Senior Project Architect - Healthcare

Stantec’s Buildings team is on a mission to become the world’s leading integrated design practice. Our architects, engineers, interior designers, consultants, sustainability specialists, and technologists are passionate about the power of design. Our collaborative culture and our innovative, sustainable approach to projects help us create buildings that matter to our world.Together, we are enhancing the quality of life globally through design.Join us and design your place with Stantec.Your OpportunityWe have an immediate need for a Senior Architect to join our Health Practice. This role is intended for an experienced architect who is passionate about shaping healthcare environments that support patient-centered care, operational efficiency, clinical excellence, staff well-being, and community access. The successful candidate will bring proven experience in acute care, ambulatory care, clinical, diagnostic, long-term care, mental health, or other health-related facilities and will help strengthen Stantec’s Health practice in Sacramento.As a Senior Health Architect, you will guide complex healthcare projects through planning, functional programming, design, documentation, procurement, construction administration, commissioning support, and close-out. You will work directly with healthcare clients, clinical and operational user groups, project managers, integrated design teams, and subject matter experts to translate models of care, workflow requirements, infection prevention and control considerations, technical standards, stakeholder priorities, and patient and staff needs into practical, well-coordinated architectural solutions.This role requires a balance of design leadership, healthcare planning knowledge, technical judgment, delivery discipline, and client service. You will help create facilities that are safe, inclusive, resilient, sustainable, adaptable, and responsive to evolving models of care while supporting a collaborative team culture. You will also contribute to pursuits, client development, interviews, mentoring, and the continued growth of Stantec’s Health practice.Your Key ResponsibilitiesGuide healthcare projects from early planning and functional programming through design, construction administration, commissioning support, and close-out.Translate client, clinical, operational, infection prevention and control, accessibility, stakeholder, and public-sector healthcare priorities into coordinated architectural solutions.Work with project and practice leadership to align scope, schedule, budget, quality, risk, and design intent.Coordinate integrated design teams and apply Stantec’s quality, BIM, document control, and delivery processes.Support client and stakeholder meetings, clinical user group workshops, functional programming sessions, presentations, pursuits, interviews, and healthcare approvals.Coach team members and contribute to portfolio development, thought leadership, and market-facing materials.Your Capabilities and CredentialsAdvanced technical knowledge of healthcare architectural design, clinical planning, documentation, interdisciplinary coordination, constructability, and construction administration.Experience with healthcare, clinical, acute care, ambulatory care, diagnostic, long-term care, mental health, community health, or other operationally complex health projects.Ability to balance design quality, clinical functionality, patient and staff experience, technical requirements, scope, schedule, budget, quality, risk, and client priorities.Strong communication, facilitation, presentation, team leadership, mentoring, and client relationship skills.Experience applying QA/QC, BIM, project governance, interdisciplinary coordination, healthcare standards, and infection prevention and control requirements.Proficiency in Revit, Bluebeam, Microsoft Office, Adobe Creative Suite, and other common architectural tools.Education and ExperienceProfessional degree in Architecture, such as a Bachelor of Architecture or Master of Architecture, is required.Registration as an Architect in California is required. PMP, LEED accreditation, or comparable credentials are considered assets.Minimum of 15 years of progressive architectural experience, including leadership / Architect of Record on multidisciplinary projects in an architecture, engineering, or professional services environment.Relevant experience in healthcare architecture is strongly preferred, including acute care, ambulatory care, clinical and diagnostic environments, long-term care, mental health facilities, community health centers, renovations in operating healthcare facilities, or other complex health environments.Please submit a current portfolio or work samples in PDF format that demonstrate relevant project experience, technical leadership, design capability, and delivery impact.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.About StantecStantec is a global leader in sustainable engineering, architecture, and environmental consulting. The diverse perspectives of our partners and interested parties drive us to think beyond what’s previously been done on critical issues like climate change, digital transformation, and future-proofing our cities and infrastructure. We innovate at the intersection of community, creativity, and client relationships to advance communities everywhere, so that together we can redefine what’s possible.Pay Range:• Locations in CO, HI, IL, MD & Various CA, NJ, VA Areas-$113,400.00 - $170,200.00 AnnuallyPay Transparency: In compliance with pay transparency laws, pay ranges are provided for positions in locations where required. Please note, the final agreed upon compensation is based on individual education, qualifications, experience, and work location. At Stantec certain roles are bonus eligible. Actual compensation for part-time roles will be pro-rated based on the agreed number of working hours per week.Benefits Summary: Regular full-time and part-time employees (working at least 20 hours per week) 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. Regular full-time and part-time 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/casual employees have access to 401(k) plans, employee stock purchase program, and paid leave, in accordance with state and local law.The benefits information listed above may not apply to union positions because benefits for such positions are governed by applicable collective bargaining agreementsPrimary Location: United States | CA | SacramentoOrganization: 2014 Buildings-US California AID-Sacramento CAEmployee Status: RegularBusiness Justification: New PositionTravel: YesSchedule: Full timeJob Posting: 10/09/ :09:32Req ID: Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, job training, terminations or any other condition of employment. Stantec is in compliance with laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment. At Stantec we are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you require reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process then please inform a member of our Talent Acquisition team.