Senior Facility Planner/Senior Project Manager

Jacobs; San Diego (CA); Hybrid; USD 128,000 - 224,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) plan

Stock purchase

PPTO policy

Holiday leave

Caregiver leave

Job summary

Jacobs is seeking a Senior Facility Planner/Senior Project Manager to independently and collaboratively lead federal planning projects, including DoD and intelligence-related work. You will guide multidisciplinary teams, develop operational strategies, and document planning analyses to support space needs and future requirements.

Ideal candidates bring a strong background in land use and site planning, plus proficiency in MS Office and Adobe Creative Suite.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s and/or Master’s Degree in Architecture, Interior Design, Planning, Landscape Architecture, or a related field.
• At least 10 years of professional planning experience; degrees or certifications may substitute for experience.
• Experience leading multiple planning teams and projects as Senior Planner/Senior Project Manager.
• Experience in land use planning, site planning and/or site design.
• Ability to cultivate positive relationships with multi-disciplinary teams.
• Military planning experience is a plus.
• Proficiency with MS Office, Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator).
• Knowledge of AutoCAD, SketchUp, GIS is beneficial.
• Willingness to work in a hybrid environment with some office presence in San Diego.
• Travel to fulfill the position and occasional international travel.

Responsibilities

• Lead project planning efforts independently and with multidisciplinary teams.
• Manage multiple planning projects including DoD and federal citations.
• Prepare planning recommendations, DD 1391 forms, and related documentation.
• Develop scope, schedules, and graphic components for plans.
• Maintain financial performance across large planning assignments.
• Foster client relationships and ensure high-quality deliverables.
• Communicate clearly in written and verbal English, including technical writing.

Skills

Planning knowledge

Research skills

Facilitation skills

Critical thinking

Scope development

Financial management

Client relations

Deliverable management

Communication skills

Education

Architecture

Planning

Interior Design

Landscape Architecture

Tools

MS Office

Adobe Creative Suite

InDesign

Photoshop

Illustrator

AutoCAD

SketchUp

GIS

Job description

At Jacobs, we're challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world's most critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environments, mission-critical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery and cutting-edge manufacturing, turning abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for good.

Your impact

Our Advisory Solutions Planning services span a wide spectrum of expertise — it is the thoughtful integration of multiple practices across Jacobs Advisory Solutions. We are a premier provider of facility planning/programming and consulting services to a variety of government, institutional, military, and corporate clients. These services include Strategic Planning, Facilitation & Stakeholder Engagement, Programming & Portfolio Optimization, and Master Planning & Design meant to enhance our clients’ business efficiencies. Our team includes planners, facility programmers, architects, landscape architects, interior designers, civil/environmental engineers, economists/business analysts, GIS analysts, graphic designers, and other related disciplines.

Role

The primary duties of the Senior Facility Planner/Senior Project Manager are to independently and collaboratively lead project planning efforts and manage multi-disciplinary planning teams to deliver a wide range of federal planning projects, including Department of Defense (Air Force, Army, Navy and Marine Corps), US Intelligence Community or a range of federal civilian agencies.

A Facility Planner is responsible for conducting and documenting physical and functional facility analysis to assist our clients in better understanding their space needs, risks and opportunities within their current or projected facility portfolio. Tasks involve defining operational patterns and mission requirements and developing strategies to support the changing needs over time. A Facility Planner applies data research and interview techniques to gather and analyze data to predict future requirements.

Projects can range from medium- to larger-size master planning and facility planning efforts. Responsibilities will include planning, preparing, and developing planning recommendations, DD 1391 forms and background documentation, project validation, and corresponding documentation in compliance with all applicable Federal and DoD policies and criteria, Planning Charrette Report (PCR), District Plan, Requirements Analysis and Planning Charrette packages. Planning projects may also include Vision Plans, Area Development Plans and Installation Development Plans that require knowledge and application of applicable Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC) for planning.

