Senior Healthcare Architect/senior Medical Planner

Our Firm

B+H Architects is a global, award-winning firm with a 60+ year legacy of building creative solutions for clients through the delivery of architecture, interior design, landscape, planning, and other consulting services.

Working from studios in Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Seattle, Dubai, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore & Ho Chi Minh City, we are creating the framework around which people live their lives. We believe in the power of design to transform spaces, communities, and economies. We enable our clients’ visions through customized designs that exceed their business goals and inspire the people that live, work, heal, play, and learn within them. We view every challenge as an opportunity for learning and never lose sight of the people we’re designing for - regardless of the type of development, scale, scope, or geography involved.

Our more than 350 team members are committed to delivering bold and inspiring design solutions that are driven by honed insight, active listening, fearless entrepreneurialism, and a collaborative fusion of perspectives. Design performance achieved through constant innovation, accountability, hands-on service, cultivating talent, and being a champion for diversity in all its forms - these are the things we value.

Our Healthcare Practice

Our experience in healthcare includes the design and construction of large scale hospital and medical facilities in Canada, USA, Asia and the Middle East.

Our healthcare team creates environments that integrate people, the environment, and technology. Our architecture aims to be an active agent in the healing process and an active citizen in a healthy and sustainable society. We also provide project delivery excellence to our prestigious clients in this sector. Project delivery is a top priority for the firm.

This Opportunity

Based in our Singapore studio as part of the Healthcare Architecture team and responsible for the overall delivery of design for medium to large scale projects and leading, mentoring and developing high performing design teams, while ensuring B+H global brand compliance and standards. This position will work closely with Asia-based Principals and Directors, as well architecture team members based in other studios, countries and regions.

Specific Position Responsibilities
- Manage the contractual and financial responsibilities of projects for hospitals and related facilities
- Monitor the design process from conceptual phase through to construction
- Ensure the completion of projects within budget, on schedule and meeting all program objectives
- Serve as primary resource to clients on all project related issues
- Provides technical support and project communications to team
- Communicates with consultants, contractors, sub-consultants and other disciplines to ensure effective communication
- Manages specialized healthcare consultants including medical equipment planners and manages integration of guidance into the work of the design and planning team.
- Assists senior management in developing and validating project scope and fee, budget, and scope of services during the marketing and contract development process.
- Assists in preparing project presentations. May participate and/or lead client presentations.
- Consistently provides complete and timely communication of project information to and from clients and project team
- Fosters a culture of external and internal client service
- Understands the client’s expectations for lifecycle costing, return on investment and development of a project that works within the boundaries of the strategic business case

Position Requirements
- 10-12 years’ experience in Architecture / Healthcare with specific concentration in healthcare and experience in Singapore
- Minimum 7 years managing healthcare projects
- Bachelor’s degree in architecture or equivalent in education or experience required.
- Strong knowledge of technical healthcare design requirements including understanding of technical requirements for interventional, patient care and clinical support areas
- Thorough knowledge of Building Information Modeling (BIM)
- Ability to manage multiple projects of a complex scope
- Understanding and possess working knowledge of current trends and drivers in the Healthcare Industry
- Strong organization, collaboration and communication skills to lead clients and the design team throughout planning processes
- Ability to plan, organize, motivate, mentor, direct and evaluate the work of others
- Strong communication and presentation skills
- Excellent client management and leadership skills
- Excellent problem-solving skills