Senior Planner: Projects & Budgets

State of Ohio; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 54,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Multiple pay increases over your first

Free Parking

Free Onsite Gym and Walking Path

Daycare On-site

Cafeteria On-site

Job summary

The Ohio Department of Public Safety, Director's Office/Facility Management in Columbus, is seeking a Planner 2. Full-time, 8:00am–5:00pm, in the Charles D Shipley Building.

The role focuses on project compliance, fiscal coordination, and supporting construction and maintenance projects for ODPS. You will prepare memoranda and contracts, develop bid tabulations, monitor budgets using OAKS, Excel, and Access, and recommend cost-control actions.

Qualifications

• Completion of undergraduate core program or 24 mos. exp. in assigned program area.
• AND 6 mos. trg. or 6 mos. exp. in operational, mathematical, analytical or statistical research methods used in conducting & documenting research studies
• AND 1 course or 3 mos. exp. in public relations
• AND 1 course or 3 mos. exp. in budgeting
• AND 1 course or 3 mos. exp. in technical writing or business communication.
• OR 6 mos. exp. as Planner 1, 85311, in assigned program area.
• Assigned program area: Completion of an undergraduate core program or 24 months experience in Business Administration, Public Administration, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Under direction of the Planner Supervisor, acts as project compliance & fiscal coordinator over projects for the Facility Management Office.
• Assists in preparation memoranda, professional services contracts, construction contracts, escrow agreements, addenda, agreements & other legal instruments for the Ohio Department of Public Safety (ODPS).
• Prepares bid tabulation worksheets, works with the designer &/or architect assisting in bid preparation & bid tabulation at bid opening.
• Tracks funds available &/or expenditures for construction projects & maintenance activity using OAKS, Excel spreadsheets & Facility Management Access database.
• Recommends actions pertaining to cost overruns, release of funds, fund transfers &/or related actions & updates Facility Management procedures as required.

Skills

Planning and Development

Budgeting

Analytical methods

Public relations

Technical writing

Education

Undergraduate core program

Public relations course

Budgeting course

Technical writing course

Job description

The Ohio Department of Public Safety, Director's Office/Facility Management in Columbus, is seeking a Planner 2. Full-time, 8:00am–5:00pm, in the Charles D Shipley Building.

The role focuses on project compliance, fiscal coordination, and supporting construction and maintenance projects for ODPS. You will prepare memoranda and contracts, develop bid tabulations, monitor budgets using OAKS, Excel, and Access, and recommend cost-control actions.