The Building People, LLC, has a position open for a full-time Mid Level - Planning Specialist, with an active Top Secret Clearance for a facilities engineering program to support a federal Agency. The Planning Specialist will assist the Customer Relationship Manager (CRM), client, and project execution team by developing an overarching plan for their assigned projects. The general responsibilities for Mid Level Level are as follows, to include but not limited to:

• Serves as primary interface with Business Division(s) and client disciplines to understand business direction and changing workplace needs.
• Applies knowledge to forecast space requirements and develops space needs based against business and market conditions.
• Develops executable plans to support the business needs, corporate objectives, and initiatives.
• Identifies, analyzes, and applies related data regarding the creation and execution of physical or virtual space solutions.
• Produces visual display of quantitative and qualitative information.
• Illustrates organizational, operational, and functional relationships that pose physical and spatial impacts.
• Generates conceptual solutions that respond to client's spatial requirements, physical planning constraints, and corresponding IT, HR, and compliance requirements.
• Develops, maintains, and provides reports, including agreed upon critical success factors on measures of work environment efficiency, effectiveness, and expression.
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• Attends Client meetings, draft meeting minutes and obtain approvals to proceed when required. Conduct interviews and discussions with the client to gather, coordinate, and synthesize project requirements, functional, and operational issues.
• Develops project-level and portfolio-level solutions based on interpretation of the program data and preparation of recommendations. Validates all program data.
• Prepares migration/origination plans, schematic schedules, stack, and block fit plans.
• Implements schedules of critical path and milestone events.
• Serves as a point of contact throughout the Migration Planning Process.
• Maintains thorough knowledge of current and future space needs and understanding of the business direction and changing workplace needs.
• Provides business case analysis and documentation that meet the Client's requirements and are consistently in alignment with Client's goals and objectives.
• Ensures occupancy plans are aligned with client and organization strategies.
• Develops project-level and portfolio-level solutions based on interpretation of the program data and preparation of recommendations.
• Partners with client leadership in researching, evaluating, and improving client and service delivery processes.
• Other duties may be assigned.
• Decisions made with thorough understanding of procedures, company policies, and business practices to achieve general results and deadlines.

Qualifications:

• Active Top Secret Clearance.
• Bachelor's degree (BA/BS) from 4-year College or university. Minimum 3-5 years' experience directly related to the delivery of strategic planning services; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum 3 years' experience in management. AutoCAD drawing experience is preferred. CAFM software experience is preferred.
• Professional Registration in Architecture or Interior Design preferred.
• Certification in Corporate Real Estate, LEED or Facilities Management preferred.
• Ability to comprehend, analyze, and interpret complex documents

*Our positions may require a background screening and clearance directly from the Government.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Competitive benefits for eligible employees include:

• Medical & Rx
• Dental
• Vision
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Life Insurance/AD&D
• Long Term Disability and Short-Term Disability
• Paid Time Off
• Holiday Pay

All positions require a background check after acceptance of our offer. The selected candidate will be eligible to begin employment before the background check has been finalized. However, continued employment will be contingent upon the results of your reference/background check from The Building People, LLC. Your position may require special credentialing, clearance, and access as a condition of employment. In the event the government or client does not sponsor or approve your clearance, it may result in termination of your employment.

If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by email at and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Requests for accommodation will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Please note that only inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this e-mail address.

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