Senior Federal Healthcare Planner

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AECOM is seeking a Senior Federal Medical Planner to join our global practice. This role will focus on the design and planning of complex healthcare environments, across the full spectrum of care sites from academic medical centers to ambulatory care clinics within both the Federal and private sectors. This is an opportunity to join a fully integrated design studio where a diverse group of architects, interior designers, medical planners and specialists collaborate as a team from concept design through construction.

For decades AECOM has worked with the Department of Defense (DoD), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) clients to define design standards, execute task orders, and serve as a known and trusted partner. AECOM is proud to provide world-class A/E design services in support healthcare delivery for our active duty and veteran populations.

AECOM has partnered with government agencies at the Federal, State, and Municipal levels for over 100 years. We provide comprehensive infrastructure, facilities, energy, environment, disaster resilience and civil works services for our clients’ most challenging projects. Our industry-leading design, planning, architecture, engineering, program management and construction management teams are focused on exceptional client service and flawless execution. At the federal level, we maintain a variety of service agreements for work with various government agencies across the country. From upgrading civil, first responder, national parks, and defense infrastructure to completing site remediation, we design and implement infrastructure solutions that provide value today and for future generations.

In your new role, you will:

• Lead medical planning for our most complex healthcare projects
• Lead master plans, visioning, and programming efforts
• Grow the practice: develop and execute new and existing client relationships through a deep understanding of client enterprise and needs
• Work closely with the leadership to continually identify and generate business opportunities
• Ability to effectively participate in Clinical User Group meetings and client presentations
• Proven ability to collaborate with other Medical Planners, Architects, Interior Designers, and Project Managers from Concept Design through Construction
• Advance AECOM’s reputation through conference presentations, journal articles and social media communication
• Have proven success in planning and developing new projects as well as the ability to motivate and inspire teams, both internally and externally.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s in Architecture or related field+ 8 years of relevant experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education
• Professional Licensure in Architecture

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading medical planning efforts on healthcare projects of all scales and program types and levels of complexity, from feasibility studies and master planning to building design and construction
• Proficiency in medical planning best practices, trends, regulatory frameworks and innovation
• Experience working in a collaborative environment with design teams, consultants and clients
• Effective mentorship of junior medical planners and designers
• Skilled in the leadership and management of user group engagements, as well as coordination and development of deliverables
• Ability to participate in marketing and relationship/reputation-building activities
• Revit knowledge & proficiency highly desired
• LEED accreditation is encouraged
• Familiarity with Evidence-based Design process and LEAN design / operational concepts
• Federal healthcare planning experience with VA and DoD projects
• Willingness to travel
• Exceptional communication and presentation skill

• Sponsorship is not available for this role. 

About AECOM

AECOM is proud to offer comprehensive benefits to meet the diverse needs of our employees. Depending on your employment status, AECOM benefits may include medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, disability benefits, paid time off, leaves of absences, voluntary benefits, perks, well-being resources, employee assistance program, business travel insurance, service recognition awards, retirement savings plan, and employee stock purchase plan.

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity 

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.