Senior Medical Planner - Healthcare Design

Posting Details

Posted: February 5, 2025

Full-Time Hybrid Locations:

Denver
475 Lincoln Street Suite 100
Denver, CO 80203, USA

Job Details

The Denver Studio is growing and we are looking for highly motivated individuals excited to help us grow our Healthcare project sector. Perkins&Will offers a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, wellness, STD, LTD, Life Insurance, 401k, and PTO. Employee perks include a hybrid/flexible work environment supported by cutting-edge technology, professional development time and expense budget, bonuses, studio initiatives and firmwide affinity groups, and a Justice, Equity, Engagement, Diversity, and Inclusion foundation to everything we do.

As a Senior Medical Planner on the Perkins&Will team, you will:

• Be responsible for leading all phases of the design process with a high level of proficiency and expertise while adhering to firm and project goals and standards of excellence in design, execution, and living design.
• Provide master planning, design, and related medical architecture expertise.
• 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 timetable.
• Partner with clients in determining goals and objectives of the healthcare facility through a clear programming process.
• Develop healthcare operational volume projections and understand hospital operations.
• Manage production of an architectural program for clients.
• Provide leadership in order to carry out the goals and objectives of the project and communicate with team members in a timely manner.
• Participate in marketing proposals and interviews.
• Execute alternate design solutions for consideration based on client’s long-range plan during the master planning and design phases.
• Support team members with schematic design phase and be responsible for all functional aspects of the proposed solutions.
• Develop room and departmental layouts and assist in the selection of building systems.
• Oversee the inclusion of program requirements during the construction document phase.
• Work directly with senior designer to size and mass the building.
• Evaluate 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 in accordance with the Project Delivery Manual.
• 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.

High-level Summary of Critical, Baseline Technical Skills and Certifications

• BIM
• Building codes
• Site analysis
• Preliminary design studies
• Contract documents
• Field measurements
• Life safety requirements
• Specifications
• Construction contract administration
• Construction Techniques
• LEAN accredited
• OSPHD knowledge (CA specific)
• Certificate of Need (varies by state)

Functional design Software

• Advanced knowledge of 2D/3D production software
• Advanced Revit
• Conceptual modeling tools such as Rhino and Grasshopper
• Microsoft Office / Adobe Suite
• Visualization tools such as Enscape and V Ray
• Presentation tools such as InDesign and Photoshop

Licensure/Certifications/Education

• Position requires a professional degree in architecture, or related discipline
• Professional architectural license or 25 years of experience in the design profession preferred
• 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

HOW TO APPLY

Qualified and interested candidates should apply online. Include your resume, salary requirements, and a compact representative sample of your work. Your work samples should include a sample set. You may upload multiple attachments; however, each attachment has a file size limit of 6MB. APPLICATIONS WITHOUT A PORTFOLIO/WORK SAMPLE WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.

We foster a culture that is diverse and inclusive and strive for pay practices that are fair, competitive and reflect our commitment to pay equity. Our compensation decisions include but are not limited to a candidate’s qualifications including skill sets, education, experience and training, licensure and certifications credentials if applicable, and business-related factors. This practice extends to all employees, including performance considerations for merit increases, job promotions, and transfer opportunities. We additionally review our pay practices, conduct pay equity audits, and ensure our managers are trained in our pay practices on an annual basis.