individuals and help us rise to the challenges of the next level of exciting projects. Currently, we are seeking an Intermediate Designer who will demonstrate high levels of creativity and will be expected to be curious, agile, and challenge the status quo to elevate the designs of the studio.

Qualifications

To be the successful candidate, you will have a strong commitment to design excellence and execution and must be able to demonstrate experience ranging from concept design through to contract documents on a variety of project types.

REQUIRED

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in architecture, or architectural science
  • Proficiency in REVIT, AutoCAD, and SketchUp
  • Minimum 3+ years professional working experience not including co-operative education placements
  • GPA team members work together in studio; there is no remote component to this role

Project Level Responsibilities

Project Management

  • Contribute to the planning, implementation, execution, and evaluation of project phases.

 

Design

  • Develop design concepts and associated presentation materials.
  • Develop and prepare design development materials and presentation.
  • Develop designs with intent, based on research and resolution of technical/ design issues.
  • Develop construction documents for projects of varying scope with minimal supervision.
  • Modify and update designs based on review with, or comments received from senior staff.

 

Technical

  • Prepare architectural drawings using REVIT, AutoCAD, SketchUp and other modeling software.
  • Support senior staff with evaluating site conditions and constraints.
  • Execute technical design assignments in a timely manner.
  • Produce compelling design development work, digital models, drawings, and outline specifications.
  • Support senior staff with effective analysis of applicable building codes, by-laws and other regulations and technical documents / reports to which a project may be subject.

 

People Level Responsibilities

  • Inspire and motivate; collaborate across teams; develop junior members and architectural assistants.
  • Develop strong relationships with consultants and internal teams.
  • Participate in team meetings to coordinate design options and ideas.

 

To Apply

As designers, we celebrate, support, and thrive through our differences. GPA is an equal opportunity employer, we encourage applicants to join us regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or Veteran status. At GPA we believe that our differences help us rise to the challenges of tomorrow and ensure a commitment to equitable hiring, training, and place making – in the studio, and beyond in the spaces we design.

GPA offers competitive salaries that are commensurate with the candidate’s practical experience. The salary range for this role is $75,000-$85,000.

To submit your CV and portfolio for consideration, send an email to careers@gpaia.com

We thank you for your application, however, only candidates invited to interview will be contacted. Please no telephone calls.