Intermediate Healthcare Planner

B+H Architects is currently seeking an Intermediate Healthcare Planner to join our dynamic and progressive team based in our Toronto Studio.

We are excited to build our capacity as leaders in delivering viable, healthy, vibrant, inclusive, and diverse communities across North America.

B+H offers the opportunity for candidates to grow their skills in a local and global collaborative environment surrounded by passionate thought leaders who are adamant about pushing boundaries, thinking differently, advancing design excellence, and having fun in everything we do.

As an Intermediate Healthcare Planner, you will be working collaboratively with the Healthcare Architecture and Interior Design team on the delivery of large scale Healthcare projects in Canada, as well as well as supporting and mentoring our junior designers.

This role can be based in Toronto, Vancouver or Calgary.

Join us in shaping the future of Healthcare environments in Canada.

Primary Responsibilities :

• Assist in managing the deliverables for the medical planning team within the greater project deliverable schedule
• Assist in leading the medical planning process within the design team to create department floor plan concepts reflective of operations
• Provide expertise on the differences in institutional, ambulatory, and business occupancy environments.
• Serve as the main point of contact for the client on planning issues
• Work with end users to outline process flows and critical adjacencies of clinical rooms
• Understand and guide discussions on medical equipment needs
• Assist the coordination of all disciplines related to the building design and health planning.
• Engage in problem solving, teamwork, critical thinking, mathematical reasoning, and visualization to create accurate and detailed drawings
• Prepare health planning presentation drawings, diagrams, and narratives as well as drawings and specification documents
• Provide planning, design and coordination support on projects and pursuits
• Engage in mentoring junior team members or other interested colleagues in health planning practices
• Other duties as needed

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Architecture
• Registered Architect preferred
• Minimum 5-7 years’ experience in Healthcare planning experience required
• Clear understanding of the differences in institutional, ambulatory, and business occupancy environments
• Clear understanding of applicable codes & building construction systems, materials, and standards
• Understanding of healthcare trends
• Understanding of design techniques, tools and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, prints, drawings and models
• Strong presentation, communication, organizational, collaboration and communication skills
• Strong leadership, critical thinking, effective problem solving and decision-making skills
• Team player, adaptable with a positive attitude
• Strong computer skills (REVIT, MS Office Suite, Blue Beam)
• Must be willing to travel to locations across Canada
• Please include Portfolio with Resume.

A Bit About Us B+H and Surbana Jurong Group (SJ Group)

B+H is a global, award-winning consulting and design solutions firm founded on a legacy of 70 years of creating bold and inspiring places for people.

With a broad spectrum of sectors and services, we leverage the core skills of a globally collaborative transdisciplinary architecture and design practice to understand, create, and articulate transformative solutions for the most complex and challenging projects.

The global B+H design team includes 400 architects, urban designers, landscape architects, interior designers, organizational design and biomimicry specialists, place experience designers, researchers, analysts, and brand strategists.

We are curious place makers, strategists, storytellers, and creative human beings who believe in embracing change and challenging the status quo to deliver resilient, healthy environments that make positive contributions to their communities characterized by vibrant human experiences.

We work together as one of eight world renowned sister firms, owned by the Surbana Jurong Group, recognized and awarded as a collective of problem solvers for the built environment, continually reimagining ways to create smart and sustainable futures.

At B+H we push the limits of creativity by acknowledging humanity in the creative process. We believe in letting things get a little messy while we let our minds explore the bounds of what’s possible.

Once we’ve found something truly new, then we reassemble it into a well-executed project our clients expect from us. We strongly believe in creating a safe environment backed and driven by HR and Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging mandates to enable the best working, learning, and playing environment for our staff.

For more information on our firm, please visit https : / / bharchitects.com / en /

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for the job.

Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice. Equity, Diversity Inclusion and Belonging have always been at the core of our values at B+H.

A diverse workforce with wide perspectives and creative ideas benefits our clients, the communities where we operate and all of us as colleagues.

We welcome applications from qualified individuals from all backgrounds. B+H is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.

Individual accommodation will be provided for applicants with disabilities who meet required qualifications. Please advise us at any time during the recruitment process.