Planner - Civic

Smith•Atlanta, GA

About The Position

McMillan Pazdan Smith is an award-winning architecture, interior design, and advisory services firm with eight studios in the Southeast. The Planner – Civic role calls for an experienced leader who works directly with clients, applies exceptional planning and facilitation skills, and manages company and project resources to deliver projects successfully. The position involves strategic thinking to develop and implement methodologies, standards, and processes across practice areas, as well as building client connections that generate project leads and business opportunities. The Planner leads and supports projects throughout the full project life cycle, including client and team decision-making, proposal development, project execution, quality assurance and control, and risk management. The role also contributes to service-line and product development, business development, thought leadership, process improvement, internal change management, and team coaching. The position requires healthcare planning expertise and collaboration with service-area and practice-area leaders, clients, junior advisors, and project teams.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in architecture, interior design, or a related field.
At least 15 years of relevant experience planning healthcare projects, including acute care, ambulatory, and essential services projects.
Strong technical and critical-thinking skills applied to planning projects and their documentation.
Thorough understanding of codes, standards, and compliance requirements.
Familiarity with Microsoft Suite, Revit, Bluebeam, SketchUp, AutoCAD, and related tools used in a multidisciplinary team.
Ability to perform in varied roles across the full project life cycle, using specialist and functional knowledge.

Nice To Haves

Accreditation through the American College of Healthcare Architects.
Additional certifications or accreditations such as LEAN, EDAC, WELL AP, or LEED AP.
Proficiency in computational design.
Proficiency in Power BI and Adobe Suite.

Responsibilities

Anticipate client needs and proactively address them.
Participate in decision-making with clients and client executives.
Prepare proposals, scopes, and pricing, and support project execution.
Manage the staffing of client managers.
Identify and lead process improvements to streamline project delivery; champion internal change management and team coaching.
Guide clients and teams toward consensus.
Lead project quality assurance, quality control, and risk management.
Work with service-area and practice-area leaders on service-line development, planning, and billing.
Take the lead in aspects of project delivery as needed, even outside areas of expertise.
Participate in thought leadership activities such as blogs, podcasts, conferences, and white papers.
Build collaborative, productive relationships with junior advisors and clients.
Contribute to new product and service-line development and support their development.
Champion the use of tools and analytics.
Lead and coordinate project pursuits and participate extensively in business development.
Develop and lead client and internal workshops using subject-matter and project-delivery expertise.
Perform varied roles throughout the project life cycle, applying specialist and functional knowledge.
Lead and mentor team members and members of the relevant practice area.
Contribute to product development and lead a service or product line.
Help align the team with McMillan Pazdan Smith’s mission, vision, and values.