Sr. Planner

New Haven, CT
Management – Massachusetts /
full-time /
On-site

Duties & Responsibilities

    • Experience in Lab Design, Medical or Clinical Design. 
    • Will work on projects ranging from Wet Bench Lab renovations, specialty Lab Support renovations including large scanner rooms and vivarium facilities and infrastructural upgrades. 
    • Must have good working knowledge of building utilities and MEP systems. 
    • Must be well organized and able to handle multiple projects simultaneously. 
    • Projects will include full floor comprehensive renovations as well as light touch refresh in order to accommodate needs quickly. 
    • Develop scope of work (formulation) documents that come from an ongoing Master Planning effort.
    • Develop planning models based on the needs of department and institutional priorities.
    • Participate in the resolution of planning and technical conflicts and recommend cost effective options and approaches.
    • Ensure that institutional planning objectives and strategies are incorporated into departmental plans and projects.
    • Manage authorizations by preparing succinct presentations that distill complex project issues into distinct, clear options, thereby allowing for informed and timely decision-making.
    • Provide information and recommendations on physical and comprehensive planning and design issues, large scale planning studies, and special facilities planning topics.
    • Manage and review the progress and quality of the work performed by outside and in-house consultants.
    • Act as the primary contact among project architects, other consultants various building committees, technical and operations groups, and staff members during the planning phase of the project.
    • Provide advice to ensure conformity with specifications, codes, regulations, and University Design Standards.
    • Develop architectural program requirements.
    • Develop overall project budgets including construction, consultant and other fees, furnishings and equipment, operations and testing costs.
    • Ensure projects in the planning phase are completed within the approved budget and schedule.

Required Qualifications

    • Minimum of 10 years of related experience.
    • Planning and design experience with a degree in architecture required.
    • Demonstrated experience using cloud-based construction management software solutions to manage projects.
    • Master’s degree and 4-6 years of professional experience in Architecture, Engineering, Facilities Management, Urban Planning, or a closely related field, preferred.
    • Architectural license preferred.
    • Experience in facilities management, maintenance planning, or a similar role preferred.