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About Dar Al Riyadh

Dar Al Riyadh is seeking a Medical Planner to join its team in Riyadh. This is a full-time position focused on leading medical planning initiatives for various healthcare facilities within a dynamic professional environment.

The Role of Medical Planner

The Medical Planner will lead medical planning and space programming for diverse healthcare projects. This role involves close collaboration with multidisciplinary teams to translate complex clinical workflows into efficient, patient-centered designs. The Medical Planner is responsible for ensuring strict compliance with healthcare design standards and regulatory requirements throughout all project phases, from concept to commissioning.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead medical planning and space programming for healthcare facilities, including hospitals, clinics, and specialized medical centers.
• Develop functional layouts for clinical departments such as Operating Rooms (OR), Intensive Care Units (ICU), Imaging, Emergency Departments, Outpatient Clinics, Inpatient Units, Laboratories, and Administrative Areas.
• Collaborate with clinicians, hospital administrators, architects, engineers, and consultants to translate clinical workflows into efficient and patient-centered designs.
• Prepare space programs, adjacency diagrams, room data sheets, and departmental planning documentation.
• Ensure compliance with applicable healthcare design standards, building codes, and regulatory requirements, including NFPA, ADA, JCIA, and local healthcare regulations.
• Coordinate medical equipment planning with architectural, MEP, and engineering teams.
• Review architectural and engineering drawings to ensure alignment with healthcare planning requirements.
• Participate in all project phases from concept design through schematic, detailed design, construction documentation, site coordination, and commissioning.
• Support design reviews, technical workshops, and client presentations.
• Coordinate with multidisciplinary teams to optimize healthcare facility functionality, patient safety, operational efficiency, and future flexibility.

Required Qualifications and Experience

• A minimum of 10 years of proven experience in space programming and planning for hospitals, medical centers, and other healthcare facilities.
• Strong knowledge of healthcare design standards, including NFPA 99, ADA, JCIA, and applicable local healthcare regulations.
• Ability to interpret clinical workflows and develop efficient, code-compliant healthcare facility layouts.
• Good understanding of healthcare MEP coordination, including mechanical, electrical, plumbing, health, safety, and environmental (HSE) requirements.

Technical Skills

• Proficiency in Revit, AutoCAD, and Microsoft Office applications.
• Experience with Smartsheet is considered an advantage.
• Familiarity with medical equipment planning software and data-driven space planning tools.

Essential Competencies

• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Demonstrated stakeholder management and presentation abilities.
• Strong multidisciplinary coordination skills.