Are you an energetic, driven professional looking to positively shape the healthy and sustainable evolution of Saskatchewan’s communities and ecoregions? Are you looking to stretch your creativity on complex design challenges within dynamic high profile project teams from a home base in Saskatoon’s lively Broadway neighbourhood? Do you want to learn new skills from experienced mentors in a fast-paced office looking to grow future leaders? If this is you, we want to hear from you.
Why Join HTFC’s Saskatoon Studio:
HTFC works across Canada’s prairie, boreal and tundra regions. Since venturing into the Saskatchewan market with a new studio in 2019, our work in this province has grown quickly and we are looking to put down deeper roots by adding more architectural or landscape architectural technologists to our Saskatoon office.
When you join HTFC you will be working within collaborative teams on urban spaces, waterfronts, public parks, cultural landscapes, landmark destinations, and vibrant mixed-use developments, carefully selected to continue HTFC’s 50+ year focus on sustainable, authentic, and place-specific design. To learn more about our work visit https://htfc.ca/
HTFC is dedicated to equity, diversity, and inclusion. We are working hard to welcome, learn from, and mentor the next generation of professionals, making our work more meaningful and accessible in the process. We are especially interested in applicants with connections to Saskatchewan’s Indigenous peoples.
HTFC offers an open and creative office culture where the cross-pollination of ideas thrives through knowledge sharing, collective brainstorming, community events, and the occasional design competition. We work hard and play hard within a fast-paced environment that includes continuous learning. Our staff volunteer locally for initiatives that raise public awareness of the essential role design plays in human health and happiness, often assisting under-resourced community groups with grassroots projects.
HTFC offers a flexible work environment, an experienced team of professional mentors, a peer support system, and an excellent compensation package that includes a competitive salary, exceptional health and wellness benefits, professional dues, and a professional development allowance.
Who Should Apply:
Our ideal candidates will be creative, open-minded, and adventurous with a background that combines a passion for design with the communication and technical skills that bring big ideas to life. We need people who are confident in construction documentation and field services, equipped with the gusto to build strong client relationships and projects and mentor junior staff.
Are you intuitive, rigorous, independent, and empathetic? Do you communicate well in verbal, graphic and written form? Do you, or are you, aiming to live and work in Saskatoon and have a valid driver’s licence to support potential independent travel to project sites? If so, we would love to meet you.
Our technical requirements for the position are as follows:
- Minimum 3 years of experience developing construction documents, cost estimates, specifications, renderings, and 3D visualizations for architectural, civil engineering or landscape architectural practices. Technologists or Technicians with complex landscape architecture project experience preferred.
- Diploma or certificate in Architectural, Landscape Architecture or Civil Technologies from a recognized technology program recognized by Technology Professionals Saskatchewan, or equivalent (TAC Accredited Program), such as, but not limited to, Saskatchewan Polytechnic, SAIT, NAIT, RRC Polytech.
- Candidates will have, or will immediately obtain and maintain, registration with Technology Professionals of Saskatchewan.
- A thorough understanding of landscape construction materials, details and methods required. Experience supporting construction administration duties is also preferred.
- Advanced knowledge of digital drafting and modeling software on a PC or Mac platform:
- Expert level of proficiency required in: AutoCAD or Vectorworks,
- Working knowledge of Revit and BIM integration software
- Experience with 3D modelling platforms, such as SketchUp
- Experience in 3D rendering software, particularly Enscape or Twinmotion, an asset.
- Working knowledge of Microsoft suite especially Excel, Outlook, Teams, Powerpoint and Word.
- Experience using Photoshop and InDesign an asset.
HOW TO APPLY:
To apply submit your cover letter, resume (complete with contact information), and a short portfolio of your relevant work (max 20 pages) to saskemployment@htfc.ca with the subject heading of the position you wish to be considered for by 5pm November 22, 2024. Only candidates of interest will be contacted to discuss next steps. Thank you for your interest in HTFC!