Senior Project Architect-Medical Planner - ( 230001LS )

Description

The buildings that make up the landscape of our daily lives seem like permanent fixtures, fastened to a time and place. But what if that didn’t have to be true? What if our built environment — where we live, learn, play, and conduct business — carried us forward instead?

Our Buildings practice keeps people at its heart, recognizing that our shared journey forward is shaped by the meaningful and responsive places we design. From iconic designs to monumental groundbreakings, join us to bring transformational building solutions to life. Every day we apply our expertise, creativity, and passion to propel communities into the future—join us!

Your Opportunity

Your role as a senior project architect is to support all aspects of the project process from validation/pre-design through construction administration and close-out within Acute, Sub-Acute and Outpatient Healthcare projects. Coordination with consultants, contractors, and Owners can be a part of your weekly activities to manage projects. You may be required to support multiple projects at any time, within various phases of design and construction. This position requires an onsite presence as needed in a co-location setting with the Project Team thru the design and construction phases. As a healthcare planner you will provide leadership, oversight, and content expertise for strategic, master facility, functional space planning and medical planning on health sector projects locally, regionally, and nationally as appropriate. You will be involved in the development of integrated design proposals, while leading and mentoring others and collaborating with team members to contribute to the final deliverables in collaboration with the Project Leader. You will be supported by the full breadth and depth of the Global Health Sector team and will have the opportunity to develop integrated design proposals for cutting edge and world-class projects in partnership with top tier marketing, while leading and mentoring others and collaborating with team members to contribute to the final deliverables—bringing inspiration to your daily practice.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Ensure the design intent is maintained through documentation and construction.
• Coordinate building systems to ensure compatibility with the design intent.
• Implement sustainable design principles into the design and environment.
• Responsible for projects of large and medium complexity/size.
• Inspire creativity, critical thought, and design excellence both internally and externally.
• Present the design with the Project Manager and Project Designer to stakeholders during early project phases. Develops building design in accordance with cost parameters.
• Advocates and inspires creativity, critical thought, and design excellence both internally and externally.
• Meet directly with the owner/client, analyze project goals, conceive, and develop architectural concepts/solutions for those goals.
• Initiate and create designs and other documentation with responsibility for preparation of presentation drawings, models, and narratives.
• Serve as a local leader to inspire our team, represent healthcare design, and reinforce the global brand of Stantec.
• Collaborate closely with the Global Health Sector and Business Center leadership to ensure successful project and business outcomes.
• Work with various disciplines throughout all phases to ensure all concepts/solutions accommodate project needs and the owner's program.
• Develop design solutions that meet both the client’s project goals and Stantec’s Project Essentials
• Build and strengthen connections with clients.
• Foster a cohesive, effective, and efficient team environment based on mutual respect of wide-ranging talents and individual contributions.
• Be responsible for the clinical planning of the full range of care services from preventative, outpatient, acute or post-acute healthcare facilities, through various stages of design, following “best practices” and applying Evidence Based Design
• Be responsible for facilitating QA/QC oversight of strategic, facility master planning and medical planning aspects of project design.
• Communicate design, medical planning, and strategic solutions in a clear and compelling way that both challenge and respect clients’ need.
• Support Business Development activities, including marketing proposals, interview, conference attendance, etc.
• Provide technical assistance in proposal formulation, project set-up, work plan development and budgeting, as requested and appropriate.
• Fosters collaboration between offices while promoting and providing design vision.
• Acts as a mentor, teacher, and coach to design staff with the goal of growing and guiding them through their careers.
• Evaluates the quality of design and design activities and assures a high level of design quality throughout the firm.
• Develops and implements firm’s brand, image, marketing collateral and business collateral.
• Oversees and participates in production of design award submissions.
• Engages staff in dialog on design, ensures design process is followed and influences usage of technological tools.
• Acts as a vehicle for the delivery of firm’s message on design.
• Expresses philosophy of the work with appropriate vocabulary.
• Ambassador and steward of the firm’s portfolio of work with ability to guide and educate others.

Qualifications

Your Capabilities and Credentials

• Engage in creative and critical thought.
• Produce design at a level that would be perceived externally as excellent.
• Communicate concepts and ideas to others effectively.
• Participate in an on-site project team setting.
• Evidence of strong working relationship with clients
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; ability to prepare and deliver presentations for and lead clinical user group meetings.
• Strong leadership and team management skills, including the ability to prioritize work for others, meet deadlines, adhere to work schedules, fees and provide high quality work product.
• Experience and/or interest in sustainable design/LEED strongly desired
• Strong computer skills (MS Office, AutoCAD, REVIT). Additional computer skills an asset (Sketchup, Newforma, dRofus)
• Experience with Alternate Project Delivery methodology considered an asset, as well as Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) experience.
• To lead one or more teams on medium size projects through the development of design concept.
• To check work of others for accuracy and completeness and manage team to meet project budget and schedule.
• To interpret sketches, drawings, codes, building program and other similar material.
• To present abstract ideas to the client and client representatives.
• To apply accessibility codes, applicable building codes, and life-safety codes to a wide variety of project scopes and complexity.
• Ability to lead a highly collaborative BIM delivery strategy.
• General knowledge of building construction systems, constructability, materials, and industry associated standards.
• General understanding of the relationship between drawings and specifications.
• Requires understanding of Microsoft Office Suite, Revit, Adobe Creative Suite, SketchUp, Newforma
• Demonstrate an extensive understanding of health design complexity and be knowledgeable of health facility planning and design guidelines and codes.
• Receive criticism and respond appropriately and professionally.
• Inspire confidence and garner trust and respect with the project team and with clients.
• Provide a balanced approach and good judgement.
• Check work of others for accuracy and completeness and manage team to meet project budget and schedule.
• Scale process, design, and effort to various roles on the project, the needs of the project, and other conditions.
• Interpret sketches, drawings, codes, building program and other similar material. Strong presentation and interview skills.
• Understanding of historical values and context.
• Present abstract ideas to the client and client representatives.
• Exhibit maturity and cultural awareness internally and externally.
• General knowledge of building construction systems, constructability, materials, and industry associated standards.
• Requires understanding of Microsoft Office Suite, Revit, AutoCAD, Abobe, Bluebeam, and Newforma.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Architecture or related field
• Registered Architect
• Minimum of 15 years of experience
• LEED Green Associate or LEED AP preferred

Typical office environment working with computers and remaining sedentary for long periods of time. Field work may include exposure to the elements including inclement weather.

This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.

Stantec is a place where the best and brightest come to build on each other’s talents, do exciting work, and make an impact on the world around us. Join us and redefine your personal best. #DesignYourPlace

Benefits Summary: Full-time and part-time employees have access to medical, dental, and vision plans, a wellness program, health saving accounts, flexible spending accounts, 401(k) plan, employee stock purchase program, life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, short-term/long-term disability plans, emergency travel benefits, tuition reimbursement, professional membership fee coverage and paid family leave. Employees will receive ten paid holidays in each calendar year. In addition, employees will be eligible to accrue vacation between 10 and 20 days per year and eligible for paid sick leave (and if more generous, in accordance with state and local law).

Temporary employees have access to 401(k) plans, employee stock purchase program, and paid leave, in accordance with state and local law.

Primary Location : United States-Arizona-Chandler

Organization : BC-2014 Buildings-US Pacific

Employee Status : Regular

Job Level : Individual Contributor

Travel : Yes, 20 % of the Time

Schedule : Full-time

Job Posting : Apr 4, 2023, 4:26:20 PM

Req ID: 230001LS

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