Senior Facilities Space Planner (Healthcare Architect)

We’re searching for a Senior Facilities Space Planner, someone who works well in a fast-paced setting. In this position you will partner with leadership to ensure the most effective and efficient use of real property assets and space within the real estate portfolio. Assists with the development of strategic facility plan, determines long-term space demand and identifies space solutions that facilitate business objectives. Collaborates with end-users and internal stakeholders to understand operational workflows, spatial relationships and required adjacencies. Develops tactical solutions that optimize individual departmental needs in consideration of general interest requirements and space constraints. Provides technical guidance and mentorship to other members of the Planning staff.

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As part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and healthy workplace, all successful candidates will be required to undergo respiratory fit testing in compliance with occupational health and safety standards. 

Job Duties & Responsibilities

• Supports facility strategic planning and portfolio master planning activities.
• Provides information and advice to the Director, Executive Space Management Group and facility planning teams responsible for master planning and strategic planning activities
• Assimilates strategic space requirements, portfolio square footage, and end-user facility infrastructure requirements to identify potential gaps between space supply and demand.
• Proactively reviews areas within the portfolio to identify opportunities to improve space utilization. Develops potential solutions for consideration by leadership.
• Develops and implements space planning assessment and optimization programs to be incorporated throughout the portfolio. Identifies and assesses data sources required for the facilities planning process and implements workflow changes to enhance the process and address gaps in data.
• Leads space planning projects & space management programs.
• Manages internal and external relationships through effective communication.
• Leads and participates in a collaborative team environment to achieve best outcomes.

Skills & Requirements

• Required bachelor's degree in arts, interior design, architecture, facilities management, logistics, or related discipline
• Required 5 years' experience in facility planning/coordination, preferably in a corporate or healthcare setting

Since 1954, Texas Children’s has been leading the charge in patient care, education and research to accelerate health care for children and women around the world. When you love what you do, it truly shows in the smiles of our patient families, employees and our numerous accolades such as being consistently ranked as the best children’s hospital in Texas, and among the top in the nation by U.S. News & World Report as well as recognition from Houston Business Journal as one of this city’s Best Places to Work for ten consecutive years. 

Texas Children’s comprehensive health care network includes our primary hospital in the Texas Medical Center with expertise in over 40 pediatric subspecialties; the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (NRI); the Feigin Tower for pediatric research; Texas Children’s Pavilion for Women, a comprehensive obstetrics/gynecology facility focusing on high-risk births; Texas Children’s Hospital West Campus, a community hospital in suburban West Houston; Texas Children’s Hospital The Woodlands, the first hospital devoted to children’s care for communities north of Houston; and Texas Children’s Hospital North Austin, the new state-of-the-art facility providing world-class pediatric and maternal care to Austin and Central Texas families. We have also created Texas Children’s Health Plan, the nation’s first HMO focused on children; Texas Children’s Pediatrics, the largest pediatric primary care network in the country; Texas Children’s Urgent Care clinics that specialize in after-hours care tailored specifically for children; and a global health program that is channeling care to children and women all over the world. Texas Children’s Hospital is affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine, one of the largest, mo