Senior Medical Planner - Healthcare

Perkins&Will; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Perkins&Will Atlanta Studio seeks an experienced Senior Medical Planner with over 10 years in healthcare planning and design. This strategic role leads projects from visioning and programming through planning and design, partnering with clients to create patient-centered environments.

The ideal candidate brings hospital operations, master planning, and stakeholder engagement expertise, while mentoring teammates and guiding project teams to design excellence.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of healthcare planning/design experience.
• Experience leading design teams through complex healthcare projects.
• Proven ability to mentor staff and collaborate with clients.

Responsibilities

• Lead healthcare projects from visioning through design and delivery.
• Develop master planning and programming for hospital facilities.
• Coordinate with clients, consultants, and project teams to meet schedule and budget.
• Provide guidance on design standards, codes, and clinical adjacencies.
• Support marketing proposals and client interviews.

Skills

Healthcare planning

Master planning

Hospital operations

Stakeholder engagement

Project leadership

Mentoring staff

Design reviews

Education

Professional degree in architecture

Healthcare experience

LEED GA

ACHA accreditation (desirable)

Tools

Revit

BIM360

SketchUp

Rhino

Microsoft Office

Job description

• Mentor staff.

Perkins&Will Atlanta Studio

is seeking an experienced Senior Medical Planner with 10+ years of healthcare planning and design expertise. This strategic role leads healthcare projects from visioning and programming through planning and design, partnering closely with clients to develop innovative, operationally effective, and patient-centered environments. The ideal candidate brings deep knowledge of hospital operations, medical planning, master planning, and stakeholder engagement, while providing leadership to project teams and mentoring emerging professionals.

Years of Experience

10+ years

Professional Licensure

Preferred

For full consideration, please include a portfolio with your resume, either as a link or a PDF of work samples. Applications without a portfolio may not be fully considered.

As a Senior Medical Planner

• Understand and consistently execute 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, and execution.
• Provide master planning, design, and related medical architecture expertise for a wide range of healthcare project types with specific experience in hospital inpatient, invasive and non-invasive diagnostic and treatment departments, and logistics departments.
• Collaborate 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.
• Assist the client in determining goals and objectives of the healthcare facility through a clear programming process.
• Can produce an architectural program for clients.
• Actively participate on team in order to carry out the goals and objectives of the project and communicates with team members in a timely manner.
• Participate in marketing proposals and interviews.
• Prepare alternate design solutions for consideration based on client’s long-range plan during the master planning and design phases.
• Lead the design team and client team through programming, concept design, schematic design, and design development phases.
• Provide room and departmental layouts and assists in the selection of building systems.
• Continue to support the team through QA/QC reviews, FGI code compliance, and monitoring the inclusion of program requirements during the construction document phase.
• Knowledgeable and can lead teams in the evaluation of existing facilities.
• Manage, develop, and facilitate data collection through interviews, focus groups, end-user surveys, observation, and post occupancy evaluation.
• Review work for accuracy, omissions, legibility, and for document compliance.
• Participate and collaborate in design reviews, charettes, and pin-ups.
• Demonstrate strong and effective communication and direction which inspires high team performance.
• Mentor staff.
• Coordinate effectively with partners and consultants.

Proficiencies:

• BIM, Specifically Revit and BIM360, other 3D visualization tools (Sketchup, Rhino, etc.)
• Building codes, FGI Guidelines, Life Safety compliance
• Site analysis
• Preliminary design studies
• Life safety requirements
• ACHA knowledge (FL specific)
• Functional design

Software:

• Revit Proficiency
• Microsoft Office / Adobe Suite

Licensure/Certifications/Education:

• Position requires a professional degree in architecture, or related discipline
• 10+ years of Healthcare experience required
• Professional architectural license preferred
• LEED GA within 6 months of hire
• ACHA (American College of Healthcare Architects) Accreditation (FL specific) Desirable for ATL hire / required for a FL office hire