Healthcare Planner

Stantec’s Buildings team is on a mission to become the world’s leading integrated design practice. Our architects, engineers, interior designers, consultants, sustainability specialists, and technologists are passionate about the power of design. Our collaborative culture and our innovative, sustainable approach to projects help us create buildings that matter to our world.

Together, we are enhancing the quality of life globally through design.

Join us and design your place with Stantec.

Your Opportunity Stantec is hiring a Lead Healthcare Planner and local thought leader to join our team. The Lead Healthcare Planner’s role is to lead planning engagements and collaborate with the design team and Owner to resolve and implement distinguished design concepts that make lives better.

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Key Responsibilities Will participate in making decisions regarding healthcare planning & design concepts

Accountable for insuring project square footage remains within approved program and/or alerts programmatic scope changes to the design team and owner

Participate and coordinate with the team to produce deliverables reflecting Page's planning and design recommendations and client expectations relative to approved program and budget

Mentor less experienced staff to build and strengthen desirable skills, experience and client relationships across the field

Present expertise to market while continuing education at key industry conferences, seminars and participation in professional organization activities.

Participate in business development opportunities for the firm including growing and leveraging professional network for information and leads, assisting in responses to RFPs, making project presentations, calling on prospects, writing noteworthy articles and participating on panels at professional seminars.

Your Capabilities and Credentials Capable of leading hospital site and facility master planning projects, including key planning unit to departmental square footage projections, departmental zoning and circulation concepts, and developing client consensus for a master plan recommendation.

Must be curious and strategically oriented

Must possess strong analytical thinking skills; is a conceptual thinker with design sensitivity

Ability to be adaptable and objective

Possesses a solid understanding of lean thinking concepts and tools.

Ability to collaborate with peers, subordinates and clients constructively

Strong interpersonal skills and team management skills

Strong listening, oral communication/presentation, graphics, writing, and public speaking skills with the ability to facilitate meetings with clients/ users

Strong client management skills

Developed technical and leadership skills with a deep portfolio of new construction and renovation healthcare facilities (for academic medical centers, acute and ambulatory care, behavioral health, children’s health, cancer care, emergency departments, etc.) in primarily urban environments

Passion and knowledge of theoretical and practical developments in the field of healthcare architecture

Proficiency with general digital office applications like Word, Excel, PowerPoint, MS Teams and Outlook as well as specialty AEC industry tools like Bluebeam;
Revit proficiency preferred

Working knowledge of life safety and building codes; deep knowledge of how buildings are constructed, i.e. systems, phasing

Education and Experience Bachelor's degree in Architecture is required; advanced degree preferred
15+ years of experience

Registered architect in a least one U.S. jurisdiction

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