Senior Project Planner - Healthcare

EwingCole • Philadelphia, PA

2h • Hybrid

About The Position

EwingCole is seeking a Senior Healthcare Project Planner for its Philadelphia office. The Senior Project Planner leads programming interactions with clients, establishes project frameworks, and coordinates with architectural, interiors, and engineering teams throughout the project to ensure requirements are met. The position may work independently or lead teams of planners on large, complex projects. It involves discussing projects with owners and user groups, collecting and analyzing data, establishing programs, and synthesizing exterior and interior requirements into cohesive planning approaches that meet client goals. Practice-specific expertise is required.

The role provides expert leadership in programming, planning, site planning, stakeholder presentations, codes and accessibility, documentation, practice knowledge, phasing, and research. It also requires advanced project delivery skills, proficient representational skills, quality standards, and building technology capabilities, as well as foundational capability in managing project profitability.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Architecture or Interior Design.
• Practice-specific expertise.
• Professional licensure as a Registered Architect or NCIDQ certification is preferred.
• Experience or ability in project delivery from schematic design through design development, maintaining design intent and technical quality.
• Ability to lead programming and planning work, including for large, complex projects.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree preferred.
• Professional licensure as a Registered Architect or NCIDQ certification preferred.
• Experience with Revit, AutoCAD, Rhino, Grasshopper, Adobe and Affinity products, and the Microsoft Suite of software.

Responsibilities

• Lead programming discussions with clients to capture and align quantitative and functional requirements with aspirational and experiential goals.
• Coordinate with architectural, interiors, and engineering teams throughout project delivery to ensure requirements are met.
• Work independently or lead planner teams in programming and planning large, complex projects.
• Collect and analyze information from owners and user groups, establish project programs, and synthesize project requirements into cohesive planning approaches.
• Develop spatial configuration options through analysis of adjacencies, phasing, and expansion.
• Address project, sustainability, and regulatory requirements in site planning.
• Present design narratives and vision to project stakeholders.
• Ensure designs and construction documents comply with applicable codes and accessibility standards.
• Guide modeling and drawings that accurately represent projects.
• Address planning issues specific to the relevant practice.
• Integrate phasing into the development of planning options.
• Research state-of-the-art innovation in planning and programming.
• Progress project work from schematic design through design development while maintaining design intent and technical quality.
• Guide visualization of design concepts.
• Promote project quality by following and continually improving company standards.
• Apply an understanding of construction methods to building planning.
• Manage fees, resources, and project delivery schedules to support project financial health.

Benefits

• Generous paid time off
• 401(k) plan with company match
• Tuition reimbursement
• Flexible/hybrid work options
• Paid parental leave
• Insurance offerings including medical, dental, vision, accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity, and identity protection

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior