- Provide Healthcare Design leadership to project design teams and end users
- Provide architectural oversight to project teams, construction contractors, and provide field clarification and input to contractors.
- Retain ownership of design and ensure that design proposals are duly influenced by end-users' options. Liaise with clients to develop architectural solutions.
- Develop feasibility studies and sketch concepts, including professional design services to improve clinical services and patient flows.
- Monitor work during construction for conformance with architectural plans and specifications.
- Review and approve submittals, change order requests, and attend project close- out meetings and provide feedback upon project completion.
- Maintain appropriate project records and statistics for administration and regulatory purposes.
- Provide projects with technical content of project development and executive plans, including defining design and construction criteria and procurement strategies for critical items.
- Assist project engineer to expand and develop building program within budgetary constraints.
- Prepare the Basis for Design (BFD), select essential standards for use, identify design throughput, policy, specifications, technical risks, facility safeguarding, safety and health requirements and infrastructure requirements.
- Prepare designs in consultation with other Discipline Engineers, as appropriate.
- Visit work sites to establish existing conditions.
- Review applicability of existing drawings, Standards and Specifications and recommend appropriate changes.
- Prepare and / or review conceptual designs, schematic designs, and detailed designs for building / facilities, based on the approved SOW
- Prepare design briefs for assigned designer(s) and draftsmen. Review and approve their work.
- Develop Scope of Work, Specifications, and design criteria for building / facilities projects, for each project’s functional area of work for inclusion in tenders for engineering consultancy and / or construction.
- Review technical aspects of bids from consulting engineering companies and construction contractors, for architectural and Healthcare Design elements of the project.
- Support projects in identifying and assessing capability resources and technical strengths of consulting engineers, contractors, and vendors, in tile evaluation of technical bids and partake in Evaluation Committee meetings.
- Review / approve detailed design specifications and drawings, submitted by Design consultants and Contractors.
- Keep abreast of current Healthcare Standards, technology and state-of-the art equipment and activities, by reading various trade journals, publications, by meeting Vendor Representatives and attending trade functions.
- Keep abreast of current regulations of Local and National authorities.
- Participate in technology development reviews to disseminate latest relevant technologies and technical reviews, at key stages of Project execution and of Project definition, as necessary.
- Prepare and present technical papers to Line / Senior Management to promote designs and/or strategies as and when required.
- Minimum 15 years' experience in the design of large, complex building projects including minimum 7 years in design of large-scale complex health care facilities.
- Must have a sound understanding of architectural design works commonly practiced in design of buildings and be experienced in the review and preparation of concept, preliminary and detail design for building works.
- Experience in inter-disciplinary coordination responsibilities.
- Must have ‘hands-on’ experience in MS Office/Projects, Revit and AutoCAD.
- Bachelor's Degree in Architecture.
- Professional membership of a recognized international institute/ association/ organization (e.g. RIBA, AIA).
- Candidate to comply with MMUP Certification as applicable to the position.
