What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Project Architect - Healthcare position at Woolpert?
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Woolpert is an award-winning, global leader in architecture, engineering, and geospatial services. We blend design excellence with cutting-edge technology to deliver exceptional client value. Our team is passionate about their work and committed to building the next generation of industry leaders, and as a certified Great Place to Work®, Woolpert embraces progress and innovation to create limitless opportunities for career growth.
Position Overview
Woolpert is seeking a Senior Healthcare Architect to join our dynamic Healthcare Architecture Team. This position reports to the Healthcare Architecture Leader, Sector Leader, or Design Director and serves as a senior technical authority responsible for advancing healthcare design excellence, project quality, client relationships, and strategic project delivery efforts. Qualified candidates will possess extensive healthcare architecture experience, recognized technical expertise, and the ability to influence project outcomes across multiple teams and stakeholders.
We are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this position. Applicants must already possess work authorization in the country where the job is located.
What You Will Do
Education / Experience
Pay Range
$118,200 - $147,800 USD
Find out more about what Woolpert has to offer here: http://woolpert.com/about-us/
Woolpert is an equal-opportunity employer. Woolpert is committed to the full inclusion of all individuals. We recruit, train, compensate, and promote regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law. You may view more about EEO on our website: Equal-Employment-Opportunity-The-Law.pdf and EEO is the Law Poster Supplement.
Applicants who require an accommodation throughout the application and interview process should request this in advance by contacting askhr@woolpert.com.
If you need to reschedule or cancel your interview, please reach out to your recruiter by contacting recruiting@woolpert.com.
To all agencies: Please, no phone calls or emails to any employee of Woolpert or any of our subsidiaries about this requisition. All resumes submitted by search firms/employment agencies to any employee at Woolpert via email, the internet, or in any form and/or method will be deemed the sole property of Woolpert, unless such search firms/employment agencies were engaged by Woolpert's Talent Acquisition Team for this requisition and a valid agreement is in place. In the event a candidate who was submitted outside of Woolpert's applicant process is hired, no fee or payment of any kind will be paid.
Woolpert is an award-winning, global leader in architecture, engineering, and geospatial services. We blend design excellence with cutting-edge technology to deliver exceptional client value. Our team is passionate about their work and committed to building the next generation of industry leaders, and as a certified Great Place to Work®, Woolpert embraces progress and innovation to create limitless opportunities for career growth.
Position Overview
Woolpert is seeking a Senior Healthcare Architect to join our dynamic Healthcare Architecture Team. This position reports to the Healthcare Architecture Leader, Sector Leader, or Design Director and serves as a senior technical authority responsible for advancing healthcare design excellence, project quality, client relationships, and strategic project delivery efforts. Qualified candidates will possess extensive healthcare architecture experience, recognized technical expertise, and the ability to influence project outcomes across multiple teams and stakeholders.
We are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this position. Applicants must already possess work authorization in the country where the job is located.
What You Will Do
- Provide senior architectural leadership for large, complex, or high-profile healthcare projects.
- Serve as a technical authority on healthcare planning, design standards, regulatory requirements, and project delivery.
- Lead healthcare programming, master planning, operational workflow assessment, and design strategy development.
- Guide multidisciplinary teams from project inception through construction completion.
- Direct development and validation of design concepts, technical documentation, and architectural standards.
- Facilitate executive-level client discussions involving project strategy, facility planning, and design solutions.
- Evaluate and resolve complex code, life safety, operational, and constructability challenges.
- Lead quality assurance reviews and establish best practices for healthcare project delivery.
- Mentor architects, planners, and designers across multiple career levels.
- Support business development activities including pursuits, proposals, interviews, thought leadership, and client relationship development.
- Advance innovation in healthcare design by promoting evidence-based design, digital delivery practices, and emerging industry trends.
- Travel to client sites, conferences, project meetings, and job sites as required.
Education / Experience
- Bachelor's degree in Architecture from an accredited program.
- Minimum 10 years of professional architectural experience.
- Extensive experience leading healthcare facility projects including hospitals, academic medical centers, ambulatory care facilities, specialty clinics, and healthcare campuses.
- Registered Architect (RA) license required.
- LEED Accredited Professional preferred.
- EDAC certification strongly preferred.
- Revit required.
- AutoCAD preferred.
- Adobe Creative Suite.
- Microsoft Office Suite.
- BIM and healthcare planning technologies.
- Strategic thinker with strong leadership capability.
- Trusted advisor to clients and project teams.
- Exceptional communication and presentation skills.
- Ability to influence project outcomes through technical expertise and professional credibility.
- Strong commitment to mentorship, innovation, and excellence.
- Healthcare facility planning and design leadership.
- Regulatory interpretation and compliance.
- Healthcare operational workflow integration.
- Quality management and technical oversight.
- Business development and client engagement.
- Large-scale healthcare campuses and hospitals.
- Complex renovations and phased construction projects.
- Healthcare master planning and strategic facility assessments.
- Evidence-based design applications and patient-centered environments.
Pay Range
$118,200 - $147,800 USD
Find out more about what Woolpert has to offer here: http://woolpert.com/about-us/
Woolpert is an equal-opportunity employer. Woolpert is committed to the full inclusion of all individuals. We recruit, train, compensate, and promote regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law. You may view more about EEO on our website: Equal-Employment-Opportunity-The-Law.pdf and EEO is the Law Poster Supplement.
Applicants who require an accommodation throughout the application and interview process should request this in advance by contacting askhr@woolpert.com.
If you need to reschedule or cancel your interview, please reach out to your recruiter by contacting recruiting@woolpert.com.
To all agencies: Please, no phone calls or emails to any employee of Woolpert or any of our subsidiaries about this requisition. All resumes submitted by search firms/employment agencies to any employee at Woolpert via email, the internet, or in any form and/or method will be deemed the sole property of Woolpert, unless such search firms/employment agencies were engaged by Woolpert's Talent Acquisition Team for this requisition and a valid agreement is in place. In the event a candidate who was submitted outside of Woolpert's applicant process is hired, no fee or payment of any kind will be paid.
Salary : $118,200 - $147,800