Community Planner/Manager

Tactica Solutions; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Tactica Solutions LLC seeks an experienced Community Planner to provide SETA support to the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command from Huntsville, Alabama.

The role focuses on long-range installation, facility, infrastructure, and land-use planning to translate mission requirements into coordinated planning solutions. The ideal candidate has military installation-planning experience, strong analytical and coordination skills, and is able to work with leaders and stakeholders to develop

Qualifications

• Five or more years of professional experience in military installation planning or related field.
• Experience supporting DoD, U.S. Army, or Federal agencies.
• Knowledge of installation master planning and space utilization principles.
• U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain secret clearance.

Responsibilities

• Develop and update installation master plans and land-use plans.
• Analyze mission requirements for facilities and infrastructure to identify priorities.
• Evaluate land use, siting, circulation and infrastructure for alignment with mission requirements.
• Support space optimization and planning, including cost information.
• Coordinate with USACE, environmental offices, and stakeholders.

Skills

Installation planning

Analytical skills

Project coordination

Communication skills

Briefing

Education

Bachelor's degree in community planning/urban or regional planning

Master's degree in related field

AICP certification

PMP certification

Tools

ePRISMS

PAX

DD Form 1391 Processor

PC-Cost

HQIIS

GFEBS

Microsoft 365

Teams

Power BI

GIS

Job description

Overview

Community Planner/Manager

Location: Huntsville, Alabama

Salary Range: $100,000.00 - $120,000.00

Clearance: Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance

Citizenship: U.S. citizenship required

About the Role Tactica Solutions LLC is seeking an experienced Community Planner to provide Systems Engineering & Technical Assistance (SETA) support to the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command (USASMDC) Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-4. The position will support long-range installation, facility, infrastructure, and land-use planning from Huntsville, Alabama.The Community Planner will help translate current and future mission requirements into coordinated planning solutions for facilities, infrastructure, space utilization, military construction, sustainment, restoration and modernization, and related investment decisions. The role requires close coordination with USASMDC leadership, installation and garrison organizations, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), architectural and engineering partners, environmental and security offices, and other mission stakeholders.The ideal candidate combines practical military installation-planning experience with strong analytical, project-coordination, and communication skills. This is an advisory SETA role; final Government approvals, funding decisions, contracting actions, and other inherently governmental decisions remain with authorized Government personnel.

What You’ll Do

• Develop, update, and support implementation of installation master plans, area development plans, land-use plans, facility planning studies, and related planning products in accordance with current DoD and Army criteria.
• Analyze existing and projected mission requirements for facilities, utilities, transportation, training areas, community-support functions, and other infrastructure to identify capacity gaps, constraints, and development priorities.
• Evaluate land use, facility siting, development proposals, circulation systems, zoning or compatible-use considerations, and infrastructure relationships for alignment with USASMDC mission requirements.
• Support facility-space optimization, customer authorizations, utilization studies, space-allocation planning, and analysis of existing facility assets to improve use of the Government real-property portfolio.
• Support Military Construction (MILCON) programming and project development, including planning requirements, site selection, scope development, planning-level cost information, and coordination with appropriate Government engineering and programming organizations.
• Review Sustainment, Restoration and Modernization (SRM), MILCON, and other facility-investment proposals for consistency with approved plans, mission priorities, installation constraints, and long-range development objectives.
• Conduct site investigations, planning studies, planning charrettes, workshops, and stakeholder consultations; document findings, alternatives, assumptions, risks, and recommended courses of action.
• Integrate environmental compliance, historic preservation, resilience, energy, sustainability, safety, anti-terrorism/force-protection, transportation, and infrastructure considerations into planning recommendations.
• Coordinate planning efforts with installation leadership, garrison organizations, public works and engineering staff, environmental offices, tenant organizations, USACE, Federal agencies, local governments, and other authorized stakeholders.
• Serve as a planning project lead or technical liaison with USACE, architectural and engineering firms, and other design or planning organizations; review planning deliverables for completeness and consistency with Government requirements.
• Prepare planning documents, maps, reports, executive briefings, planning-level cost information, schedules, action trackers, and decision-quality recommendations for military and civilian leadership.
• Use Army and DoD planning and business systems such as ePRISMS, PAX/DD Form 1391 tools, PC-Cost, HQIIS, GFEBS, Microsoft 365, Teams, Power BI, GIS/spatial-analysis tools, and other authorized databases or analytics platforms to analyze and present planning information.
• Monitor implementation of approved plans, maintain current planning and facility data, and update recommendations as mission requirements, force structure, funding, or installation conditions change.
• Identify conflicts among mission requirements, proposed land uses, facility investments, and infrastructure constraints and develop practical alternatives that support readiness, mission continuity, and efficient use of resources.

