Architectural Lead - Transit Infrastructure
Architectural Lead - Transit Infrastructure (Ontario)
Salary: Competitive Salary
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Architectural Lead - Transit Infrastructure (Ontario)
Permanent Role
EWI are supporting a major international infrastructure contractor in their search for an
Architectural Lead to support the design and delivery of a large‑scale subway infrastructure program in Ontario. This permanent role offers the opportunity to work on complex underground transit environments, including stations, tunnels interfaces, and supporting facilities, within a highly collaborative, multidisciplinary team.
You'll play a key role in coordinating architectural design packages, ensuring integration across structural, mechanical, electrical, systems, and civil disciplines - essential for modern rapid‑transit environments.
Key Responsibilities
Architectural Design Leadership
- Lead the development and coordination of architectural designs for underground stations, entrances, ancillary buildings, and passenger‑facing environments.
- Develop layouts, spatial planning, finishes, wayfinding concepts, and accessibility solutions suitable for high‑capacity transit environments.
- Ensure architectural solutions meet applicable codes, transit design standards, safety requirements, and operational constraints.
Multidisciplinary Coordination
- Coordinate closely with structural, MEP, fire‑life safety, systems, tunnel, and civil teams to resolve interfaces.
- Participate in technical workshops, design reviews, and collaborative model coordination sessions.
- Review drawings, BIM models, and specifications for accuracy, integration, and constructability.
Project Delivery Support
- Assist with design documentation, progress tracking, submission packages, and change management processes.
- Prepare technical reports, presentations, and design justification materials.
- Support responses to RFIs, design queries, and construction‑related clarifications to maintain design intent.
Stakeholder Collaboration
- Support submittals to authorities and transit agency stakeholders.
- Communicate architectural considerations clearly to internal teams, contractors, and reviewers.
- Contribute to internal quality reviews and compliance checks.
Skills & Qualifications
Required:
- 3-5+ years professional architectural experience, ideally with exposure to infrastructure, large buildings, or complex public‑realm projects.
- Degree in Architecture or a related field; progress toward professional licensure is a strong asset.
- Strong understanding of multidisciplinary coordination (structural, MEP, systems, fire‑life safety, code compliance).
- Proficiency with Revit/BIM and familiarity working in large federated models.
- Strong communication, organization, and documentation skills.
Preferred:
- Experience working on rail, LRT, metro, or underground transit projects.
- Understanding of emergency egress, station planning, and passenger‑flow considerations.
- Familiarity with North American building codes and transit authority design guidelines.
- Experience supporting design‑build or P3 delivery teams.
What This Role Offers
- The chance to work on one of Ontario's most significant transit infrastructure programs.
- Exposure to complex underground design challenges, interdisciplinary coordination, and station architecture.
- Long‑term professional development with clear pathways toward senior design leadership.
- A stable, permanent opportunity within a project‑driven, collaborative team environment.
ewi is committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer. ewi is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.