Overview
Senior Healthcare Architect / Healthcare Architect – Palo Alto, CA Jobs in Palo Alto, CA at GDM-AE, Inc.
Position Summary
GDM-AE, Inc. is staffing for federal healthcare construction and design support work at active healthcare facilities in Palo Alto, CA.
The Healthcare Architect role calls for licensed architectural practice on hospitals, clinics, laboratories, and occupied medical facilities. Senior candidates bring 10+ years of architecture experience with substantial healthcare focus; Healthcare Architect candidates bring 5+ years with documented healthcare project work. This role provides design review, constructability coordination, and construction phase technical support.
Key Responsibilities
- Review architectural drawings, specifications, design narratives, scopes, submittals, RFIs, and field conditions.
- Support planning, programming, design review, constructability review, and construction phase issue resolution.
- Coordinate with project managers, designers, contractors, facility staff, users, and technical reviewers.
- Identify code, accessibility, life safety, phasing, finish, constructability, and coordination issues.
- Prepare review comments, technical recommendations, meeting notes, and documentation.
- Support site walks, punch lists, closeout, and occupied healthcare facility coordination.
Qualifications
- Senior Healthcare Architect: 10 or more years of architecture experience with at least 5 years on healthcare projects.
- Healthcare Architect: 5 or more years of architecture experience with at least 3 years on healthcare projects.
- Licensed Architect (active US license) required.
- Healthcare project experience required: hospital, clinic, laboratory, or occupied healthcare facility work.
- Experience reviewing construction documents and coordinating multidisciplinary design issues.
- Knowledge of accessibility, life safety, IBC, NFPA, healthcare planning, and construction administration.
- Revit proficiency preferred.
- Federal healthcare project experience preferred.
Federal Contract Requirements
- Some local travel within the Palo Alto service area is part of normal duties.
- Tier 1 Low Risk / Non-Sensitive background investigation (NACI / SF-85) required prior to assignment.
- Must abide by all client facility rules, security procedures, and safety regulations.
- Employees represent themselves as contracted personnel, not federal employees, and do not perform inherently governmental functions.
Location
On-site, Palo Alto, CA.
Compensation and Benefits
Salary Range: $120,000-$170,000
- Monthly certification pay for additional licensing (PMP, LEED AP, BCxA, etc.)
- Full premium paid health, dental, and vision insurance
- 401(k) match
- PTO
- Education/Professional Development paid
About Us
GDM-AE, Inc. is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business providing full-service architecture and engineering solutions for federal agencies nationwide. We focus on complex design, renovation, and infrastructure modernization projects, with a strong track record in healthcare systems. Our work strengthens critical facilities and delivers lasting impact for the communities they serve.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $120,000.00 – $170,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Professional development assistance
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person
Title: Senior Healthcare Architect / Healthcare Architect – Palo Alto, CA
Company: GDM-AE, Inc.
Location: Palo Alto, CA
