Design Manager - Health Care & Social Infrastructure

GHD; Whitby; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global firm is seeking a Design Manager for their Health Care and Social Infrastructure projects. This role involves managing complex project deliveries, ensuring compliance with regulations and quality standards, and fostering collaboration among various teams. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in healthcare design, strong budgeting skills, and a commitment to excellence. Join an innovative team dedicated to making a positive impact on communities.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of design management experience for health care projects.
• Expertise in healthcare facility planning and hospital regulations.
• Familiarity with electronic health records systems such as Epic or Cerner.

Responsibilities

• Manage multi-disciplinary project delivery for health care and social infrastructure.
• Responsible for quality control of designs and compliance with client requirements.
• Coordinate communication between project management and design teams.

Skills

Technical proficiency

Design management experience

Human-centered design

Strong budgeting skills

Verbal communication

Written communication

Organizational skills

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Building Information Modeling (BIM)

Scheduling software

Job description

Bring your curiosity and determination to make a positive impact on the future of transport, and we’ll help you go all the way.

Join our team of globally connected specialists to help solve complex transport challenges and experience groundbreaking projects from idea to delivery, and beyond.

In an ever-changing world, it requires creativity and innovation to stay ahead.

We’re seeking the curious, those who are stimulated by fresh thinking and a desire to shape our communities in new, positive ways.

As part of a truly global team, working on complex and rewarding projects, you'll be at the forefront of driving change.

See what the power of commitment can do for you.

Who we are looking for :

Due to continuing growth in our Health Care and Social Infrastructure practice, our EDO (Engineering Design Organization) is looking for a dynamic and motivated individual to take on the role of Design Manager – Health Care and Social Infrastructure based out of any of our GTA offices - Waterloo, Toronto, Mississauga, Markham, Whitby.

Working with an energetic and high performing team, this position offers a variety of work and will see you involved in :

• Responsible for managing multi-disciplinary project delivery for health care and social infrastructure projects to produce a compliant, constructible design in accordance with Client requirements, Operation and Maintenance requirements, and Construction requirements.
• Ensure the design produced follows appropriate engineering processes, including GHD and Project specific processes.
• Responsible for coordinating Quality Control of all deliverable submittals in accordance with GHD’s Quality Management System.
• Responsible for developing or verifying the technical scope of a project and working with disciplines to provide pricing during proposal, and subsequently work planning following project award to initiate design activities.
• Participate actively in the preparation and adherence to a schedule of deliverables in collaboration with the Project Controls team.
• Responsible for managing the engineering design budget and providing key inputs to the Project Controls team.
• Responsible for implementing and following the project’s Change Control system, including proactive escalation of potential changes.
• Participate to continuously review and improve the overall project strategy to meet design schedule and budget with the ability to support staging and phasing requirements.
• Ensure fluid communication between the project management team, the design team, construction team, and the various internal and external stakeholders as engineering elements.
• Verifies that the schedule and budget data match the progress of the professional services throughout execution of the project.
• Coordinates the preparation of the design criteria by the team leads.
• Lead the creation and execution of design work plan and level of effort (LOE).
• Convenes, chairs, and documents interdisciplinary design coordination meetings and brings forward updates and any critical issues that impact external stakeholders to the Project Manager.
• May serve as liaison between the construction contract administrator and engineering team during construction. Coordinates multidisciplinary problem resolution resulting from non-compliance with drawings and specifications at the site.

What you will bring to the team :

• Bachelor’s ( degree or equivalent from a recognized college or university.
• 10+ years of design management experience on large ($250M+ CAPX), multi-discipline engineering teams for health care and social infrastructure projects within Canada.
• Technical proficiency and previous project design experience in clinical design, construction, or operational environment.
• Expertise in human-centered design or healthcare facility planning, including knowledge of hospital regulations, CSA Standards for health facilities, and accessibility standards.
• Familiarity with building information modeling (BIM) and integrated project delivery (IPD) approaches.
• Experience with electronic health records (EHR) systems such as Epic, Cerner, or Meditech.
• Demonstrated experience in the Ontario healthcare planning and design environment, including various capital planning approval stages with the Ministry of Health
• Understanding of clinical workflows and patient care pathways.
• Certification in Lean Six Sigma (Green / Black Belt) or equivalent, with experience in process mapping, root cause analysis (RCA), and key performance indicator (KPI) development.
• Strong budgeting and resource allocation skills, with a proven track record of leading multidisciplinary teams.
• Knowledge of scheduling software and engineering and capital cost estimating techniques is a definite asset.
• Familiarity with different project delivery methods on larger projects, including Progressive Design-Build (PDB), Alliances, and Public-Private Partnerships (P3s), is an asset.
• Member of the PEO, an important asset.
• The ability to deal with uncertainty, changing and multiple priorities.
• Strong skills in verbal and written communication.
• Strong organizational skills.

As a diverse and inclusive organization, we encourage individual achievement and recognize the strength of a diverse workforce. GHD is an equal opportunity employer. Upon request, GHD will provide reasonable accommodation for applicants with disabilities throughout the recruitment and selection process.