Medical and Health Education Planner

Perkins&Will•Minneapolis, MN

11d

About The Position

The Medical and Health Education Planner provides master planning, design, and medical architecture expertise for healthcare projects. The planner collaborates with the healthcare group and clients to develop facility goals, objectives, and architectural programs, while helping projects meet design, quality, schedule, budget, and client requirements. The role contributes to planning and design from early programming through construction documentation, including developing alternate design solutions, producing room and departmental layouts, assisting with building-system selection, and incorporating program requirements into documents. The planner participates in team activities, marketing proposals and interviews, design reviews, charrettes, and pin-ups. The position also supports data collection and evaluation through interviews, focus groups, surveys, observation, and post-occupancy evaluation; assesses existing facilities; reviews work for accuracy and document compliance; communicates project direction; and mentors staff. The position requires a professional degree in architecture or a related discipline. A professional architectural license or 25 years of design-profession experience is preferred. The ideal candidate has 8–10 or more years of experience and a record of successful healthcare facility planning and design; experience with academic health education spaces is a plus. LEED Green Associate certification is required within six months of hire, and the employee is expected to obtain a professional accreditation in a Living Design area of interest. The annual salary range for the position in Minneapolis is $94,800–$126,300, commensurate with qualifications. Benefits listed include medical, dental, vision, wellness, LTD, life insurance, 401(k), and PTO. Applicants should submit a resume and a compact representative work sample as PDF files, with the work sample no larger than 4 MB.

Requirements

Professional degree in architecture or a related discipline.
LEED Green Associate (LEED GA) certification within six months of hire.
Ideal candidate has 8–10 or more years of experience.
Demonstrated successful planning and design of healthcare facilities.
Advanced knowledge of 2D/3D production software.
Knowledge or proficiency in BIM, building codes, site analysis, preliminary design studies, contract documents, field measurements, life-safety requirements, specifications, construction contract administration, construction techniques, and functional design.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office and Adobe Suite.
Submit a resume and representative work samples in PDF format; work samples must be no larger than 4 MB.

Nice To Haves

Experience with academic health education spaces.
Professional architectural license or 25 years of experience in the design profession.
Knowledge of LEAN concepts or accredited OSHPD knowledge (California-specific).
Certificate of Need experience, depending on state.
Experience with conceptual modeling tools such as Rhino and Grasshopper.
Experience with visualization tools such as Enscape and VRay.
Experience with presentation tools such as InDesign and Photoshop.
Professional accreditation in a Living Design area of interest: 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.

Responsibilities

Execute the design process and address project complexities while contributing to team success and adhering to firm and project goals and standards.
Provide master planning, design, and medical architecture expertise.
Collaborate with the healthcare group to meet design, quality, schedule, client, budget, and timetable requirements.
Assist clients in determining healthcare facility goals and objectives through programming.
Assist in producing architectural programs for clients.
Participate actively on project teams and communicate with team members in a timely manner.
Participate in marketing proposals and interviews.
Prepare alternate design solutions based on clients’ long-range plans during master planning and design.
Support team members during schematic design.
Provide room and departmental layouts and assist in selecting building systems.
Assist with including program requirements during the construction-document phase.
Assist in evaluating 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 compliance with the Project Delivery Manual.
Participate and collaborate in design reviews, charrettes, and pin-ups.
Provide strong, effective communication and direction to support high team performance.
Mentor staff.