Facility Planner

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Our Advisory Solutions Planning services span a wide spectrum of expertise — it is the thoughtful integration of multiple practices across Jacobs Advisory Solutions. We are a premier provider of facility planning/programming and consulting services to a variety of government, institutional, military, and corporate clients. These services include Strategic Planning, Facilitation & Stakeholder Engagement, Programming & Portfolio Optimization, and Master Planning & Design meant to enhance our clients’ business efficiencies.

Our team includes planners, facility programmers, architects, landscape architects, interior designers, civil/environmental engineers, economists/business analysts, GIS analysts, graphic designers, and other related disciplines.

Role:
The primary duties of the Associate Facility Planner are to use best practices and knowledge of planning principles to support project teams and to be a resource for colleagues with less experience. This position works independently but collaboratively to deliver a wide range of federal planning projects, including Department of Defense (Air Force, Army, Navy, and Marine Corps), U.S. Intelligence Community, or a range of federal civilian agencies.

A Facility Planner is responsible for conducting and documenting physical and functional facility analysis to assist our clients in better understanding their space needs, risks, and opportunities within their current or projected facility portfolio. Tasks involve defining operational and mission requirements and developing strategies to support the changing needs over time. A Facility Planner applies data research and interview techniques to gather and analyze data to help define future requirements.

Projects range from small, medium, or large master planning and facility planning efforts. Responsibilities will include supporting planning recommendations developed by the team, developing programming documentation (DD Form
1391) , project validation, and corresponding documentation in compliance with all applicable Federal and DoD policies and criteria. Planning projects may also include Vision Plans, Area Development Plans, District Plans, and Installation Development Plans that require knowledge and application of applicable Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC) guidance. The Associate Facility Planner should possess the following qualities:

• Planning knowledge:
  Demonstrated knowledge and experience in the application of the philosophies and techniques of federal, urban, regional, military, and/or facilities planning.
• Research skills:
  Demonstrated knowledge and experience in research, data collection, and interviews.
• Facilitation
  
  Skills:
  
  Group facilitation skills or interview skills for use with client workshops and team charrette experience.
• Critical Thinking:
  Solves complex problems; takes a new perspective using existing solutions
• Client relations:
  Proven desire to develop client relationships.
• Deliverable Management:
  Support planning team with document layouts, various charts/figures, brochures, posters, slide shows, and provision of deliverables in a variety of media formats. Graphic design skills are preferred.
• Communication
  
  Skills:
  
  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.

Your most impactful mission in this role is to support our clients and to do so while living inclusion every day. For us, this means creating a culture of belonging where we all thrive by embracing all perspectives. An inclusive culture with many perspectives through diverse backgrounds allows us to leverage knowledge, leadership, and connection to bring forth opportunity, creativity and growth.

We value collaboration and believe that in-person interactions are crucial for both…