Master Facilities Planner – Space & Capital Planning

Washington State Health Care Authority; Lakewood (WA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

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Job summary

Washington Military Department is seeking a Facilities Senior Planner to lead statewide facilities planning, capital programming, and space allocation across WA Army National Guard properties at Camp Murray. The role blends strategic oversight with hands-on project coordination and regulatory compliance.

You will develop budgets, coordinate with OFM, manage consultants, and produce technical reports while ensuring security and access requirements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree involving major study in business or public administration, property or land management, engineering, architecture, planning or closely allied field.
• AND Four years of experience in governmental facilities planning work or in related fields in private industry which would afford familiarity with large scale facilities development and utilization as found at the state level.
• Additional qualifying experience may substitute, year for year, for the education requirement.

Responsibilities

• Capital Programming & Funding: Formulates, justifies, and prioritizes capital improvement submissions for the State Capital Asset Budget; conducts construction cash-flow projections and investment analyses.
• Master Planning & Space Allocation: Standardizes and enforces criteria for space utilization, facility design, layout, and allocation across all Washington Army National Guard (WAARNG) and WMD properties.
• Stakeholder Liaison: Integrates the State Office of Financial Management (OFM) Facility Oversight strategy with the WMD Facility Stationing Committee, serving as the primary Point of Contact (POC) to the NGB Installations Branch.
• Contract & Consultant Management: Directs, monitors, and controls professional engineering, architectural, and planning consulting firms retained by the state; manages procurement and delivery of contracted branch services.
• Technical Reporting: Generates and briefs highly technical planning documents, facility impact analyses, and research papers for agency leadership and state/federal oversight authorities.
• Security & Access Compliance: Maintains active credentials to access federal systems and facilities requiring a Common Access Card (CAC).

Skills

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Education

Bachelor's degree in business/public administration/engineering/architecture/planning

Job description

Washington Military Department is seeking a Facilities Senior Planner to lead statewide facilities planning, capital programming, and space allocation across WA Army National Guard properties at Camp Murray. The role blends strategic oversight with hands-on project coordination and regulatory compliance.

You will develop budgets, coordinate with OFM, manage consultants, and produce technical reports while ensuring security and access requirements.