6ixDesign Inc. is a multidisciplinary architecture and engineering practice based in Toronto. We work across low-rise and mid-rise residential, multiplex, commercial, mixed-use, and institutional projects, carrying them from early feasibility through permit, tender, and construction. What sets us apart is structural: architecture and engineering sit under one roof, so coordination happens down the hall instead of across three firms and a two-week email chain. As our project volume grows, we are looking for people who want real responsibility and the room to use it.
Why 6ixDesign?
Growth: We are expanding our architectural department, and this role sits at the centre of how our work actually gets produced. Your judgment will shape the quality of what leaves this office.
Integrated Practice: Our architectural and engineering teams share models and resolve issues internally. You will spend less time chasing consultants and more time solving the actual problem.
Ownership: We are a flat studio with short lines to the principals. You will own your sets, not assemble someone else’s.
Breadth of Work: Multiplex and missing-middle housing, low- and mid-rise infill, additions and adaptive reuse, retail and institutional builds. You will not spend two years on a single building type.
Beautiful Workspace: Our office is designed the way we design for our clients. It is a space built to support focused, collaborative work.
Competitive Salary: We recognize and reward the value that each team member brings to the table. Our compensation packages reflect our dedication to attracting and retaining strong people.
Job Description
As Job Captain, you will own the drawing set. You will take projects from design development through permit and construction documentation, holding the set together technically while coordinating the consultants, resolving the details, and keeping the documents accurate and internally consistent. This is a production leadership role, not an oversight one. You will be in the model daily. You will report to the Architectural Manager and the principals, direct the work of technologists and interns on your projects, and work alongside our in-house engineering teams, external consultants, contractors, and municipal reviewers.
Key Responsibilities
— Set Ownership: Take responsibility for the completeness, accuracy, and internal consistency of architectural drawing sets from design development through permit, construction documents, and tender.
— Technical Documentation: Produce and direct the production of plans, sections, elevations, wall types, assemblies, schedules, and details to permit and construction-issue standards.
— Code and Zoning Review: Apply Ontario Building Code requirements, zoning by-laws, accessibility, life safety, and spatial separation provisions to the set, and identify compliance issues early.
— Permit Submissions: Assemble permit packages, prepare code matrices and supporting documentation, and respond to examiner comments through to approval.
— Consultant Coordination: Coordinate architectural documents against structural, mechanical, electrical, civil, and landscape drawings, and resolve conflicts before they reach the field.
— Detailing: Develop and resolve building envelope, assembly, and interface details, and make the technical calls the set depends on.
— Model and Standards Management: Manage Revit models, maintain BIM standards, worksets, and templates, and keep drawing production workflows consistent across the project.
— Quality Control: Run redline and QA reviews on your sets before issue, and close out comments from senior staff and consultants.
— Team Direction: Assign and review the work of architectural technologists, designers, and interns on your projects, balancing workload against deadlines and capability.
— Construction Administration: Respond to RFIs, review shop drawings, support site reviews, and process change requests and site instructions.
— Practice Development: Improve internal templates, typical details, QA checklists, and drawing production standards.
Must Have Qualifications
— Approximately 4 to 7 years of architectural production experience, with demonstrated responsibility for permit and construction document sets.
— Bachelor's or Master's degree in Architecture, or a diploma in Architectural Technology, from a recognized, accredited institution.
— Strong working knowledge of the Ontario Building Code, municipal zoning by-laws, applicable standards, permitting processes, and construction requirements.
— Demonstrated experience on low-rise or mid-rise residential, multiplex, commercial, mixed-use, or institutional projects.
— Proven ability to carry a set from design development through permit, construction documents, and tender.
— Solid technical grounding in building systems, assemblies, envelope detailing, code compliance, accessibility, life safety, and consultant coordination.
— Experience reviewing and coordinating architectural, structural, mechanical, electrical, civil, and landscape drawings.
— Advanced proficiency in Revit, along with AutoCAD, Bluebeam, and Microsoft Office.
— Working knowledge of BIM standards, model management, drawing production workflows, and quality assurance procedures.
— Experience directing or reviewing the work of technologists, designers, or interns.
Preferred Qualifications
— BCIN qualifications in relevant categories, including House, Small Buildings, or Large Buildings.
— OAA membership, Intern Architect status, or eligibility to pursue licensure.
— Experience with Toronto and GTA municipal approvals processes.
— Experience working alongside in-house or closely integrated engineering teams.
— Exposure to purpose-built rental, missing-middle, or multiplex housing typologies.
— Experience with renovations, additions, or existing-building assessment and documentation.
We weigh demonstrated ability, technical competence, project experience, and professional judgment far more heavily than where you trained or whose name is on your resume.
Skills and Personal Qualities
— Detail-oriented: You catch the coordination conflict on the section before it reaches the site.
— Rigorous: You care whether the plan, the section, and the schedule actually agree with each other.
— Proactive: You raise the issue early rather than reporting it after the fact.
— Accountable: You own the set that goes out under your name, including the parts that went sideways.
— Decisive: You are comfortable making technical calls with incomplete information and standing behind them.
— Clear: You can explain a detail to an engineer, a contractor, and a client, and adjust the explanation for each.
— Collaborative: You work well with engineers, consultants, and contractors, and you would rather solve the problem than win the email.
— Composed: You manage competing deadlines and pressure without losing accuracy or perspective.
What We Offer
— Genuine ownership of your sets, with the authority to make the technical calls they depend on.
— A direct working relationship with the Architectural Manager and the principals, with no layers to push through.
— A varied portfolio across residential, multiplex, mixed-use, commercial, and institutional work.
— Integrated in-house engineering support on every project.
— Competitive compensation aligned with experience.
— Paid vacation and statutory holidays.
— Support for professional development, licensure, BCIN qualification, and continuing education.
— A clear path to grow with the firm as the architectural department expands.
How to Apply
Please send your resume and a portfolio (PDF, maximum 10 MB) to [email protected] with the subject line “Job Captain – Your Name.” We are more interested in technical drawings than renderings; permit sets, construction documents, and details you produced are the most useful things you can show us. Please redact any confidential client or project information. In your email, include a short note covering two or three sets you have captained and your specific role on each, your current status regarding OAA licensure or BCIN qualifications, and your availability to start. We review applications on a rolling basis and will contact shortlisted candidates directly. We appreciate every application, though we are only able to respond to those selected for an interview.
Join our team as a Job Captain and take ownership of the documents that determine how Toronto actually gets built. This role offers technical depth, real authority over your work, and the chance to grow alongside a practice that is expanding on the strength of its work.
6ixDesign Inc. is an equal-opportunity employer. We are committed to building a team that reflects the communities we design for, and we welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, or any other protected ground. Accommodations are available on request at any stage of the recruitment process.
Pay: $69,181.37-$108,078.31 per year
Benefits:
- On-site parking
- Paid time off
Work Location: In person
