
Description
Lead the medical planning effort toward the successful completion of complex healthcare facilities; provide overall programming, master planning, design and medical planning; communicate with clients/user groups to understand project requirements; represent the firm nationally as a technical expert.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Leadership
- Provide medical planning expertise to other team members and the firm-wide healthcare practice.
- Participates in user groups (heads of departments, specialists, etc.) to collect program needs for healthcare facilities and assist with technical aspects of the meeting.
- Develops a comprehensive understanding of clients' program requirements and standards and policies for completion.
- Provides technical knowledge in the design and planning of various-sized medical and healthcare facilities.
- Ensures project inter-disciplinary and quality control coordination.
- Develops architectural drawings to communicate planning concepts for project documentation and construction.
- Prepares and modifies architectural documents, elevations, sections, details, etc.
- Anticipates and develops solutions to technical and design problems following established standards.
- Communicates planning concepts to project teams, both verbally and through graphic and written reports.
- Actively seeks new knowledge in the design and planning of medical and healthcare facilities.
- Supervises other team members in conjunction with project managers.
- May lead periodical project meetings and presentations; ensure client is adequately briefed on project progress.
- May mentor and direct the work of less experienced staff.
- Participates actively in the firm-wide Healthcare practice within HOK.
- Actively participates in industry associations to ensure visibility.
- Promotes the principles of sustainability and Evidence Based Design.
- Fosters a commitment to external and internal client service.
Teamwork
- Assists in developing project scope, plan, and services and during the contract process. Translates planning concepts into comprehensible terms for clients, designers and project team members.
- Assists in the design development, modification and/or review of medical planning concepts and solutions.
- Assists in establishing overall project budgets and milestone schedules in coordination with project managers, architect and project engineers.
- Coordinate with various consultants to implement medical planning
- Assist in the development of standard materials that describe the portfolio, systems, processes and people of the Healthcare Group.
- Prepares 2D and 3D presentation/design drawings.
EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:
- Bachelor's degree in architecture or equivalent in education or experience required and healthcare design certification preferred. Master Degree preferred.
- 5 years' prior experience focused on a variety of healthcare projects - full new facilities, additions, renovations, departments with some large-scale, complex healthcare projects required.
- Architecture license preferred.
- LEED accreditation or Green Associate preferred.
OTHER:
- Travel may be required.
- Overtime may be required.
- The job duties and requirements that this document describes may be altered or supplemented at any time at the sole discretion of HOK.
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