Senior Medical Planner

Job Description

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.

With over 3,000 colleagues in six countries sharing knowledge to bring the most advanced solutions to clients, our integrated platform is unmatched and through the power of design we are improving health worldwide.

We are a collaborative, client-centric organization and we recognize that our shared journey depends on prioritizing community wellness and health equity. This understanding helps us bring value, innovation, and leading-edge best practices to visionary clients around the world.

Key Responsibilities

• To be a Medical Planning Leader for the design of health projects, ranging from smaller scale with meaningful community impact, to mega scale creating a transformational change in care delivery.
• Be responsible for the clinical planning of the full range of care services from preventative, outpatient, acute or post-acute healthcare facilities, through various stages of design, following “best practices” and applying Evidence Based Design
• Be responsible for facilitating QA/QC oversight of strategic, facility master planning and medical planning aspects of project design
• Provide technical assistance in proposal formulation, project set-up, work plan development and budgeting, as requested and appropriate
• Meet directly with the owner/client, analyze project goals, conceive and develop architectural concepts/solutions for those goals
• Initiate and create designs and other documentation with responsibility for preparation of presentation drawings, models and narratives
• Foster a cohesive, effective and efficient team environment based on mutual respect of wide-ranging talents and individual contributions
• Serve as a local leader to inspire our team, represent healthcare design, and reinforce the global brand of Stantec
• Collaborate closely with the Global Health Sector and Business Center leadership to ensure successful project and business outcomes
• Work with various disciplines throughout all phases to ensure all concepts/solutions accommodate project needs and the owner's program
• Develop design solutions that meet both the client’s project goals and Stantec’s Project Essentials
• Build and strengthen connections with clients
• Communicate design, medical planning and strategic solutions in a clear and compelling way that both challenge and respect clients’ needs
• Direct the activities of other designers and mentor other staff members
• Contribute to the thought leadership and brand of Stantec, by sharing knowledge and innovation stories at key client engagements, industry events and across professional networks
• Mentor and coach next generation of planners and thought leaders, as well as receive mentoring and coaching from our established team of planners and thought leaders
• Help build and maintain the design culture of the studio

Qualifications

• Demonstrate an extensive understanding of health design complexity, and be knowledgeable of health facility planning and design guidelines and codes
• Evidence of strong working relationship with clients
• A portfolio of substantial projects
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; ability to prepare and deliver presentations for and lead clinical user group meetings
• Strong leadership and team management skills, including the ability to prioritize work for others, meet deadlines, adhere to work schedules, fees and provide high quality work product
• Experience and/or interest in sustainable design/LEED strongly desired
• Experience in Alternate Project Delivery methodology, considered an asset, as well as Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) experience
• Possess a valid driver’s license with good driving record.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Architecture or Interior Design
• Licensed and/or credentialed Architect or Interior Designer
• 10 years of experience in healthcare planning, design, and project management experience

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. As a Principal Leader within our Global Health Sector, together, we will improve health worldwide through the power of design.

About the Team

Pay 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 agreements

Job Info

• Job Identification
• Posting Date 07/13/2026, 03:29 AM
• Job Schedule Full time
• Job Shift Day
• Minimum Experience (Total Years) 10
• Pay Range 4 Locations in WA, DC & Various CA, MA, VA Areas-$141,600.00 - $212,400.00 Annually