ARCHITECT | Senior Associate / Principal - Healthcare Architecture

Christchurch, All NZ Regions, New Zealand Capabilities Architecture and Interiors Office Setup Hybrid At Jacobs, we’re challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world’s most critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environments, mission‑critical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery and cutting‑edge manufacturing, turning abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for good. Your impact Some projects define a career. Help shape the next generation of healthcare infrastructure in New Zealand. Jacobs is seeking a Senior Associate or Principal Architect to join our growing Healthcare Architecture studio and play a key leadership role in the delivery of major hospital redevelopment projects across Aotearoa. Working as part of Health New Zealand’s Regional Hospital Redevelopment Programme, you’ll help shape some of the country’s most significant healthcare projects. Jacobs is currently leading redevelopment work across Tauranga, Palmerston North and Hawke’s Bay Hospitals, with projects progressing through planning and design development phases today and construction on the horizon. Healthcare architecture is about more than buildings. It’s about creating environments that support healing, help clinical teams do their best work and improve experiences for patients, whānau and communities. This is a rare opportunity to influence major healthcare facilities from concept design through detailed design and into delivery, helping create places that will serve New Zealanders for generations to come. You’ll work closely with clients, stakeholders and multidisciplinary teams, leading project delivery, influencing design outcomes, mentoring architects and helping shape the future direction of healthcare design within Jacobs. Why Jacobs? Join a healthcare architecture practice of more than 90 dedicated health architects across New Zealand, Australia and Southeast Asia. Help deliver some of New Zealand’s most significant healthcare infrastructure projects. Influence projects from concept design through to construction and delivery. Work directly with clients and key stakeholders on complex, high‑profile healthcare projects in and outside NZ. Collaborate within a fully integrated multidisciplinary environment alongside engineering, infrastructure and project management specialists. Be part of a growing healthcare team with genuine opportunities to shape its future direction. Access the expertise, scale and career opportunities of a global organisation. Here is what you’ll need You’ll bring experience delivering large and complex projects in NZ or Australia, strong leadership capability and a passion for creating outstanding outcomes through design. While healthcare experience is highly regarded, we’re equally interested in architects from other complex sectors including civic, education, transport, infrastructure and major public projects. Most importantly, you’ll enjoy balancing design leadership, technical delivery, client engagement and team development, while helping bring ambitious projects from vision to reality. Ideally, you’ll bring Registered Architect status or equivalent professional qualifications. Significant experience delivering complex healthcare projects, or projects within similarly regulated and technically complex environments. A strong understanding of planning, design and project delivery processes. Proven experience building trusted client relationships and engaging with a diverse range of stakeholders. The ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and coordinate across multiple technical disciplines. Strong commercial awareness and experience contributing to successful project outcomes. Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to influence and build confidence with clients and project teams. A passion for creating high‑quality environments that positively impact patients, clinicians and communities. If you’re looking for an opportunity to leave a lasting legacy through projects that genuinely improve communities, we’d love to hear from you. With safety and flexibility always top of mind, we’ve gone beyond traditional ways of working so you have the support, means and space to maximise your potential. You’ll uncover flexible working arrangements, benefits and opportunities, from well‑being benefits to our global giving and volunteering programme, to exploring new and inventive ways to help our clients make the world a better place. No matter what drives you, you’ll discover how you can cultivate, nurture and achieve your goals – all at a single global company. Find out more about life at Jacobs here. We aim to embed inclusion and belonging in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we’re more connected and creative. We accept people for who they are, and we champion the richness of diverse perspectives, lived experiences and backgrounds in the workplace, as a source of learning and innovation. We are committed to building vibrant communities within Jacobs, including through our Jacobs Employee Networks, Communities of Practice and our Find Your Community initiatives, allowing every employee to find connection, purpose and belonging. Find out more about ourJacobs Employee Networks here. Our meticulously curated employee benefits support all employees throughout every stage of life. From paid parental leave to a lifetime financial allowance for you and your partner to access family forming Fertility & IVF treatment, adoption, and surrogacy assistance along with menopause and low‑T treatment. We are steadfast in our commitment to the wellbeing of you and your loved ones with a comprehensive suite of wellbeing resources supporting you physically, emotionally and financially. This is demonstrated in our company being recognised by WGEA for 12 consecutive years as an employer of choice for gender equality along with our industry‑leading GOLD employer status by the Australian Workplace Equality Index. Cultural Support Māori and Pasifika peoples are strongly encouraged to apply. Jacobs aims to provide cultural safety at our interviews. Māori and Pasifika people are invited to nominate a Whānau, family or cultural representative to participate on the interview panel; please let your recruiter know in your application. No matter what drives you, you’ll discover a way to cultivate, nurture and achieve your goals – all at a single global company. We value collaboration and believe that in‑person interactions are crucial for both our culture and client delivery. 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