Senior Medical Planner

Houston, MS - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 11 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

DLR Group is an integrated design firm with a promise to elevate the human experience through design. This fuels the work we do around the world and inspires our mission to improve the lives of our clients our communities and our planet. If this sparks your interest youre in the right place.

About Healthcare at DLR Group

At the center of DLR Groups Healthcare practice is an individual - be it a patient caregiver instructor or student. Our design extends beyond the building to consider the emotional mental and social well-being of its inhabitants. DLR Group designers are conscious that there are practical and aesthetic issues that must be mediated in healthcare facility planning and design. We leverage our experience and knowledge to deliver evidence-based solutions that support the unique needs of our clients all the while rooting our practice in one core idea: empathy.

Position Summary

DLR Group is seeking a Senior Medical Planner to lead and shape innovative human-centered healthcare environments across a range of project scales. This individual will serve as a design and planning leader on strategic facility master planning and complex healthcare projects collaborating with multidisciplinary teams and guiding clients through the full design processfrom early programming to execution.

As a key member of our integrated design team you will partner with architects interior designers engineers and sustainability experts to deliver transformative care environments that improve outcomes streamline clinical workflows and support community wellness. This is a client-facing leadership position focused on both project excellence and thought leadership in the healthcare sector.

Key Responsibilities

Lead the development of planning concepts functional programs and strategic and medical space planning for healthcare projects.
Translate clinical needs workflows and operational goals into architectural solutions by engaging with users administrators and leadership teams.
Facilitate user group meetings and stakeholder workshops using evidence-based and patient-centered design approaches.
Oversee medical planning deliverables and ensure alignment with clinical operations FGI Guidelines ADA NFPA and applicable regulatory codes.
Collaborate with project managers and project architects on schedules staffing and quality control throughout all project phases.
Partner with firm leadership in business development activities including proposal writing client interviews and planning narratives.
Contribute to facility master plans and strategic campus development efforts often working across multi-site health systems.
Mentor junior and mid-level medical planners fostering professional development and knowledge-sharing.
Maintain strong relationships with healthcare clients consultants and internal stakeholders ensuring continuity and satisfaction.

Qualifications

Required:

1220 years of experience in healthcare facility design planning and programming.
Bachelors or Masters degree in Architecture or related discipline.
Demonstrated expertise in planning and design of inpatient outpatient or specialty healthcare environments.
Deep knowledge of clinical workflow room-by-room planning and departmental relationships (ED OR Imaging Inpatient Units etc.).
Strong understanding of FGI Guidelines building codes and healthcare licensing requirements.
Advanced communication skills with the ability to facilitate clinical meetings and present ideas clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Portfolio that demonstrates impactful leadership on large complex healthcare projects.

Preferred:

Architectural registration (RA) strongly preferred.
ACHA or EDAC credentialing.
Experience with integrated project delivery (IPD) Lean design or alternative delivery methods (e.g. design-build).
Familiarity with data-driven design approaches and healthcare analytics.
Active involvement in professional organizations (e.g. ACHA AIA Academy of Architecture for Health HFMA etc.).
Experience with HCAI (formerly OSHPD) healthcare facility requirements.

DLR Group is an integrated design firm delivering architecture engineering interiors planning and building optimization for new builds renovations and adaptive reuse projects.

We are 100% employee-owned: every employee is literally invested in our clients success. At the core of our firm are interdisciplinary teams engaged in every step of project lifecycles. Our teams champion true collaboration open information sharing shared risk and reward value-based decision making and proficient use of technology to deliver exceptional design. We are pursuing the goals of the 2030 Challenge the ME2040 and the SE2050 and are an initial signatory of the China Accord and the AIA 2030 Commitment.

Through our values commitment creativity environmental stewardship fun integrity ownership sharing teamwork we elevate the human experience through design together.

DLR Group follows a four-day in-office work model with employees having the flexibility to work somewhere other than the office on Fridays.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/M/F/Veteran/Disabled employer.

Required Experience:

Senior IC