Senior Healthcare Planner - Missoula

Description

A&E + SMA Design is looking for a Senior Healthcare Planner with unlimited creativity and determination to make a difference to join our team of innovators. We are over 100 diversely talented professionals committed to client satisfaction, quality design, and improving the world around us. We don’t just provide a service—we develop creative solutions for all design challenges within any given project. If you are an experienced leader with a passion for healthcare architecture and have the skills necessary to oversee complex project logistics from start to finish and the desire to do it alongside the best design staff in the northwest.

• Master’s Degree in Architecture
• LEED AP and Registered Architect (or in process) preferred
• Ideal candidate has at least 15 years of experience working in an architecture firm or in healthcare architecture
• A focus or specialty in healthcare design, with preference to candidates with a healthcare-specific college degree
• Advanced knowledge of current healthcare planning and programming concepts including patient safety, evidence-based design principles, and general industry benchmarks
• Proficiency in AutoCAD, Revit, and Bluebeam
• Medical space planning, architectural design and construction documents acumen
• Working understanding of design constructability as well as a solid understanding of healthcare architecture
• Experience leading user group meetings and working with hospital senior leadership
• Advanced understanding of the Facility Guidelines Institute (FGI) for healthcare architecture, NFPA 99, and all applicable healthcare building codes
• Strong leadership and organizational skills, including the ability to effectively manage multiple simultaneous projects
• Understands the fundamental relationships and contractual obligations between the Architect, Consultants, Owner and Contractor
• Ability to prepare and deliver presentation materials
• Ability to communicate within a creative team environment
• Complex problem-solving and critical thinking abilities are essential

A day in the life.

• Medical space planning, including research on best practices and future practices of healthcare services
• Provide overall project design and development process to ensure that construction documents conform with A&E + SMA Design's agreement with the client
• Provide technical expertise to generate documents for healthcare projects ranging in size and scope
• Work with partners and project managers on all project efforts, both administrative and technical, to ensure the most efficient and cost-effective execution of assigned projects
• Provide clear team leadership and mentorship. Oversee and provide regular, timely direction to project team members, with an emphasis for fostering professional growth and strengthening team capabilities
• Ensure quality control on all deliverables
• May estimate fees, determine scope of work, and prepares proposals and contracts for partner or associate partner review
• Serve as the primary consultant liaison and a secondary client liaison to complete projects on schedule, within budget, and with maximum client satisfaction
• Collaborate with a multidisciplinary design team to understand needs of A&E +SMA Design’s diverse client base and determine innovative, successful environmental graphic solutions
• Coordinate medical equipment with A&E + SMA’s clients and/or their vendors when needed to ensure fully synchronized design
• Support the design director and collaborate with a team of designers, architects and fabricators

Perks of the work.

You simply won’t find a group of individuals more talented, dedicated, or fun than the movers-and-shakers at A&E + SMA Design.

Some of the perks of working at A&E include:

• Competitive salary package with full benefits
• Annual bonuses
• Generous paid personal leave
• 401K and Roth with profit sharing
• Group health, dental, vision, and disability insurance cost shared at 75% (us)/25% (you)
• $50,000 of group life insurance
• Basic long-term care insurance
• Health savings account
• Employee wellness program
• Opportunities for advancement
• A kickass culture with frequent staff excursions and events, like an annual staff retreat, happy hours, and holiday parties

Different by design. Driven to create impact.

A&E + SMA Design is an integrated design firm with offices in Montana in Billings, Helena, Missoula, Bozeman, and Kalispell. We are a passionate, energetic team devoted to the architecture and design industries as well as the communities we serve. Our philosophy and holistic process challenges convention, blending architecture, interior design, construction administration, historic preservation, and graphic design into a comprehensive package for a wide range of project types.

X marks the spot.

They don’t call Montana the “Treasure State” for nothing. Under the big sky is a veritable trove of breathtaking views, historical landmarks, and outdoor activities. Each A&E + SMA Design location offers staff easy access to nearby mountain ranges for skiing and hiking, battlefields and sites from the travels of Lewis and Clark, dinosaur digs, rivers and waterfalls, and so much more. There is truly something for everyone in the last best place. If you don’t have the map to find what you’re looking for, just ask a friendly local to point you in the right direction.