Facilities Planner

University of Virginia; Charlottesville (VA); On-site; USD 59,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a skilled Project Manager to oversee various facilities management activities. This role involves leading multi-disciplinary teams, managing complex projects, and ensuring adherence to budget and schedule. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in project management, excellent communication skills, and a solid understanding of building codes and healthcare settings. Join a dynamic environment where your expertise will contribute to the successful execution of significant projects, enhancing the operational efficiency and safety of facilities. If you're ready to make a meaningful impact, this opportunity is for you.

Qualifications

• 2-4 years of Facilities Management experience required.
• Bachelor's Degree required, Master's preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage multiple complex Facilities Projects from initiation to completion.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and best building practices.

Skills

Project Management

Budget Management

Team Leadership

Risk Mitigation

Knowledge of Building Codes

Communication Skills

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Master’s Degree

Job description

Performs a variety project management activities for Facilities Management typically involving design and construction. Develops comprehensive plans, leads multi-disciplinary teams, and monitors project progress providing updates to leadership and key stakeholders.

• Manages the simultaneous completion of multiple and/or large complex Facilities Projects including multi-year new building constructions, renovations, clinical and operational moves/logistics, space programming and planning, and maintenance activities, independently.

• Facilitates all phases of a project including, but not limited to, design, creation of budgets, requisitions and oversight of construction, site activation and fit out, logistics planning, and coordination of site acclamation/training.

• Responsible for ensuring that scope, schedule and budget are observed. Mitigates risk and cost while organizing team goals, developing the project's critical pathway and building consensus across multiple Health System teams.

• Leads a large, multi-disciplinary project team inclusive of internal and external resources, from project initiation to conclusion of its punchlist.

• Reviews status of project scope, schedule and budget providing updates to leadership. Assesses project issues and develops resolutions to problems to meet multiple Health System goals and objectives.

• Ensures compliance with applicable regulatory requirements, State and Federal codes, and Medical Center policy requirements.

• Possesses a working knowledge of building codes, fire and life safety codes, ADA codes, modern concepts of form and function in a healthcare setting, best building practices and is capable of generating and/or interpreting basic floor layouts based upon end-users' communicated needs, service requirements and knowledge of patient/caregiver processes and flow.

• Follows approved mechanisms for monitoring project progress and for intervention and problem solving with administration, managers, clients, vendors, etc. to overcome obstacles, delays or budgetary challenges while successfully meeting organizational needs.

• Leads teams.

Position Compensation Range: $59,072.00 - $94,515.20 Annual

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

Education: Bachelor’s Degree Required Masters Degree preferred
Experience: 2-4 years of Facilities Management experience.
Licensure: None required.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

Job requires frequently traveling (distance: 1 mile). Proficient communicative, auditory and visual skills; Attention to detail and ability to write legibly; Ability to lift/push/pull 20 - 50lbs.

The University of Virginia, including the UVA Health System which represents the UVA Medical Center, Schools of Medicine and Nursing, UVA Physicians Group and the Claude Moore Health Sciences Library, are fundamentally committed to the diversity of our faculty and staff. We believe diversity is excellence expressing itself through every person's perspectives and lived experience. We are equal opportunity employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, race, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, veteran or military status, and family medical or genetic information.