Healthcare Architect

POSTED 1/31/2025

At Dekker we are dedicated to creating healthcare environments that enhance patient care, maximize operational efficiency, and embody sustainability. With a focus on innovation and excellence, we collaborate with healthcare professionals to design facilities that are both beautiful and functional. Join us in shaping the future of healthcare architecture.

We are seeking a skilled and experienced Healthcare Architect to join our dynamic team. This role requires a deep understanding of healthcare facility design and planning, with a commitment to creating spaces that meet the complex needs of patients, staff, and regulatory bodies. You will lead projects from conception through completion, ensuring all aspects of design and construction meet our high standards and client expectations.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the design and planning of healthcare facilities, including hospitals, clinics, and specialized care centers.
  • Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams including clients, engineers, and construction managers to ensure project success.
  • Develop comprehensive drawings and specifications that comply with all relevant healthcare regulations and standards.
  • Manage the architectural process from initial site analysis and conceptual design through to construction documentation and project completion.
  • Utilize LEAN and sustainable design principles to create efficient, environmentally responsible healthcare environments.
  • Present designs to stakeholders and effectively communicate design rationale and compliance with project goals.
  • Mentor junior architects and contribute to internal knowledge-sharing initiatives.
  • Be engaged in continual research, teaching, and dialog on healthcare design innovations.
  • Work with the marketing and healthcare team in pursuit of new projects, Clients, and Markets.

Qualifications

  • An active US State board license required
  • This is a hybrid work environment with 3 days onsite required. Applicants must live in the Phoenix, AZ metro area
  • Bachelor of Arts or Science in Architecture or equivalent minimum
  • 8 + years of experience in healthcare architectural planning and design at a minimum.
  • Strong portfolio demonstrating expertise in healthcare projects.
  • Must be authorized to work in the US.
  • High level proficiency with computer-aided design (CAD) software such as AutoCAD and Revit
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and related software
  • Excellent problem-solving, collaboration, and consultation skills
  • Deep knowledge of healthcare regulations, standards, and best practices.

Note:  Please include a PDF of or a link to your portfolio to be considered.

 

Dekker offers competitive benefits and salary packages based on education and experience. For a full list of our benefit options, please visit our 

careers page at https://dekkerdesign.org 

As a government subcontractor we’re required by the OFCCP to provide applicants with the ability to voluntarily Self Identify as an individual with a disability.  If you’d like to do this you can find the form here:

https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/OFCCP/regs/compliance/sec503/Self_ID_Forms/503Self-IDForm.pdf  Simply include this form with your application.

EEO: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status and any other protected class under state or federal law.

Dekker

Phoenix, Arizona

Art Dekker Architects was founded in 1959 by the father of current principal Dale Dekker. In 1998, Dekker Perich & Associates and Holmes Sabatini & Associates merged to become Dekker Perich Sabatini, which brought together multiple specialties under one roof. It was a revolutionary group of people suited to solve increasingly complex challenges. Today, Dekker is a collective of creatives, entrepreneurs, change agents, thinkers, dreamers, innovators, and technical experts. In 2024, we became a 100% employee-owned firm.

For more than 65 years, our clients’ challenges have grown, and thus, so has our team and our reach. Today, our offices span New Mexico, Arizona and Texas, each with a team of passionate and talented people intent on making the best impact possible on the neighborhoods they serve. We can’t predict the future, so we can’t tell you exactly what tomorrow will bring. But we do know it will include using architecture and design to help people experience the world differently.

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