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Medical Planner & Healthcare Architect

Job in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, 60290, USA
Listing for: Gensler
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-01-16
Job specializations:
  • Design & Architecture
    Architect / Sr. Architect, Engineering Design & Technologists
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 130000 - 160000 USD Yearly USD 130000.00 160000.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below
** Your Role*
* ** Medical Planner & Healthcare Architect
** your industry experience and  to guide projects from concept through construction, ensuring design excellence at every phase. In this role, you will also support business development efforts by cultivating strong client relationships, contributing to proposals and pursuits, and
** What You Will Do
*** Medical Planner & Healthcare Architect
* Lead medical planning efforts, including test-fits, program development, clinical adjacencies, and workflow optimization, translating operational models into architectural and interior solutions. Guide the development of program and planning documents grounded in regulatory requirements, healthcare codes, industry standards, and emerging best practices.

Oversee site visits and construction-phase services, ensuring RFIs, submittals, substitutions, and field decisions align with design intent and regulatory requirements. Ensure compliance with applicable codes, authorities having jurisdiction, and hospital licensing standards, validating requirements throughout design and construction.

Mentor and develop team members, fostering technical excellence, healthcare knowledge, and leadership capability. Contribute to studio and firmwide initiatives, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement of healthcare design and planning practices. Balance of growth and delivery, ensuring pursuits are grounded in realistic scope, fee alignment, and the ability to deliver exceptional outcomes.
** Your Qualifications**  + years of project experience in Strong leadership, communication, and relationship management skills Strong design and planning skills with large or complicated architectural projects. Proficiency in Revit and Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator) is required. Enscape, AutoCAD, Sketchup, Rhino, and Microsoft Office are also beneficial.

Working knowledge of building codes, standards, building construction, and building structures.

Experience planning HCAI facilities Advanced knowledge of current healthcare planning and programming concepts, including patient safety and evidence-based design principles

Proficient knowledge of guidelines for design and construction of healthcare facilities Strong knowledge of building codes and accessibility guidelines Strong organizational skills and the ability to work on multiple projects in various stages of development A quick learner with an ability to thrive in a fast-paced work environment Must have the ability to maintain existing client relationships and build new client relationships through successful project delivery experience in sustainable design projects is preferable.

Strong understanding of healthcare design and operations standards, including functional program requirements and licensing processes.
* The estimated base salary range for this position is $130k-160k, plus eligibility for bonuses and a comprehensive benefits package, with final compensation contingent on relevant experience. To learn more about our compensation philosophy and full benefits offerings, please visit
* We encourage our employees to lead a healthy and balanced life. Our comprehensive benefits include medical, dental, vision, disability, wellness programs, flex spending, paid holidays, and paid time off. We also offer a 401k, profit sharing, employee stock ownership, and twice annual bonus opportunities.

At Gensler, the value of our work stems from its positive impact on the human experience. We are a dynamic and collaborative design firm uniting creativity, research, and innovation to solve complex problems for our clients. Our work challenges conventional ideas about architecture and the built environment. We aren’t just designing buildings—we are reimagining cities and places that make a difference in people’s lives.

Founded in 1965, Gensler has built a team of 6,000 professionals who partner with clients in over 100 countries each year. Everything we do is guided by our mission: to create a better world through the power of design.
** NOTICE TO APPLICANTS
** We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer of choice. All aspects…
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