Lead Healthcare Planner

At Page, now Stantec, we promise design that makes lives better. We're actively seeking talented people to join an empowered employee environment. Our services include architecture, engineering, interiors and consulting on large, complex projects around the world. We credit the success of our projects that build communities to the global diversity of our people's backgrounds and experiences. We're seeking highly creative, committed team members to help us deliver on our promise of making lives better through design.

Page is hiring a Lead Healthcare Planner and local thought leader to join our team. The Lead Healthcare Planner's role is to lead planning engagements and collaborate with the design team and Owner to resolve and implement distinguished design concepts that make lives better.

• Will participate in making decisions regarding healthcare planning & design concepts
• Accountable for insuring project square footage remains within approved program and/or alerts programmatic scope changes to the design team and owner
• Participate and coordinate with the team to produce deliverables reflecting Page's planning and design recommendations and client expectations relative to approved program and budget
• Mentor less experienced staff to build and strengthen desirable skills, experience and client relationships across the field
• Present expertise to market while continuing education at key industry conferences, seminars and participation in professional organization activities.
• Participate in business development opportunities for the firm including growing and leveraging professional network for information and leads, assisting in responses to RFPs, making project presentations, calling on prospects, writing noteworthy articles and participating on panels at professional seminars.

• Bachelor's degree in Architecture is required; advanced degree preferred
• 20+ years of experience
• Registered architect in a least one U.S. jurisdiction
• Capable of leading hospital site and facility master planning projects, including key planning unit to departmental square footage projections, departmental zoning and circulation concepts, and developing client consensus for a master plan recommendation.
• Must be curious and strategically oriented
• Must possess strong analytical thinking skills; is a conceptual thinker with design sensitivity
• Ability to be adaptable and objective
• Possesses a solid understanding of lean thinking concepts and tools.
• Ability to collaborate with peers, subordinates and clients constructively
• Strong interpersonal skills and team management skills
• Strong listening, oral communication/presentation, graphics, writing, and public speaking skills with the ability to facilitate meetings with clients/ users
• Strong client management skills
• Developed technical and leadership skills with a deep portfolio of new construction and renovation healthcare facilities (for academic medical centers, acute and ambulatory care, behavioral health, children's health, cancer care, emergency departments, etc.) in primarily urban environments
• Passion and knowledge of theoretical and practical developments in the field of healthcare architecture
• Proficiency with general digital office applications like Word, Excel, PowerPoint, MS Teams and Outlook as well as specialty AEC industry tools like Bluebeam; Revit proficiency preferred
• Working knowledge of life safety and building codes; deep knowledge of how buildings are constructed, i.e. systems, phasing

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