Senior Door Hardware Specification Writer
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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