Sr. Planner/Project Manager

The Buildings & Infrastructure (B&I) Line of Business is a global network of approximately 11,500 employees, which serves both the private and public sector.   Our employees work to shape the communities we live in by creating world-class projects that transform the future development patterns of those communities.  We provide our clients award-winning planning, engineering, architectural and interior design, construction and program management, and design-build project delivery.    The Jacobs business model allows us to successfully service our clients, leverage our integrated services, and provide our employees with growth opportunities while delivering global solutions to our client’s local programs.

We consistently receive high rankings from Engineering News-Record (ENR) in many classifications, including the categories of Top Design Firms, Top Contractors, Top Green Buildings Design Firms, and Top Transportation Companies.

The Advance Planning Group (APG) within Jacobs is a premier provider of facility planning/programming and consulting services to a variety of government, institutional, military, and corporate clients. These services include feasibility studies, project development studies, design guidelines, facility master plans, workplace strategies, visioning sessions, portfolio strategies, and real estate advisory services meant to enhance our clients’ business efficiencies. APG includes professionals within three specific service lines – Facility Strategies, Urban Design and Planning, and Visual Media. The APG team includes facility programmers, architects, interior designers, engineers, business analysts, workplace strategists, planners, landscape architects, graphic designers, and other related disciplines.

The primary duties of the Senior Planner/Senior Project Manager are to lead and manage planning teams to deliver a wide range of federal planning projects, including Department of Defense (Air Force, Army, Navy and Marine Corps), US Intelligence Community and a range of federal civilian agencies.  Projects can range from medium- to larger-size master planning, facility planning and asset management projects.  Responsibilities will include managing teams to plan, prepare, and develop planning recommendations, mapping and corresponding documentation in compliance with all applicable Federal and DoD policies and criteria.  Projects could include, but not be limited to Vision Plans, Area Development Plans and Installation Development Plans that require knowledge and application of applicable Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC) for planning, including Form-Based Codes, New Urbanism, LEED, Smart City planning, and other sustainable/resilience planning strategies.

• Demonstrated knowledge and experience in the application of the philosophies, principals, practices & techniques of federal, urban, regional and/or facilities planning.

• Demonstrated knowledge and experience in the application of principles, methodology, practices of research, data collection, and interviews.

• Demonstrated knowledge, experience and application of planning disciplines such as urban design, environmental planning, military planning, economic development, or land use.

• Solid understanding of integration of geospatial technology to the overall planning process, including use, principles, and federal data standards is expected.  Working knowledge and application experience using and applying GIS preferred.

• Group facilitation skills for use with community workshops and team charrette experience.

• Proven ability to develop scope parameters, prepare fee proposals and define external and internal project schedules, graphic components, mapping/planning graphic elements, and writing assignments based on a defined Scope of Work.

• Proven ability to manage the financial performance of large complex planning assignments, including tracking and maintaining overall project financial metrics and performance, schedules, subconsultants, revenue projections, client invoicing, overall budgets, and monthly financial updates and reporting effectively and efficiently using Jacobs project management systems.

• Proven ability to develop, interface, and manage client relationships.

• Manage design and/or mentor the design of overall planning documents page layouts, various charts/figures, brochures, posters, slide shows, and provision of deliverables in a variety of media formats. Graphic design skills are preferred.

• Advanced English language skills, both written and verbal, to include technical writing/editing experience and a demonstrated ability to write, edit, and deliver planning content.

• Proven ability to read, analyze, and interpret technical material, financial reports, and legal documents.

• Bachelor’s and/or Master’s Degree in Planning, Landscape Architecture, Geography or a related field required.

• Accreditation and/or license in professional field.  American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) preferred.

• Minimum of 18 years of professional planning experience. Candidates possessing a Master’s degree in planning or a related field, professional training certifications may substitute this for professional planning experience.

• Previous proven and successful experience working as Senior Planner/Senior Project Manager managing multiple planning teams required.

• Demonstrated experience in land use planning, site planning and site design

• Proven ability to cultivate positive work relationships.

• Military planning experience required; Air Force experience required.

• Must demonstrate excellent writing, oral, presentation, and graphic communication skills.

• Must demonstrate team work, informed decision making, judgment and problem solving.

• Must demonstrate excellent organizational skills, be resourceful and self-directed.

• Skilled using geospatial applications, including knowledge of the federal geospatial structure using ArcGIS software to support the spatial data component of comprehensive planning, including compilation and consolidation of spatial data to create maps to support planning decisions.

• Skilled using Autodesk AutoCAD software.

• Skilled using SketchUp 3D Modeling software.

• Skilled using Microsoft Office Applications, including MS Word, MS Excel, and MS PowerPoint software.

• Skilled using Adobe Creative Suite applications including InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator software.

• Must keep current in the planning/design specialty through continuing education and accreditation and license requirements.

• Candidates need to be effective verbal and nonverbal communicators.

• All candidates are required to have the ability to pass a security / background check and security clearance investigation.

• This position will require a U.S. Passport and the ability to travel overseas as needed.

At Jacobs, we help prepare people for new opportunities and challenges. With positions at every level, openings in multiple disciplines, expertise in a range of markets and offices around the globe, we create an environment where you can learn, grow, and thrive. From our competitive benefits program to our Health and Safety initiative of Beyond Zero workplace injuries, we believe that you’ll find a flourishing career here at Jacobs.

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