Careers – Formline Architecture + Urbanism

General Applications

North Vancouver

Full Time

We are always on the lookout for talented professionals who share our commitment to innovative design and sustainable urban development. Whether you’re an experience architect, architectural student searching for a co-op position, recent graduate or a skilled professional in the architecture space, we invite you to submit a general application. We review applications on a rolling basis and will reach out if your qualifications match our current needs. Even if there isn’t an immediate opening, we keep all applications on file for future opportunities.

We invite you to apply on LinkedIn or email us at info@formline.ca. Please include your resume, portfolio, samples of working drawings, and references if available.

Office Manager

North Vancouver

Full Time

The Office Manager will be responsible for overseeing and implementing daily office operations, ensuring positive employee experience, efficient business processes to produce excellence in design and effective marketing to win new projects and raise our brand awareness.

Key Responsibilities

Identify and manage strategic initiatives to improve business operations, marketing and business development, staff efficiency and engagement, and project outcomes

Work with our Principal and Projects Managers to assemble and analyze staffing forecasts to manage workloads and consultants

Oversee our consultants who support business operations including IT managed service providers, website consultants, software providers, and others

Manage the entire recruitment cycle from creating role descriptions and entry interviews, through reference checks and contract negotiation

Coordinate staff onboarding and implement other human resource processes, such as annual reviews and policies, as needed

Develop and implement a marketing strategy, including awards submission, website, social media, media requests and more

Develop and maintain a process to respond to Request for Proposals efficiently, and create and submit proposals for new project work

Create and post content for social media, and maintain our website adding new content

Work with our Principal and Project Managers to support project work, including gathering resources (e.g. articles), compiling presentations, and printing/scanning

Manage reception responsibilities including greeting visitors, answering phones, and ordering supplies

Qualifications

Minimum 3 years’ experience with managing a business, store, or teams

Self-managed – can initiate and independently manage work, with input from Principal and Project Managers

Able to provide strategic business advice to our Principal, balancing project needs, staff needs, business risk, and financial considerations.

Adaptable – able to multi-task across different projects and adapt with a changing business environment

Experience managing projects with budget and schedule in mind

Excellent communication skills, both verbally to facilitate meetings and in writing for proposals

Familiar with Adobe Creative Suite (In-design, Photoshop)

Familiar with Microsoft Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel)

Able to work from our studio in North Vancouver 5 days a week.

Nice to have: undergraduate degree in business or MBA

Nice to have: experience working in architecture, construction or consulting (accounting, law, engineering),

Nice to have: experience writing proposals and responses to RFPs

Salary Range: $65,000 – $85,000. Individual compensation packages are based on unique factors to each candidate including skillset, experience, and qualifications.

We invite you to apply on LinkedIn or email us at info@formline.ca. Please include your resume, portfolio, samples of working drawings, and references if available.

Senior Architect

North Vancouver

Full Time

We are seeking a Project Architect to join us in our mission to create natural and culturally significant designs. This role significantly contributes to our company by resolving technical issues and complex problems, while mentoring our team members.

Key Responsibilities

Complete technical reviews of architectural and consultant drawings, and provide mark-ups of review comments

Independently lead the resolution of technical challenges through identifying next steps, which may require collaboration and meeting facilitation, research of codes and manufacturer specifications, and applying your experience to look at options

Create high quality designs, including producing drawings, details, and specifications

Participate in design team meetings with consultants and clients

Mentor staff members, including project managers and architectural designers

Present to clients and other stakeholders where required, and prepare presentation materials

Conduct architectural calculations and analysis as needed for designs.

If of interest, manage projects and project teams, including overseeing the project budget, schedule, and quality of deliverables

Qualifications

Minimum 10 years architecture experience, including minimum 5 years AutoCAD and Revit experience

A master’s degree in architecture

Registered with AIBC

Excellent problem-solving skills; ability to critically review design detail and independently solve technical challenges

Experience applying building codes & bylaws

Ability to produce well-detailed and accurate construction drawings.

Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.

Experience in wood design and wood construction is an asset.

Proficient in Rhino, Revit, AutoCAD, MS Office Suite, Adobe Suite

Salary Range: $85,000 – $110,000. Individual compensation packages are based on unique factors to each candidate including skillset, experience, and qualifications.

We invite you to apply on LinkedIn or email us at info@formline.ca. Please include your resume, portfolio, samples of working drawings, and references if available.

Architectural Designer

North Vancouver

Full Time

We are seeking an Architectural Designer to join us in our mission to create natural and culturally significant designs. This role significantly contributes to our projects by producing excellence in design.

Key Responsibilities

Work directly for Principals, Project Architect and others to assist with design, and production of documents.

Work independently as required on all phases of a project including Pre-Design, Schematic Design, Design Development, Construction Documents, and Contract Administration.

Production of technical and presentation drawings as required for the project using AutoCAD and Revit, and Rhino.

Presentation and rendering work using VRay, illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign and other software required.

Work with the Principals, Project Architects and others to solve design problems and provide design analysis as required.

Researching sustainable technologies.

In-house administration requirements including filing, management of project files and standards and assisting with the office organization.

Qualifications

A master’s degree in architecture and eligible for registration or registered with AIBC.

Proficient with Revit and AutoCAD.

Proficient in Rhino, Bluebeam, MS office Suite, Adobe Suite.

Detailed oriented, with ability to produce well-detailed construction drawings

Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.

Salary Range: $60,000 – $75,000. Individual compensation packages are based on unique factors to each candidate including skillset, experience, and qualifications.

We invite you to apply on LinkedIn or email us at info@formline.ca. Please include your resume, portfolio, samples of working drawings, and references if available.

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Work with purpose

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Award-winning projects

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Design with innovation

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Diverse projects

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Approachable culture

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General Applications

North Vancouver

Full Time

Office Manager

North Vancouver

Full Time

The Office Manager will be responsible for overseeing and implementing daily office operations, ensuring positive employee experience, efficient business processes to produce excellence in design and effective marketing to win new projects and raise our brand awareness.

Key Responsibilities

Qualifications

Senior Architect

North Vancouver

Full Time

We are seeking a Project Architect to join us in our mission to create natural and culturally significant designs. This role significantly contributes to our company by resolving technical issues and complex problems, while mentoring our team members.

Key Responsibilities

Qualifications

Architectural Designer

North Vancouver

Full Time

We are seeking an Architectural Designer to join us in our mission to create natural and culturally significant designs. This role significantly contributes to our projects by producing excellence in design.

Key Responsibilities

Qualifications

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