Healthcare Designer and Medical Planner

Description

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced Healthcare Designer and Medical Planner to join Mahlum’s collaborative, award-winning healthcare practice in our Portland Office.

In this role, you will guide complex healthcare projects from early programming and planning through design and construction. In this role, you will create thoughtful planning and design solutions that support patients, caregivers, staff, and communities.

You will work closely with clients, clinical users, project managers, designers, and technical team members. Depending on your experience and interests, you may also take on increasing responsibility for project coordination, client communication, and project management.

This position may be filled at the Design Staff IV or Design Staff V level, depending on experience and depth of healthcare expertise.

How You’ll Contribute

• Guide complex healthcare projects through programming, planning, design, documentation, permitting, construction administration, and closeout.
• Lead medical planning, clinical programming, departmental planning, and user group discussions.
• Translate clinical workflows and operational needs into clear planning and design solutions.
• Champion design excellence by helping teams connect planning, user needs, technical requirements, and sustainability targets with broader project goals.
• Develop space programs, room inventories, adjacency studies, departmental layouts, stacking and blocking options, and medical planning diagrams.
• Facilitate client meetings, planning workshops, presentations, and collaborative decision-making.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary teams and provide quality review of project documentation.
• Mentor colleagues, strengthen medical planning knowledge across the firm, and contribute to proposals, interviews, and client relationships.

Requirements

What You’ll Bring

• 10 years of professional architectural or interiors experience, including significant experience delivering complex healthcare projects.
• Interior Design, Interior Architecture, or Architectural degree from an accredited school 
• Professional architectural license (preferred registration in Oregon or Washington) or a Registered Interior Designer (NCIDQ certified)
• Strong medical planning experience includes healthcare programming, departmental planning, clinical groups, workflows, and planning decisions.
• Experience contributing to complex healthcare projects through multiple phases of design and construction.
• Ability to support design excellence while balancing clinical, technical, operational, budget, and schedule requirements.
• Experience with construction documentation, construction administration, quality review, and multidisciplinary consultant coordination.
• Knowledge of FGI Guidelines, ADA requirements, NFPA standards, building and life safety codes, and healthcare regulatory processes. 
• Familiarity with Oregon and Washington healthcare facility licensing requirements and coordination with Authorities Having Jurisdiction.
• Interest in developing additional project leadership or project management responsibilities. Prior experience coordinating scope, schedules, staffing, fees, or client communication is valued but is not required at the level of a dedicated Project Manager.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, presentation, diagramming, and visual storytelling skills.
• Proficiency in Revit, Bluebeam, Adobe Creative Suite, and Microsoft Office.

What We Offer 

Mahlum has a culture committed to sustainability, justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion. As an organization focused on projects that benefit our communities, we strive to hire a workforce that is representative of the communities we serve and to foster a supportive environment where people can learn, contribute, and grow.

The annual base pay range for this role is anticipated to be between $90,000 and $125,000. Actual compensation will be carefully determined based on several factors, including skills, qualifications, and experience. Mahlum employees are eligible for annual discretionary bonus compensation in addition to their salary.
 

This role requires the individual to be based in the Portland Metro area. 

Mahlum provides comprehensive benefits, including 100% employer-paid medical, dental, vision, and life insurance; a 401(k) plan with immediate employer matching; PTO available upon hire; annual continuing education stipends; paid membership dues; and paid licensing costs. We support staff through paid community service time, charitable donation matching, and financial assistance for commuting by public transit, bicycle, on foot, or carpooling. Mahlum is committed to an ongoing hybrid flexible work environment and participates in the JUST Label transparency program.

How to Apply

Please submit with your:

• cover letter 
• resume
• portfolio 

 We look forward to learning more about your work and experience.