Lead Laboratory Planner – Research Capital Projects

Yale University; New Haven (CT); On-site; USD 90,000 - 165,750; Full time

Job summary

Yale University seeks a senior planning and program leadership professional to oversee the science and research capital portfolio on central campus. You will co-lead a multi-project portfolio from feasibility through transition to operations, guiding lab ventilation, containment, vivarium, and imaging environments while coordinating with EH&S and operations to protect research continuity.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree in Architecture or Planning and seven years of related experience,

Qualifications

• Knowledge of laboratory and research-building planning, design, and construction, including lab ventilation and pressurization, containment, and lab support systems.
• Advanced team leadership and communication skills, with a strong ability to present planning options and recommendations to faculty, EH&S, operations, and institutional stakeholders.
• Proficiency in Excel, Word, construction scheduling software, and project management information systems, with solid project cost management experience.
• Strong organizational, analytical, and managerial skills to carry multiple concurrent projects in occupied research buildings, set priorities, and plan utility shutdowns and phasing that protect research continuity.
• Ability to lead third-party contracted teams and communicate with researchers and diverse communities to understand and translate specific programmatic needs.
• Bachelor's Degree in Architecture or Planning and seven years of related work experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Responsibilities

• Develops planning models based on the needs of department and institutional priorities.
• Participates in the resolution of planning and technical conflicts and recommends cost effective options and approaches.
• Ensures that institutional planning objectives and strategies are incorporated into departmental plans and projects.
• Manages authorizations by preparing succinct presentations that distill complex project issues into distinct, clear options, thereby allowing for informed and timely decision-making.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Provides advice to ensure conformity with specifications, codes, regulations, and University Design Standards.
• Develops engineering and architectural program requirements.
• 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.
• Ensures projects in the planning phase are completed within the approved budget and schedule, and conform to applicable codes and zoning ordinances.
• May perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Lab planning

Team leadership

Project software

Project management

Vendor management

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Architecture or Planning

Tools

PMIS (e-Builder)

BIM / 3D modeling

Databases & reporting tools

Job description

Yale University seeks a senior planning and program leadership professional to oversee the science and research capital portfolio on central campus. You will co-lead a multi-project portfolio from feasibility through transition to operations, guiding lab ventilation, containment, vivarium, and imaging environments while coordinating with EH&S and operations to protect research continuity.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree in Architecture or Planning and seven years of related experience,