Requirements

Required Qualifications

• Five or more years of professional experience in military installation planning, community or regional planning, facility planning, land-use planning, infrastructure planning, real-property planning, or a closely related field.
• Experience supporting DoD, U.S. Army, another Federal agency, or a comparable large-scale facilities or infrastructure organization.
• Working knowledge of installation master planning, land-use planning, facility requirements analysis, space utilization, and long-range infrastructure planning principles.
• Familiarity with current DoD installation master-planning criteria, Army facilities policy, and applicable Federal, State, and local planning requirements.
• Experience supporting MILCON, SRM, facility investment planning, project development, or related capital-planning activities.
• Ability to analyze facility, infrastructure, land-use, and mission data and translate findings into clear planning alternatives and recommendations.
• Experience using ePRISMS or comparable real-property/facility-management systems and familiarity with planning or programming tools such as PAX, DD Form 1391 Processor, PC-Cost, HQIIS, GFEBS, RPLANS, GIS, or similar systems.
• Strong written, oral, analytical, project-coordination, and briefing skills, including the ability to communicate planning issues to senior military and civilian stakeholders.
• Ability to manage multiple planning actions, coordinate across geographically or organizationally dispersed teams, and meet customer and program deadlines.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office 365 applications, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, Outlook, and SharePoint.
• U.S. citizenship.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance for the duration of employment.
• Ability and willingness to travel occasionally in support of customer requirements.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's or master's degree in community planning, urban or regional planning, geography, architecture, landscape architecture, civil engineering, public administration, construction/facilities management, or a related discipline.
• Seven or more years of experience supporting DoD installation master planning, Army facility planning, real-property management, or military infrastructure programs.
• Experience supporting USASMDC, Army Materiel/installation organizations, Space Force installations, or other DoD mission organizations in the Colorado Springs area.
• Experience preparing or supporting DD Form 1391 documentation, PAX processing, planning charrettes, facility requirements analyses, or capital investment strategies.
• Experience with ePRISMS, HQIIS, RPLANS, GFEBS, Army geospatial/GIS tools, or facility-space optimization and utilization programs.
• Experience coordinating with USACE, Directorate of Public Works organizations, architectural and engineering firms, installation environmental offices, or other Federal planning partners.
• Knowledge of military construction programming, SRM planning, facility standards, infrastructure resilience, anti-terrorism/force-protection planning, and environmental planning interfaces.
• American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP), Project Management Professional (PMP), or another relevant professional certification.
• Active Secret clearance.

Candidates who meet the required qualifications are encouraged to apply even if they do not meet every preferred qualification.

What Success Looks Like

• Translate mission growth and operational requirements into practical, supportable facility, land-use, and infrastructure planning actions.
• Maintain accurate, current planning information and identify emerging facility or space requirements before they become mission constraints.
• Ensure MILCON, SRM, and facility-investment proposals are traceable to validated requirements and consistent with long-range planning objectives.
• Surface land-use, infrastructure, environmental, schedule, and funding conflicts early and develop feasible alternatives for Government consideration.
• Provide concise, leadership-ready planning products that clearly explain requirements, risks, tradeoffs, dependencies, and recommended next steps.
• Build effective working relationships across USASMDC, installation organizations, USACE, technical partners, and other mission stakeholders.
• Recognize the distinction between contractor advisory support and Government approval, funding, contracting, and decision authority.

Physical Requirements

This position is primarily office- and computer-based and may involve sitting or standing for extended periods, typing, reviewing maps and technical documents, and reading from a computer screen. The role may require periodic site visits and walking over developed or uneven terrain. It may occasionally require bending, reaching, kneeling, or lifting items weighing up to 30 pounds.

Additional Information

This description provides a general overview of the position and is not intended to identify every possible responsibility. Duties and assignments may evolve based on customer mission requirements, program priorities, contract scope, and business needs.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Tactica Solutions LLC is an equal opportunity employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex—including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions—sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Posted Salary Range

USD $100,000.00 - USD $120,000.00 /Yr.