Senior Planner

Winnipeg Regional Health Authority; Winnipeg; Hybrid; CAD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Winnipeg Regional Health Authority invites a seasoned professional to lead planning and capital project initiatives within Manitoba’s healthcare system. The role emphasizes facility planning, program design, and budgeting for complex capital projects across acute, long-term, and community settings.

The candidate will apply CAD/BIM tools, engage stakeholders, and ensure alignment with regulatory standards while coordinating with multiple health system partners.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in healthcare facility planning or related field.
• Masters degree preferred; EB design certification considered an asset.
• Minimum seven years of planning and capital project experience.
• Experience with CAD tools (AutoCAD, REVIT, BIM) and project budgeting software (Excel, RS Means).

Skills

Capital project planning

Healthcare facility planning

CAD/REVIT/BIM

Microsoft Project

Excel

RS Means

Education

Bachelor's degree in healthcare facility planning or related field

Master's degree preferred

Evidence Based Design certification considered an asset

Tools

AutoCAD

REVIT

BIM

Microsoft Project

Excel

RS Means

Job description

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Department / Unit: Planning Office

Job Stream: Non-Clinical

Union: Non Union

Anticipated Start Date: To Be Determined

FTE: 1.00

Anticipated Shift: Days

Work Arrangement: Hybrid

Daily Hours Worked: 7.75

Annual Base Hours: 2015

Shared Health leads the planning and coordinates the integration of patient- centered clinical and preventive health services across Manitoba. The organization also delivers some province-wide health services and supports centralized administrative and business functions for Manitoba health organizations.

Experience

• Minimum seven years of experience in planning and implementing complex capital projects. Including providing facility planning, program development and design, including at least 2 years on acute, long term and community/primary based healthcare projects.
• Must have experience in all sizes and types of healthcare projects including assessing the functional needs, interpretation of operational planning documents and/or business cases, developing clinical program and space plans, developing preliminary capital budgets, assessing clinical and support equipment needs and appropriate departmental relationships.
• Must have experience in assessing existing environments comparing current needs relative to regulatory and standards compliance, identification of needs to meet clinical standards, identifying alternative space uses including engaging appropriate technical resources to assess building systems.
• Experience with computer aided drafting and design programs (AutoCAD, REVIT, BIM, etc.) and project planning software (Microsoft Project), and budgeting tools (Excel, RS Means) to support capital plan development is a requirement.
• Experience in conducting and/or leading design studies and post occupancy evaluation.

Education (Degree/Diploma/Certificate)

• Bachelors degree in related healthcare facility planning, health services administration, interior design, environmental design, or architecture or a related/equivalent field of practice.
• Masters Degree preferred. Certification in Evidence Based Design considered an asset.
• An equivalent combination of education, training and experience will be considered.

Certification/Licensure/Registration

• Appropriate registration with provincial professional licensing body, or certification body.
• Must have a valid driver license and vehicle with ability to travel throughout Manitoba by vehicle and airplane.
• Ability to work with a diverse group of key stakeholders within and external to Shared Health.
• Precision and attention to detail in spite of short timelines and rapidly changing priorities.
• Good analytical, organizational, communication, interpersonal and administrative skills.
• Excellent organizational skills, leadership, a demonstrated innovative approach to problem resolution, exceptional interpersonal skills, and the ability to work collaboratively across Shared Health and the supported provincial healthcare service delivery organizations.

Physical Requirements

• May be required to work extended hours.
• Periodic travel throughout Manitoba may be required.

This position requires a current satisfactory Criminal Records Check (including Vulnerable Sector Search), Child Abuse Registry Check and Adult Abuse Registry Check as conditions of employment. The successful candidate will be responsible for any service charges incurred. A security check is considered current if it was obtained no more than six (6) months prior to the start of employment.

Please note that an employee is not permitted to hold two or more positions in Shared Health that combine to equal more than 1.0 FTE.

Shared Health values and supports employment equity and workplace diversity and encourages all qualified individuals to apply. We thank all applicants but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

We welcome applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request during the assessment and selection process.

Manitoba healthcare employers, in partnership with the Indigenous community, are committed to increasing the representation of Indigenous People within all levels of our workforce. Indigenous applicants are encouraged to apply and to voluntarily self-identify as being of Indigenous descent in their cover letter/application.