Senior Licensed Healthcare Project Architect

Key Responsibilities

• Leads project teams with a collaborative spirit, fostering open communication and clear direction that drives high performance, cultivates innovative design solutions, and ensures successful project execution.
• Consults with clients and stakeholders to identify functional, spatial, operational, and aesthetic requirements for new construction or renovation projects; analyzes programmatic needs, adjacencies, and workflows; researches and interprets applicable building codes, zoning regulations, and standards; and prepares design concepts, technical information, material selections, outline specifications, and preliminary construction cost estimates to support informed decision-making throughout the design process.
• Plans layout of project and integrates engineering elements into unified design for client review and approval.
• Prepares scale drawings and contract documents for building contractors.
• Prepare and monitor discipline work plans.
• Prepares project designs and plans using computer assisted design software and equipment.
• Attends project meetings internally and with clients, as necessary.
• Provides on-going communication through team meetings, minutes, and memos to project team.
• Directs activities of junior designers engaged in preparing drawings and specification documents.
• Interface with other discipline team leaders and perform cross-discipline coordination throughout all project phases.
• Communicates with clients, consultants, contractors, sub-consultants, and other disciplines to ensure effective communication.
• Responsible for documentation of existing conditions of projects as assigned.
• Serves as a mentor to junior staff and provides guidance, feedback, and support on skill development and career advancement.

Qualifications

• Healthcare Experience Is Required
• Education: Five-year bachelor’s degree in architecture
• Experience: Minimum fifteen years’ experience in the A/E industry (six years licensed), with proven specific experience in healthcare projects.
• Computer Skills: Revit, AutoCAD, MS Office Suite experience
• Travel: up to 20% depending on project
• Licenses/Certifications: State Architectural License, NCARB Certification (required), LEED or other certification (preferred)