Project Architectural Designer - 15454

Project Architectural Designer

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Bayhealth Medical Center is Central and Southern Delaware's healthcare leader with hospitals in Dover and Milford, as well as stand-alone Emergency Department in Smyrna and a hybrid Emergency Department and Urgent Care in Milton. We offer various practice settings throughout Kent and Sussex Counties. Bayhealth Medical Center Kent Campus is 90 minutes from Philadelphia, Washington, DC and Baltimore. Our Sussex Campus is 30 minutes to the Delaware beaches and relaxation in the sand!

Bayhealth Medical Center offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package (for eligible positions) including:

• Generous Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays
• Matching 401(k)/403(b) Plans
• Excellent Health, Dental, and Vision
• Disability and Life Insurance options
• On Site Child Care
• Educational Reimbursement
• Health Care and Dependent Care Flex Spending Accounts
• Plus, an array of Voluntary Benefits to include Critical Care Coverage and more!

Location:

Kent Campus Hospital, Dover Delaware

Status:
Full Time 80 Hours Biweekly

Shift: Days (Exempt)

SALARY RANGE: 87,089. YEARLY

General

Summary:

The Project Architectural Designer is responsible for the planning, design development and execution of new construction and renovation projects from inception through to completion, as well as leading master planning and lifecycle management activities for Bayhealth enterprise-wide. Acts as architectural design process owner for facilities planning initiatives. As such, provides technical leadership needed to establish overall direction of architectural design, campus planning, landscape architecture, capital planning and related facilities initiatives.

Coordination with various hospital departments and committees, city, county, and state agencies, consulting architect & engineering firms and related consultants, and construction firms. Leads project teams and mentors facilities planning team members.

Department team members are authorized to have limited access to secured medication rooms to perform duties and responsibilities as defined in this job description. Any staff member requiring limited access to secured medication rooms must have a fully completed and signed Medication Security Agreement for Non-Licensed Personnel form on file and available upon request.

Responsibilities:

• Accomplishes project planning and work analysis involving job site inspection, coordination with departmental officials and staff agencies, developing and finalizing details of requirements and determining the most feasible methods and procedures to accomplish project requirements. Reviews and interprets building codes and other regulatory agencies' requirements relating to project work. Works directly with architects and engineers and arranges meetings with various committees and stakeholders in the development of space programs, plans and specifications.
• Acts as the primary agent designated to represent Bayhealth in matters related to assigned projects, to include substitutions and changes in the provisions of the approved plans and specifications. Effects coordination on a continuing basis with key stakeholders including Department leadership, Clinical, Infection Prevention, Public Safety, Information Technology, Plant Construction Management and Plant Operations in the planning of work projects and resolution of problems.
• Prepares or has prepared plans and specifications for work to be performed by contractors or in-house forces, assuring that preferred architectural and engineering design features are incorporated, and that preliminary drawings are thoroughly coordinated and reviewed by all stakeholders to ensure that all requirements are included. Arranges for review of working drawings and gains final approval from stakeholders and senior administration before plans and specifications are finalized.
• Prepares detailed project budgets tied to actual designs and past cost experience for similar work. Estimates material and other resources needed and determines sources, availability and prices. Works with outside estimators when necessary to ensure budget estimates are realistic and all inclusive.
• Continually monitors projects during the construction phase and works directly with the AHJ inspectors to ensure that plans and specifications are followed. For time and material projects, inspects work to assure that specifications are being followed, and quality work is being performed. Provides final inspections and acceptance of the completed project and assures all deficiencies in construction are duly corrected. Assures that all structural changes and other modifications are recorded in Bayhealth's master archiving system.
• Arranges regular meetings of contractors, architects, engineers and inspectors to establish work schedules and to resolve construction problems. Ensures meetings are documented, issues…