Senior Healthcare Planner & Design Architect

Perkins&Will; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 97,000 - 129,000; Full time

Job summary

Perkins&Will Seattle is seeking a Medical Planner to join a collaborative Healthcare team with opportunities for growth. The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 8 years of medical planning experience and be a self-starter with strong project architect skills. Healthcare projects and LEED-focused credentials are preferred.

The role emphasizes master planning, design execution, and collaboration with healthcare group to meet client goals, budgets, and schedules.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional work experience.
• Professional degree in architecture.
• Professional architectural license preferred.
• Healthcare experience.
• LEED GA within 6 months of hire.
• Professional Accreditation in one area of Living Design that interests you: LEED AP with Specialty, BREEAM AP, WELL AP, SITES AP, Passive House Institute Certified Passive House Consultant/Designer CPHC/CPHD, or ILFI Living Future Accreditation
• ACHA Accreditation Preferred.

Responsibilities

• Understands and consistently executes all aspects of the design process and project complexities to proactively contribute to the overall success of the team while adhering to firm and project goals and standards of excellence in design, execution, and living design.
• Provides master planning, design, and related medical architecture expertise.
• Collaborates with members of the healthcare group to design a project that meets the firm’s commitment to design, quality, schedules, client needs, financial budget, and time table.
• Assists the client in determining goals and objectives of the healthcare facility through a clear programming process.
• Assists in the production of an architectural program for clients.
• Actively participates on team in order to carry out the goals and objectives of the project and communicates with team members in a timely manner.
• Participates in marketing proposals and interviews.
• Prepares alternate design solutions for consideration based on client’s long-range plan during the master planning and design phases.
• Supports team members with schematic design phase.
• Provides room and departmental layouts and assists in the selection of building systems.
• Assists in the inclusion of program requirements during the construction document phase.
• Assists in the evaluation of existing facilities.
• Manages, develops, and facilitates data collection through interviews, focus groups, end-user surveys, observation, and post occupancy evaluation.
• Reviews work for accuracy, omissions, legibility, and for document compliance in accordance with the Project Delivery Manual.
• Participates and collaborates in design reviews, charettes, and pin-ups.
• Demonstrates strong and effective communication and direction which inspires high team performance.
• Mentors staff.
• Coordinates effectively with partners and consultants.

Skills

Medical planning

Project architect

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor/Master of Architecture

Professional architecture license

LEED GA within 6 months

ACHA Accreditation

Tools

BIM

Revit

Rhino

Grasshopper

AutoCAD

Microsoft Office

Adobe Suite

Enscape

Job description

Perkins&Will Seattle is seeking a Medical Planner to join a collaborative Healthcare team with opportunities for growth. The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 8 years of medical planning experience and be a self-starter with strong project architect skills. Healthcare projects and LEED-focused credentials are preferred.

The role emphasizes master planning, design execution, and collaboration with healthcare group to meet client goals, budgets, and schedules.