1. Develops planning models based on the needs of department and institutional priorities. 2. Participates in the resolution of planning and technical conflicts and recommends cost effective options and approaches. 3. Ensures that institutional planning objectives and strategies are incorporated into departmental plans and projects. 4. Manages authorizations by preparing succinct presentations that distill complex project issues into distinct, clear options, thereby allowing for informed and timely decision-making. 5. Establishes priorities for the allocation of design resources. Provides information and recommendations on physical and comprehensive planning and design issues, large scale planning studies, and special facilities planning topics. 6. Manages and reviews the progress and quality of the work performed by outside and in-house consultants. Manages the work efforts of external architects and engineers. 7. Acts 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. 8. Provides advice to ensure conformity with specifications, codes, regulations, and University Design Standards. Develops engineering and architectural program requirements. 9. Resolves conflicting issues with consultants, project scope, budgets and schedules. Develops overall project budgets including construction, consultant and other fees, furnishings and equipment, operations and testing costs. Manages the selection of consultants. 10. Ensures projects in the planning phase are completed within the approved budget and schedule, and conform to applicable codes and zoning ordinances. 11. May perform other duties as assigned.

Required Skill/ability 1:  Knowledge of architectural planning, design, and construction processes. Solid technical knowledge of data collection, analysis, and interpretation for executive decision making (including ROI) and feasibility studies.

Required Skill/ability 2:  Advanced team building skills. Strong written and oral communication skills and ability to make effective presentations to inform key stakeholders. Must possess strong business analysis and negotiation skills.

Required Skill/ability 3:  Strong proficiency in Excel, Word, PowerPoint, eBuilder, and construction scheduling software. Project cost management and experience with eBuilder, Procore, Unifier, Bluebeam REVU preferred. 

Required Skill/ability 4:  Significant experience in the preparation of project budgets, design and construction cost estimating and reconciliation and the development of project schedules.

Required Skill/ability 5:  Ability to process multiple assignments, set priorities, and to lead third party contracted teams to meet objectives.

Preferred Education:  

Master's degree in Engineering, Architecture or Construction Management preferred.
Five years' experience in project management for multiple project portfolios preferred.
Previous experience with design and construction of multiple discipline science & technology building programs (or equivalent, e.g. medical facilities), preferred.