• Planning knowledge Demonstrated knowledge and experience in the application of the philosophies and techniques of federal, urban, regional, military, and/or facilities planning.
• Research skills Demonstrated knowledge and experience in research, data collection, and interviews.
• Facilitation Skills Group facilitation skills for use with client workshops and team charrette experience.
• Critical Thinking Solves complex problems; takes a broad perspective to identify innovative solutions; identifies applications of functional knowledge and existing methodologies to complex problems
• Scope development Proven ability to develop scope parameters, prepare fee proposals and define external and internal project schedules, graphic components, mapping/planning graphic elements, and writing assignments based on a defined Scope of Work.
• Financial Management Proven ability to manage the financial performance of large complex planning assignments, including tracking and maintaining overall project financial metrics and performance, schedules, subconsultants, revenue projections, client invoicing, overall budgets, and monthly financial updates and reporting effectively and efficiently using Jacobs’s project management systems.
• Client relations Proven ability to develop, interface, and manage client relationships.
• Deliverable management Manage design and/or mentor the development of document layouts, charts/figures, brochures, posters, slide shows, and provision of deliverables in a variety of media formats. Graphic design skills are preferred.
• Communication Skills Advanced English language skills, both written and verbal, to include technical writing/editing experience and a demonstrated ability to write, edit, and deliver planning content.

Your most impactful mission in this role is to support our clients and to do so while living inclusion every day. For us, this means creating a culture of belonging where we all thrive by embracing all perspectives. An inclusive culture with many perspectives through diverse backgrounds allows us to leverage knowledge, leadership, and connection to bring forth opportunity, creativity and growth.

We value collaboration and believe that in-person interactions are crucial for both our culture and client delivery. We empower employees with our hybrid working policy, allowing them to split their work week between Jacobs offices/projects and remote locations enabling them to deliver their best work.

Here’s what you’ll need

• Bachelor's and/or Master’s Degree in Architecture, Interior Design, Planning, Landscape Architecture, or a related field
• At least 10 years of professional planning experience. Candidates possessing a Master's degree in planning or a related field, or professional training certifications may substitute this for professional planning experience.
• Previous proven and successful experience working as Senior Planner/Senior Project Manager managing multiple planning teams and projects and serves as a best practice/quality resource
• Demonstrated experience in land use planning, site planning and/or site design.
• Proven ability to cultivate positive work relationships with multi-disciplinary teams for holistic solutions
• Military planning experience.
• Skilled in the following software Microsoft Office Applications, Adobe Creative Suite applications including InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator.
• Beneficial to have experience with Autodesk AutoCAD, SketchUp 3D Modeling, PC Cost, and GIS
• Candidate is expected to work in a virtual hybrid environment, with approximately two days per week at the San Diego office for team meetings and other collaboration.
• Candidate will be expected to travel to fulfill this position.
• Travel is usually a couple of days up to one week at a time, with some instances of two weeks at a time for international destinations.
• United States Citizenship

Ideally You’ll Also Have

• Accreditation and/or license in professional field. American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP), Project Management Professional (PMP), or a related certification.

Our health and welfare benefits are designed to invest in you, and in the things you care about. Your health. Your well-being. Your security. Your future. Employees have access to medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance, a 401(k) plan, and the ability to purchase company stock at a discount. Eligible employees may also enroll in a deferred compensation plan or the Executive Deferral Plan. Jacobs has an unlimited U.S. Personalized Paid Time Off (PPTO) policy for full-time salaried/exempt employees, seven paid holidays, and caregiver leave. And certain roles may be eligible for additional rewards, including merit increases, performance discretionary bonus, and stock.

The base salary range for this position is $127,700.00 to $223,500.00. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

Job posted on September 22, 2026. This position will be open for at least 3 days.

We value collaboration and believe that in-person interactions are crucial for both our culture and client delivery. We empower employees with our hybrid working policy, allowing them to split their work week between Jacobs offices/projects and remote locations enabling them to deliver their best work.

Your application experience is important to us, and we’re keen to adapt to make every interaction even better. If you require further support or reasonable adjustments with regards to the recruitment process (for example, you require the application form in a different format), please contact the team via Careers Support.