Position Summary

Bodwé is seeking a Healthcare Planner to support clinical strategy, facility master planning, capital planning, and healthcare advisory services across federal, tribal, public-sector, and private healthcare clients. 

This is a consulting-oriented, client-facing role focused on hands-on planning, problem solving, analytics, and multidisciplinary coordination. The Healthcare Planner serves as a bridge between healthcare clients, planning partners, and Bodwé’s architecture and engineering teams — translating clinical, operational, financial, and strategic objectives into actionable planning direction that informs capital investment and design. 

This role is ideal for a planner who thrives in complex environments, enjoys blending data science with storytelling, and wants to contribute directly to impactful healthcare infrastructure decisions. 

Accommodation Requests

We are committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, contact our HR Director (April Hawkins) at 269-927-0144 or careers@bodwegroup.com

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

The following inexhaustive list of duties represents a sample of work routinely performed by this role: 

Strategic + Capital Planning 

• Support development of: 

• • Clinical and service line strategies 

• • Capital investment and phasing strategies 

• • Health system and facility master plans 

• • Program Justification Documents (PJD), Programs of Requirements (POR), and similar planning documentation 

• Conduct service line demand forecasting and capacity modeling 

• Analyze demographic trends, regional market conditions, and healthcare delivery models 

• Assist in development of operational and financial assumptions supporting capital decisions 

• Contribute to capital planning strategies that align facilities with long-term organizational goals 

Healthcare Planning + Programming  

• Perform hands-on healthcare planning work including: 

• • Functional and space programming 

• • Facility assessments and evaluations 

• • Utilization analysis and room quantity validation 

• • Adjacency development and workflow modeling 

• • Phasing and operational continuity considerations 

• Research and document existing facility conditions through plan review and site visits 

• Translate planning outputs into clear space programs, design criteria, and planning narratives 

• Support early design phases to ensure planning intent is maintained 

Data Analytics + Modeling  

• Collect, organize, validate, and analyze data related to: 

• • Population and demand forecasts 

• • Staffing and operational assumptions 

• • Utilization and service delivery models 

• • Financial and operational metrics 

• Support modeling of healthcare delivery alternatives 

• Develop analytical summaries that inform strategic recommendations 

• Create visually compelling graphics and narratives that communicate findings clearly 

Client-Facing Consulting + Problem Solving 

• Serve as a day-to-day planning consultant for healthcare clients 

• Participate in workshops, leadership meetings, and stakeholder sessions 

• Help clients define problems, evaluate alternatives, and develop practical solutions 

• Present actionable recommendations to healthcare leadership 

• Support consensus-building in complex, multi-stakeholder environments 

• Communicate technical and analytical concepts to non-technical audiences 

Team Leadership + Collaboration 

• Act as an integral contributor to multidisciplinary planning efforts 

• Coordinate planning activities across: 

• • Architecture, engineering, and project management teams 

• • External specialty consultants 

• • Sub-consultants and technical advisors 

• Serve as a connector between strategy, planning, and design disciplines 

• Mentor designers and emerging planners supporting planning activities 

• Contribute to internal planning tools, templates, and best practices 

Qualifications and Experience

Education + Degree

• Required: Bachelor’s degree in one of the following: Architecture, Healthcare Administration, Public Health, Urban or Regional Planning, Engineering, Public Policy, Interior Design, or a related field. 

• Preferred: Master’s degree (MPH, MHA, MUP, MCRP, or similar). 

Experience, Certification, or Licensure

• 5-10+ years in healthcare planning, healthcare operations or consulting, facility planning or capital planning, clinical strategy or health systems advisory. 

• Experience supporting facility master plans, functional/space programming, feasibility studies, capital planning initiatives. 

• Experience working directly with clients in a consulting capacity. 

• Ability to operate independently while collaborating within multidisciplinary teams. 

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. 

• Preferred: Experience in federal, tribal, military, VA, IHS, or public-sector healthcare environments. 

• Preferred: Familiarity with healthcare facility planning processes and operational modeling. 

• Preferred: Experience working alongside architecture and engineering teams. 

• Preferred: Experience with medical equipment planning and budgeting. 

• Preferred: Experience supporting sub-consultant coordination. 
• Must have or be able to obtain and maintain a Real ID or Passport in order to undergo commercial airfare travel
• Must have or be able to obtain and maintain a valid driver's license

Technical + Professional Skills

• Proficiency in MS Office (Excel proficiency including pivot tables and complex formulas preferred). 

• Experience with one or more of the following: 

• • AutoCAD, Revit, SketchUp, or other 3D modeling tools 

• • Tableau, Power BI, Alteryx, or similar BI platforms 

• • SQL (intermediate proficiency preferred) 

• • GIS tools (data or graphic application) 

• Ability to translate data into professional graphics and planning narratives 

• Strong analytical and critical-thinking capabilities 

• Clear and professional writing skills 

• Strong graphic communication abilities 

• Comfortable facilitating discussions with diverse stakeholders 

• Organized and detail-oriented 

• Curious, adaptable, and motivated to learn complex systems 

• Team-oriented and mission-driven 

Working Environment

This position primarily operates in a professional office setting with standard office equipment and a quiet, climate-controlled environment. While in the office, there is no regular exposure to loud noise, hazardous materials, or heavy machinery.

This role also requires periodic travel to project sites, including locations undergoing renovation or active construction. During site visits, the employee may be exposed to non-temperature-controlled environments, construction noise, dust, and other typical conditions found on job sites. Appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) may be required during these visits, depending on site conditions. While on site visits, an individual in this role will be required to work atypical hours at the request of the client or role demands.

Physical Demands

Sitting/Standing: This is a sedentary role most of the time. However, during field work, this role requires the ability to be on your feet moving around a construction site for most of the day.

Walking: This role requires the ability to move about outside in various geographic and building terrains to access a construction site to provide quality assurance services.

Stooping/Kneeling/Crouching/Crawling: This role requires stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, and ladder climbing to inspect all aspects of building construction to foundations, crawlspaces, and roofs.

Using Hands/Fingers: This role constantly operates technological office equipment such as laptop, mouse, keyboard, computer monitors, telephones, and scanners, copiers, and fax machines.

Talking/Hearing: This role requires constant communication with others in the organization to exchange information, review information, and make decisions about information.

Seeing: This role requires the ability to see, view, and distinguish all aspects of construction to ensure quality control.

Carrying/Lifting: This role requires lifting up to 30 lbs to transport technological office equipment, safety equipment, and other needed construction items to and from various workspaces. 

Equal Employment Opportunity

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

Native American Hiring Preference

Our parent company, Mno-Bmadsen, prefers to hire Pokagon citizens who are qualified and suitable for available positions. For purposes of this section, “qualified” means that the applicant meets the technical and experiential needs for employment; and “suitable” means that the candidate appears to be the best fit considering present circumstances and conditions. Targeted preference is in the following order:

• First, to qualified Pokagon Band citizens; and
• Second, to qualified spouses and qualified custodial parents; and
• Third, to other qualified Native Americans; and
• Fourth, to all other qualified applicants

Any determinations as to the applicability of the Pokagon hiring preference are at the discretion of each Company President.