Intermediate Medical Planner

NBBJ is an award-winning design firm recognized as a TIME100 Most Influential Company , a Fast Company Most Innovative Architecture Firm and a two-time 2025 AIA National Honor Award recipient. 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 here and explore recent projects and ideas at NBBJ.com . Join us to make an impact today!

The role at a glance

This is an excellent opportunity to join NBBJ Charlotte 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)

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