Job Description

NBBJ is an award-winning design firm recognized as a TIME100 Most Influential Company, a Fast Company Most Innovative Architecture Firmand a two-time 2025 AIA National Honor Awardrecipient. These recognitions reflect our purpose-driven approach that, fueled by ideas and a culture of collaboration, creates healthy buildings, strong communities and a resilient environment. That’s where you come in. With leading clients, diverse colleagues and offices in creative capitals around the globe, a career at NBBJ will inspire you to be extraordinary. You can learn more about our firm, see what it’s like to work hereand explore recent projectsand ideasat NBBJ.com Join us to make an impact today!

The role at a glance:
This is an excellent opportunity to join NBBJ New York as an Intermediate Medical Planner NBBJ is seeking someone in the design and planning of complex healthcare projects including large scale hospitals and ambulatory care centers. This is an opportunity to join a fully integrated design studio where a diverse group of technical architects, interior designers, medical planners and clinical consultants collaborate as a team from concept design through construction.
In your new role you will:

• Design and planning of hospitals and clinics
• Work with clients to identify objectives and formulate options
• Participate in the conceptual design of healthcare projects
• Ability to effectively lead Clinical User Group meetings and participate in client presentations
• Translate client operational model into architectural design/medical plans
• Collaborate with Architects, Interior Designers, and Project Managers and allied professionals from Concept Design through Construction
• Coordinate or prepare drawings and designs in accordance with best practice and quality expectations
• Apply governing regulatory codes and hospital licensing standards, and validate that those requirements for the project are met

What you will need to succeed:

• 5-10 years healthcare planning experience on a range of project/facility types and size
• B Arch Degree (or equivalent) required; M Arch degree preferred
• Architectural Registration strongly preferred; LEED Accreditation a plus
• Passion for healthcare design and demonstrated excellence in planning design and innovation
• Knowledge of current healthcare planning and programming concepts including patient safety and evidence-based design principles
• Understanding of programmatically rich healthcare projects from concept design and programming through construction administration
• Experience participating in client user group meetings and collaborating with all related deliverables
• Advanced knowledge with issues surrounding innovative healthcare strategic planning, master planning, programming, and design
• Familiarity with healthcare design literature and evidence-based design research
• Ability to work collaboratively with in-house team of medical planners and coordinate with external consultants
• Ability and interest to manage, design, document and execute small projects independently
• Exceptional listening, written, verbal and graphic communication skills required
• Proficient in Revit with 3D modeling skills preferred
• Knowledge of Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Sketchup, Rhino or 3DS Max desired
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)

The annual base pay range for this role is anticipated to be between $90,000 and $100,000. Actual compensation for successful candidates will be carefully determined based on a number of factors, including their skills, qualifications and experience.

This role requires the individual to be based in the United States.