Posted 6 days ago
Healthcare Planner
@ Stantec
Calgary, AB · Red Deer, AB · Saskatoon, SK · Winnipeg, MB · Edmonton, AB
Overview
Stantec is hiring a Healthcare Planner for its Global Health Sector to support pre-design planning, functional programming and strategy for major healthcare projects of 80,000 to 800,000 sq. ft. The work involves clinical visioning, user engagement workshops and collaboration with architecture and engineering teams across North America. The role is a full-time, office-based position with field work possible, with benefits and pay ranges provided per local pay transparency rules.
Responsibilities:
- Support strategic healthcare planning and pre-design for major projects
- Facilitate clinical visioning, functional programming and stakeholder workshops
- Translate clinical and operational needs into space requirements
- Collaborate with architecture, engineering and interior design teams across North America
- Share innovations and best practices through forums and internal platforms
Requirements summary:
- Recent healthcare facility planning and pre-design experience
- Knowledge of functional programming and CSA Z8000 compliance
- Lean planning and flow mapping skills
- Exceptional verbal and written communication
- Diploma or degree in architecture, interior design, business or nursing preferred
- 10+ years of healthcare planning experience preferred
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- Employer posting date
- 2026-11-02
- First seen by our source
- 2026-11-02
- Source record updated
- 2026-11-02
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Job details
| Seniority | Senior |
| Department | Business operations |
| Experience | 10+ years |
| Hours per week | 40 (estimated) |
| Work setting | Office, Client sites |
| Position | Mostly sitting |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English |
| Education | College diploma (preferred), Bachelor’s degree (preferred), Master’s degree (preferred) |
| Fields of study | Architecture, Interior Design, Architectural Technology, Business Administration, Commerce |
| Perks mentioned | Generous paid time off, Tuition support, Stock or equity, Wellness |
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Full company description
Stantec empowers clients, people, and communities to rise to the world’s greatest challenges at a time when the world faces more unprecedented concerns than ever before. We are a global leader in sustainable engineering, architecture, and environmental consulting. Our professionals deliver the expertise, technology, and innovation communities need to manage aging infrastructure, demographic and population changes, the energy transition, and more. Today’s communities transcend geographic borders. At Stantec, community means everyone with an interest in the work that we do—from our project teams and industry colleagues to our clients and the people our work impacts. The diverse perspectives of our partners and interested parties drive us to think beyond what’s previously been done on critical issues like climate change, digital transformation, and future-proofing our cities and infrastructure. We are designers, engineers, scientists, project managers, and strategic advisors. We innovate at the intersection of community, creativity, and client relationships to advance communities everywhere, so that together we can redefine what’s possible. Stantec trades on the TSX and the NYSE under the symbol STN. Recruitment fraud notice: All legitimate Stantec career opportunities are posted exclusively at www.stantec.jobs and candidate applications and employment offers are managed through our secure applicant tracking system. Stantec will only contact candidates using official email addresses ending in @stantec.com and does not send job offers as email attachments. Stantec never requests application fees and money transfers in the recruitment process or banking information via email. We also do not send payments for the purchase of office supplies or equipment. Any communication offering employment outside of our official recruitment process should be considered fraudulent.
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- 10160-112 Street, Edmonton, Alberta T5K 2L6, CA
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Stantec empowers clients, people, and communities to rise to the world’s greatest challenges at a time when the world faces more unprecedented concerns than ever before. We are a global leader in sustainable engineering, architecture, and environmental consulting. Our professionals deliver the expertise, technology, and innovation communities need to manage aging infrastructure, demographic and population changes…
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Industry | Business Consulting and Services |
| Company size | 10,001+ employees |
| Headquarters | Edmonton, Alberta |
| Organization type | Public Company |
| Specialties | consultingplanningarchitectureengineeringenvironmentalinterior designlandscapesurveyingand project management |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 586 |
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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.
Pay Transparency: In compliance with pay transparency laws, pay ranges are provided for positions in locations where required. Please note, the final agreed upon compensation is based on individual education, qualifications, experience, and work location. At Stantec certain roles are bonus eligible. Actual compensation for part-time roles will be pro-rated based on the agreed number of working hours per week.
Benefits Summary: Regular full-time and part-time employees (working at least 20 hours per week) will have access to health, dental, and vision plans, a wellness program, health care spending account, wellness spending account, group registered retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase program, group tax-free savings account, life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, short-term/long-term disability plans, emergency travel benefits, tuition reimbursement, professional membership fee coverage, and paid time off.
Temporary/casual employees will have access to group registered retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase program, and group tax-free savings account.
The benefits information listed above may not apply to union positions because benefits for such positions are governed by applicable collective bargaining agreements.
Stantec’s Buildings team is on a mission to become the world’s leading integrated design practice. Our architects, engineers, interior designers, consultants, sustainability specialists, and technologists are passionate about the power of design. Our collaborative culture and our innovative, sustainable approach to projects help us create buildings that matter to our world.
Together, we are enhancing the quality of life globally through design.
Join us and design your place with Stantec.
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