Healthcare Planner

Culture Alberta; Calgary; On-site; CAD 95,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental and vision plans

Wellness program

Retirement savings plan

Employee stock purchase program

Life and AD&D insurance

Tuition reimbursement

Paid time off

Job summary

Stantec’s Buildings team in Calgary, AB, is seeking a Healthcare Planner to lead pre-design planning for major healthcare facilities across North America. You will collaborate with internal teams to translate clinical needs into space strategies and master plans, pursuing opportunities within the Global Health Sector.

You will facilitate workshops, engage stakeholders, and contribute to innovative, fiscally responsible design solutions that improve health outcomes while aligning with CSA Z8000

Qualifications

• Experience in healthcare facility planning and pre-design services.
• Understanding of healthcare functional programming and master programming.
• Familiarity with CSA Z8000 and healthcare workflows.
• Ability to facilitate user group sessions and workshops.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills.

Responsibilities

• Support strategic healthcare planning and pre-design activities for major projects (80,000–800,000 sq ft).
• Collaborate with North American architectural, engineering, and interior design teams.
• Facilitate user engagement sessions and workshops with diverse stakeholders.
• Translate clinical and operational needs into space requirements and design strategies.
• Lead or support development of master plans and business cases.
• Contribute to project delivery through lean planning and knowledge sharing.
• Act as a local/regional thought leader in healthcare planning and strategy.
• Share innovations through client workshops and knowledge platforms.

Skills

Healthcare planning

Functional programming

CSA Z8000

Lean planning

Leadership

Education

Architecture / Interior Design degree

Healthcare strategy experience

Tools

CSA Z8000 standards

Job description

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

To be successful as a Healthcare Planner in the Health Sector, a collaborative mindset is essential. You will be surrounded by our network of resources and trusted to collaborate with clients and internal teams alike as a thought-leader, Health Sector champion, brand ambassador, and expert in project delivery pre-design planning and strategy. Our leaders remain engaged in projects and contribute in a meaningful way to making our clients more successful. We are a Principal-led practice.

Successful candidates will have an understanding of healthcare planning, functional programming, and space planning, will be active listeners, able to develop relationships internally and externally—nurturing long-lasting client bonds, connecting the ideal Stantec disciplines and team members with opportunities, pursuing new projects in your region and across North America and challenging your colleagues every day to be the best. As a trusted partner within the Global Health Sector, you will champion design excellence through creation of fiscally responsible, award-winning engagements with a focus on positive health outcomes.

You will be supported by the full breadth and depth of the Global Health Sector team and will have the opportunity to develop integrated design proposals for cutting edge and world-class projects in partnership with top tier marketing, while leading and mentoring others and collaborating with team members to contribute to the final deliverables—bringing inspiration to your daily practice

Your Key Responsibilities

• Support strategic healthcare planning and pre-design activities for major healthcare projects, typically ranging from 80,000 to 800,000 sq. ft., including acute care, ambulatory/outpatient services, long-term care, and specialized facilities.
• Collaborate with internal architectural, engineering, and interior design teams across North America to develop integrated, high-performing healthcare environments.
• Facilitate user engagement processes, including clinical visioning sessions, functional programming, flow mapping, space listing, and consensus-building workshops with diverse stakeholder groups.
• Translate clinical, operational, and cultural needs into space requirements and design strategies.
• Support or lead the development of healthcare master plans, functional programs, and business cases aligned with CSA Z8000, regional planning frameworks, and client-specific directives.
• Contribute to project delivery innovation through knowledge of Lean planning principles and evolving healthcare delivery models.
• Serve as a local and regional thought leader representing healthcare planning excellence and contributing to the advancement of Stantec’s global healthcare strategy.
• Share innovations and best practices through industry forums, client workshops, and internal knowledge-sharing platforms.

Your Capabilities and Credentials

• Recent healthcare planning experience, with a focus on facility planning and pre-design services. Portfolio may include but is not limited to acute care, outpatient/ambulatory care, behavioral health, emergency services, women’s health, and/or seniors’ living.
• Understanding of healthcare facility functional programming, master programming, business case development, healthcare workflows, clinical zoning, and CSA Z8000 compliance.
• Proficiency in lean planning concepts, mapping the 7 flows of medicine, and development of special requirements and schedule of accommodations.
• Demonstrated ability to support user group sessions, facilitate interdisciplinary workshops, and integrate diverse perspectives into cohesive planning outcomes.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to convey complex concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Interest and aptitude for exploring emerging healthcare trends, technologies, and delivery models.
• Strong time management, coordination, and leadership skills, with a track record of managing multiple priorities and deadlines in parallel.

Education and Experience

• Diploma, Bachelors, or Masters degree related to Architecture, Interior Designer, Architectural Technology, Interior Design Technology, Business Administration / Commerce, Nursing, or Licensed Practical Nurse is preferred.
• 10+ years of experience in healthcare planning, healthcare strategy, and/or functional programming is preferred.

Typical office environment working with computers and remaining sedentary for long periods of time. Field work may include exposure to the elements including inclement weather.

This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.

Pay Transparency: In compliance with pay transparency laws, pay ranges are provided for positions in locations where required. Please note, the final agreed upon compensation is based on individual education, qualifications, experience, and work location. At Stantec certain roles are bonus eligible. Actual compensation for part-time roles will be pro-rated based on the agreed number of working hours per week.

Benefits Summary: Regular full-time and part-time employees (working at least 20 hours per week) will have access to health, dental, and vision plans, a wellness program, health care spending account, wellness spending account, group registered retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase program, group tax-free savings account, life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, short-term/long-term disability plans, emergency travel benefits, tuition reimbursement, professional membership fee coverage, and paid time off.

Temporary/casual employees will have access to group registered retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase program, and group tax-free savings account.

The benefits information listed above may not apply to union positions because benefits for such positions are governed by applicable collective bargaining agreements.

Primary Location: Canada | AB | Calgary

Other Locations: Canada | AB | Red Deer

Organization: 1442 Buildings-CA Alberta-Calgary AB

Employee Status: Regular

Management Level: Individual contributor

Business Justification: New Position

Travel: Yes

Schedule: Full time