Senior Healthcare Architect / Healthcare Project Architect

Hybrid Options Available

Type: Full-time

Salary Range: $95,000–$150,000, commensurate with experience

Looking for a place where your healthcare design experience can have a visible impact?

Marshall Craft is seeking a Senior Healthcare Architect / Healthcare Project Architect to help lead and grow our healthcare work in the Mid-Atlantic region. This role is ideal for an experienced architect who wants direct client access, meaningful involvement with user groups, close collaboration with firm leadership, professional advancement, and the opportunity to shape healthcare projects without getting lost in a large corporate structure.

Why Marshall Craft

At Marshall Craft, you will have the opportunity to contribute meaningfully to healthcare projects without getting lost in a large corporate structure. We offer a collaborative studio environment, direct access to firm leadership, opportunities to work closely with clients and user groups, and a culture grounded in Doing the Right Thing for our clients, our communities, and each other.

We are a mid-size architecture and planning firm in the Mid-Atlantic region, focused on thoughtful, community-driven design across healthcare, education, civic, technology, corporate, and cultural projects.

Position Overview

The Senior Healthcare Architect / Healthcare Project Architect will lead and support medical, clinical, research, and institutional projects from early planning and programming through construction documentation and construction administration. The role requires the ability to translate clinical and operational needs into thoughtful, functional, technically sound design solutions that support patient care, staff workflows, code compliance, durability, flexibility, and long-term value.

The ideal candidate brings strong Revit skills, healthcare planning experience, technical confidence, and the ability to collaborate closely with clients, consultants, contractors, regulatory reviewers, and internal team members in a fast-paced, relationship-driven practice. Experience with healthcare-specific design considerations, such as clinical workflows, life safety, accessibility, FGI Guidelines, infection control, and phased renovations, as well as experience in ambulatory care, behavioral health, or hospital-based work, is highly valued.

What Makes This Role Different

This is a leadership opportunity for someone who wants to have a visible role in shaping healthcare projects and client relationships. You will not be siloed into one narrow task, but will have the opportunity to influence design, technical direction, client engagement, team development, and practice growth while working directly with firm leadership and project stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

Lead healthcare projects through planning, design, documentation, coordination, and construction administration.Work closely with clients, users, and stakeholders to understand operational goals, clinical workflows, patient experience, and project priorities.Develop thoughtful, technically sound design solutions that support healthcare delivery, code compliance, functionality, durability, and long-term flexibility.Coordinate architectural work with consultants, medical equipment planners, contractors, regulatory reviewers, and internal team members.Prepare, oversee, and review drawings, specifications, presentations, reports, and other project deliverables for quality, coordination, constructability, and alignment with client expectations.Manage project schedules, budgets, staffing needs, and deliverables in collaboration with firm leadership.Participate in client meetings, design reviews, user group sessions, project presentations, and construction-phase coordination.Mentor less-experienced staff and contribute to a collaborative studio culture focused on learning, accountability, and design excellence.Support business development efforts through proposals, interviews, client relationship management, and project pursuits.

Qualifications

B. Arch or M. Arch degree from an accredited program.Proficiency in Revit is required.Licensed architect preferred; candidates actively pursuing licensure will also be considered.8+ years of professional architectural experience, with meaningful experience in healthcare design.Strong understanding of healthcare planning, clinical workflows, building codes, accessibility requirements, life safety, and applicable healthcare guidelines and regulations.Experience leading projects from programming and conceptual design through construction documents and construction administration.Strong technical knowledge of building systems, detailing, documentation, and consultant coordination.Ability to manage client relationships, lead user group meetings, and communicate clearly with stakeholders.Experience coordinating with engineering consultants, contractors, medical equipment planners, and regulatory reviewers.Familiarity with FGI Guidelines, infection control coordination, phased renovations, ambulatory care, behavioral health, or hospital-based work is a plus.Strong organizational, leadership, and mentoring skills.Excellent written, verbal, and graphic communication skills.Experience with Adobe Creative Suite, Bluebeam, Microsoft Office, and other design/documentation tools is a plus.

What We Offer

MCA offers a competitive salary and benefits package, hybrid work options, direct mentorship, continuing education support, and a collaborative work environment that values strong relationships, professional growth, accountability, and work-life balance.

Hybrid work options are available and may be coordinated based on onboarding, project needs, team collaboration, and client commitments.

If you are looking for a role where you can lead meaningful healthcare work, work directly with clients, and help shape a growing practice, we would like to hear from you.