Architectural Medical Planner

About the role

ZGF is seeking a Medical Planner with 5+ years of progressive experience in healthcare design and medical planning to join our Los Angeles, CA office.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate stakeholder engagement at all phases of design, guide the design team in preparing material for engagement, and clearly communicate decisions back to the design team.
• Develop facility and departmental programs based on client needs and best practices.
• Develop multiple options and iterations to reach an optimized layout.
• Collaborate with clinicians to ensure layouts meet clinical workflow requirements.
• Develop room layouts with an understanding of medical equipment and clinical workflows.
• Guide the design team and consultant team through coordination and documentation.
• Have excellent communication skills that enable you to establish and maintain project criteria, keep the project team informed, and manage projects with confidence and ease.
• Maintain design intent throughout all project phases.
• Promote building performance and design excellence.
• Foster professional relationships with clients and consultants.
• Contribute to multiple projects over a range of project scales.
• Be continuously challenged and supported while progressing your career and growing in an architectural practice committed to excellence.
• Mentor and manage the design team to develop the next generation of medical planners.
• Participate in business development.

Qualifications

• Comfortable and effective in a leadership capacity to bring exceptional creativity and excellent technical knowledge to the delivery of high quality and complex healthcare projects.
• Well-rounded, strategic thinker with an integrated approach to design, management, and technical project resolution.
• Proven track-record of success with complex, multi-phase projects in a healthcare environment.
• Experience preparing for, leading, and implementing decisions from stakeholder meetings in all phases of design.
• Extensive medical planning and related technical knowledge.
• Interest in staying current with new healthcare trends and innovative delivery methods.
• Ability to break down a bold vision into actionable challenges.
• Experience in delivering successful healthcare projects which comply with relevant building codes, FGI, ADA, construction standards, and other related regulatory requirements.
• Proficiency in Revit, Bluebeam, and Microsoft Office.
• Professional architecture degree and a minimum of 5 years of experience in healthcare projects.
• Licensed Architects are strongly preferred.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental and Vision coverage with a generous employer contribution.
• HSA with employer contribution.
• 401k with employer match.
• 4 weeks of PTO and 10 paid holidays per year.
• Paid parental and family leave programs.