Healthcare Architect III

Job Type

Full-time

Description

Reports To : Senior Architect / Project Manager

Classification : Exempt

Summary :

Healthcare Architect III - Certified licensed architect plus a minimum of eight years of healthcare architecture related experience. Fully competent architect in all conventional aspects of architectural design for healthcare projects of medium to large size and complexity. Responsible for planning, design, coordination, and delivery of projects that involve existing building renovation, additions, and new facilities. Actively participates in clinical user group meetings during all design phases. Conducts investigation, evaluation and recommendation of design solutions that best meet the client's needs. Provides mentoring and leadership to less experienced team members.

Requirements

Essential Functions :

• Collaborates with clients and team members to establish goals and guiding principles that will be upheld throughout the project duration.
• Participates in planning and conceptual design and provides full support through the entire project.
• Understands healthcare operations and appropriately applies this knowledge to healthcare planning.
• Understands and applies applicable codes and hospital licensing standards
• Passionate about healthcare design, current on best practices, trends impacting the market, and evidence-based design principles
• Licensed Architect who works independently and is responsible for finished plans, specifications and approval of materials and construction.
• Coordinates on the planning and development of construction and design document production and provides technical expertise to ensure coordinated and high-quality documents.
• Responsible to conduct construction administration duties, such as site visits, RFI responses, submittals, and punch list reviews
• Liaises with Project Management, other architects, and consultants
• Involves explorations of subject area, definition of scope, selection of items for investigation and development of novel concepts and methods
• Participates in preparing reports and specifications. Reviews completed reports, plans, estimates and calculations
• Responsible to follow project budget, task schedule, and other components of the work plan with Project Manager
• Responsible to monitor personal billing and works at maximizing team's quality and efficiency in assigned tasks
• Responsible for coordinating with clients, project team, consultants, and contractors to ensure trust and confidence
• Provides leadership during client meetings
• Assists in analyses of design, design data, and planning as it relates to project scope
• Contributes innovative design solutions that consistently capture the intended design vision
• Contribute to bold design solutions that balance scale, aesthetics, and context to maximize the impact to the individual and community
• Participate in marketing efforts and lead presentations to prospective clients

Competencies :

Certification Requirements

Supervisory Requirements

Work Environment

Physical Demands

Position Type / Hours expected to work

Travel

Required Education and Experience

Work Authorization

AAP / EEO Statement

NAC, Inc s committed to the principle of equal opportunity employment. As a result, all qualified employees and prospective employees will be recruited, selected, and trained without regard to age, sex, race, color, religion, disability, national origin, veteran status, or any other legally- protected status. All applicants are carefully screened, and full consideration is given to their training, education, skills, experiences, growth potential and previous work record. This same non- discriminatory consideration will be used in all other aspects of the employment relationship.

NAC will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with a disability to the extent that doing so does not create an undue hardship on NAC. NAC encourages employees and applicants to communicate any special needs by engaging in an interactive process with NAC to formulate reasonable accommodations.