Healthcare Planner

Your Opportunity

To be successful as a Healthcare Planner in the Health Sector, a collaborative mindset is essential. You will be surrounded by our network of resources and trusted to collaborate with clients and internal teams alike as a thought-leader, Health Sector champion, brand ambassador, and expert in project delivery pre-design planning and strategy. Our leaders remain engaged in projects and contribute in a meaningful way to making our clients more successful. We are a Principal-led practice.

Successful candidates will have an understanding of healthcare planning, functional programming, and space planning, will be active listeners, able to develop relationships internally and externally—nurturing long-lasting client bonds, connecting the ideal Stantec disciplines and team members with opportunities, pursuing new projects in your region and across North America and challenging your colleagues every day to be the best. As a trusted partner within the Global Health Sector, you will champion design excellence through creation of fiscally responsible, award-winning engagements with a focus on positive health outcomes. 

You will be supported by the full breadth and depth of the Global Health Sector team and will have the opportunity to develop integrated design proposals for cutting edge and world-class projects in partnership with top tier marketing, while leading and mentoring others and collaborating with team members to contribute to the final deliverables—bringing inspiration to your daily practice

Your Key Responsibilities

• Support strategic healthcare planning and pre-design activities for major healthcare projects, typically ranging from 80,000 to 800,000 sq. ft., including acute care, ambulatory/outpatient services, long-term care, and specialized facilities.


• Collaborate with internal architectural, engineering, and interior design teams across North America to develop integrated, high-performing healthcare environments.


• Facilitate user engagement processes, including clinical visioning sessions, functional programming, flow mapping, space listing, and consensus-building workshops with diverse stakeholder groups.


• Translate clinical, operational, and cultural needs into space requirements and design strategies. 


• Support or lead the development of healthcare master plans, functional programs, and business cases aligned with CSA Z8000, regional planning frameworks, and client-specific directives.


• Contribute to project delivery innovation through knowledge of Lean planning principles and evolving healthcare delivery models.


• Serve as a local and regional thought leader representing healthcare planning excellence and contributing to the advancement of Stantec’s global healthcare strategy.


• Share innovations and best practices through industry forums, client workshops, and internal knowledge-sharing platforms.

Your Capabilities and Credentials

• Recent healthcare planning experience, with a focus on facility planning and pre-design services. Portfolio may include but is not limited to acute care, outpatient/ambulatory care, behavioral health, emergency services, women’s health, and/or seniors’ living.


• Understanding of healthcare facility functional programming, master programming, business case development, healthcare workflows, clinical zoning, and CSA Z8000 compliance.


• Proficiency in lean planning concepts, mapping the 7 flows of medicine, and development of special requirements and schedule of accommodations.


• Demonstrated ability to support user group sessions, facilitate interdisciplinary workshops, and integrate diverse perspectives into cohesive planning outcomes.


• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to convey complex concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.


• Interest and aptitude for exploring emerging healthcare trends, technologies, and delivery models.


• Strong time management, coordination, and leadership skills, with a track record of managing multiple priorities and deadlines in parallel.

Education and Experience

• Diploma, Bachelors, or Masters degree related to Architecture, Interior Designer, Architectural Technology, Interior Design Technology, Business Administration / Commerce, Nursing, or Licensed Practical Nurse is preferred. 


• 10+ years of experience in healthcare planning, healthcare strategy, and/or functional programming is preferred.

Typical office environment working with computers and remaining sedentary for long periods of time. Field work may include exposure to the elements including inclement weather.

This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.