Architecture - Medical Planner

We are currently seeking a Medical Planner to join our dynamic Healthcare practice in Houston. At HOK, we're dedicated to designing spaces that enhance patient care, optimize workflows, and elevate the patient experience. Our transformational planning and design ideas and solutions address the diverse needs of patients, families, and staff. We prioritize diversity, equity, and inclusion, promote sustainability, advance the science and art of medicine, and provide value to our clients and communities.

As a Medical Planner, you will be responsible for leading the medical planning efforts toward the successful completion of complex healthcare facilities, provide overall programming, master planning, design and medical planning, communicate with clients/user groups to understand project requirements, and represent the firm nationally as a technical expert

• Provides medical planning expertise to other team members and the firm-wide healthcare practice.
• Translates complex clinical, operational, and stakeholder requirements into clear functional and buildable architectural planning solutions.
• Participates in user groups (heads of departments, specialists, etc.) to collect program needs for healthcare facilities and assists with technical aspects of the meeting.
• Develops a comprehensive understanding of clients’ program requirements and standards and policies for completion.
• Active team member in executing SD, DD, and CD phases of projects.
• Provides technical knowledge in the design and planning of various-sized medical and healthcare facilities.
• Ensures project inter-disciplinary and quality control coordination.
• Develops architectural drawings to communicate planning concepts for project documentation and construction.
• Prepares and modifies architectural documents, elevations, sections, details, etc.
• Anticipates and develops solutions to technical and design problems following established standards.

• Communicates planning concepts to project teams, both verbally and through graphic and written reports.

• Actively seeks new knowledge in the design and planning of medical and healthcare facilities.
• Supervises other team members in conjunction with project managers.
• May lead periodic project meetings and presentations; ensure client is adequately briefed on project progress.
• May mentor and direct the work of less experienced staff.
• Participates actively in the firm-wide Healthcare practice within HOK.
• Actively participates in industry associations to ensure visibility.
• Promotes the principles of sustainability and Evidence Based Design.
• Fosters a commitment to external and internal client service.

• Assists in developing project scope, plan, and services and during the contract process. Translates planning concepts into comprehensible terms for clients, designers, and project team members.
• Assists in the design development, modification, and/or review of medical planning concepts and solutions.
• Assists in establishing overall project budgets and milestone schedules in coordination with project managers, architects, and project engineers.
• Coordinates with various consultants to implement medical planning

• Assists in the development of standard materials that describe the portfolio, systems, processes, and people of the Healthcare Group.
• Prepares 2D and 3D presentation/design drawings.

• Bachelor’s degree in architecture or equivalent in education or experience required and healthcare design certification preferred. Master Degree preferred.
• At least 5 years’ prior experience focused on a variety of healthcare projects - full new facilities, additions, renovations, and departments with some large-scale, complex healthcare projects required.
• Architecture license preferred.
• LEED…