Senior Door Hardware Specification Writer - ( 2300021M )

Description

The buildings that make up the landscape of our daily lives seem like permanent fixtures, fastened to a time and place. But what if that didn’t have to be true? What if our built environment — where we live, learn, play, and conduct business — carried us forward instead?

Our Buildings practice keeps people at its heart, recognizing that our shared journey forward is shaped by the meaningful and responsive places we design. From iconic designs to monumental groundbreakings, join us to bring transformational building solutions to life. Every day we apply our expertise, creativity, and passion to propel communities into the future—join us!

Your Opportunity

Our Architecture & Interior Design group is renowned for creating high-performance, fiscally responsible, and award-winning buildings and interiors. We're passionate about the design quality of the built environment and create designs that are timeless, intelligent, and sustainable. This is the place great ideas and rewarding careers flourish. In our multidisciplinary, team-based environment, collaboration is key among a talented group of architects, project managers, interior designers, planners and technologists, who work together to create innovative and integrated solutions for a wide range of clients. Our services include architecture, interior design, and planning for a wide variety of sectors.

Stantec's Mid-Atlantic Region office has an opportunity for a Senior Door Hardware Systems Specification Writer in the Architecture and Interior Design group.

Your Key Responsibilities

Position Corporate Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Assist with the development and updating of corporate international specification standards and related policies
• Assist with the acquisition of specification software by researching and, or testing available products before rendering recommendations
• Function as the liaison with specification software providers on both contractual and technical matters
• Serve as a clearinghouse technical resource for other specification writers’ inquiries
• Serve on Stantec’s Specifier’s roundtable
• Write and issue Technical Bulletins
• Develop check lists for efficient and comprehensive specification writing
• Participate in the Specifier’s Blog

Position Regional Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Work with Architects, Designers, IT Professionals, Engineers, Security Consultants and Clients to design comprehensive door systems solutions
• Analyzing architectural and contract documents
• Prepare door hardware schedules and sequences of operations
• Research and stay informed about new products in the market place
• Write customized outline prescriptive and performance outline specifications
• Coordinate division 8 specifications with customized front end, detailed (final) prescriptive and detailed performance specifications comprising CSI Divisions 0 through 14 specifications sections
• Participate as an integral member of the design team in setting direction and enabling decisions
• Mentor students and less experienced specification writers
• Collect specification sections from other disciplines and integrate all sections into a comprehensive project manual
• Perform Quality Control and Quality Assurance reviews of specifications as requested
• Perform shop drawing reviews and participate in construction phase services support

Qualifications

Your Capabilities and Credentials

• Candidate should be able to:

+ Work productively with the most current editions of Deltek Specpoint Masterspec, BSD SpecLink, and or Allegion Overtur

+ Operate Microsoft office software products

+ Communicate with team members and enable decisions

+ Understand how buildings go together

+ Solid understanding of State adopted building codes

• Membership in the Construction Specification Institute is preferred
• Operating knowledge of Revit software is preferred

Education and Experience

• Degree in architect, engineer, construction management, or related field desired
• AHC and FDAI certifications desired
• Minimum of ten years’ experience writing specifications or be certified as a Construction Technologist by the Construction Specification Institute with a minimum of six years of experience

This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.

Stantec is a place where the best and brightest come to build on each other's talents, do exciting work, and make an impact on the world around us. Join us and redefine your personal best. #DesignYourPlace

Benefits Summary: Full-time and part-time employees have access to medical, dental, and vision plans, a wellness program, health saving accounts, flexible spending accounts, 401(k) plan, employee stock purchase program, life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, short-term/long-term disability plans, emergency travel benefits, tuition reimbursement, professional membership fee coverage and paid family leave. Employees will receive ten paid holidays in each calendar year. In addition, employees will be eligible to accrue vacation between 10 and 20 days per year and eligible for paid sick leave (and if more generous, in accordance with state and local law).

Temporary employees have access to 401(k) plans, employee stock purchase program, and paid leave, in accordance with state and local law.

Primary Location : United States-New York-Rochester

Organization : BC-2253 Buildings-US Northeast

Employee Status : Regular

Job Level : Individual Contributor

Travel : Yes, 20 % of the Time

Schedule : Full-time

Job Posting : May 8, 2023, 2:25:02 PM

Req ID: 2300021M

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