Job Description

Senior Campus Planner

22-Jan-2025
Senior Campus Planner

Harvard Medical School

67804BR

Position Description

As Senior Campus Planner, you will be part of a vibrant, growing team with varied backgrounds, areas of focus, and skillsets. Our department is responsible for all planning, design, and construction activities at Harvard Medical School. As part of this team, you will independently lead both comprehensive and targeted feasibility studies, including for renewal, either done in-house or through the management of external consultants.

Reporting to the Associate Director of Planning for Renewal the Senior Campus Planner will partner with various stakeholders representing all facets of facility services, research, education and administrative departments, and consultants to propose innovative solutions. In this position, you will play a crucial role in informing project planning and long-range multi-year capital planning.

You might be the right person for this role if you enjoy the puzzle of collecting potentially disparate pieces of information to organize and present innovative approaches. You relish finding creative ways to optimize resources to support the continued operation of a thriving education and research community. You may have had a background in planning, design, engineering, project management or other. On past projects, you may have built a familiarity with building systems, facilities condition assessments, lifecycle, and decarbonization planning through your project work. Strong analytical skills will be critical to the success of this role. If this sounds like you, but maybe your background or experience deviates from some of the qualifications, please consider applying. We're dedicated to finding the right person.

Core Duties:

• Manage and lead complex strategic planning and feasibility studies for the short and long-term development of the school, including existing use, campus growth, and multi-year capital plan integration. Determines and recommends initiatives in areas of focus and contracts with all necessary firms and specialty consultants required for successful completion of project. Identifies and recommends scope or approach to improve effectiveness of feasibility studies.
• Lead strategic project planning. Establish high level scopes of work, urgency assessments, alternates, schedules, and target budgets for program and funding approval.
• Evaluate and identify alternative strategies, design approaches, and construction solutions on a regular frequency to ensure highest and best use of the school's physical and financial resources.
• Identify opportunities to integrate University and School carbon neutrality, decarbonization, and carbon zero goals into proposed projects.
• Establish project program, budget, scope, timeline, or delivery of proposed project plans to address risk and maximize opportunities for a successful project.
• Mediate solutions for issues and facilitates consensus building amongst stakeholder groups with varying priorities and viewpoints.
• Manage campus renewal portfolios as assigned. Perform condition assessments and analysis. Presents findings and recommendations to leadership. Outline high level scope definition for improvements on spaces and assets identified for improvements annually.

Additional Duties:

• Lead project teams including end user and stakeholder groups, leadership, and HMS department representatives.
• Oversee the selection process and management of A/E firms, consultants, and contractors.
• Identify budgeting and garners project and funding approvals. Effectively transitions approved projects to project management staff.
• Ensures program, goals, and objectives defined in planning are implemented in design and construction phases.
• Other duties as assigned.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in architecture, engineering, planning or other relevant fields required.
• 8+ years of experience in related area with increasing responsibilities.

Additional Qualifications and Skills

• Demonstrated understanding of building systems including HVAC equipment and systems, linear infrastructure and decarbonization planning.
• Knowledge of renewal best practices.
• Proficient in AutoCAD and/or Revit, Microsoft Office.
• Experience in renewal or infrastructure planning highly preferred.
• License, certification or master's degree preferred.
• Experience collecting and analyzing large amounts of data.
• Strong analytical, presentation and communication skills.
• Strong problem solving and decision-making skills.
• Client-service approach to projects.
• Knowledge of cost estimation and scheduling.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to foster a solid working relationship with a variety of customers and constituents, including senior administration and faculty, as well as technical and operations staff.
• Works equally well independently and in collaborative environments.
• Ability to manage multiple projects of varying sizes with internal and external stakeholders simultaneously.
• Proven ability to manage and resolve issues, under a variety of circumstances and urgency, with insight, diplomacy, and sensitivity, as well as coordinate and direct a multi-disciplined team which includes managers and peers independently and effectively.
• Familiarity with City, State, and Federal codes and ordinances.
• Knowledge with lab building construction and renovations in both new and aged facilities requiring coordination of utility and or structural impacts to occupied research facilities.
• Familiarity with project management, architecture, engineering, design, and construction best practices.
• Project management experience preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and maintain project budgets and schedules, as well as plan and manage projects to achieve deadlines and objectives.
• Knowledge of and ability to identify project risks.

Additional Information

The health of our workforce is a priority for Harvard University. With that in mind, we strongly encourage all employees to be up-to-date on CDC-recommended vaccines.

Please note that we are currently conducting a majority of interviews and onboarding remotely and virtually. We appreciate your understanding.

The Harvard Medical School is not able to provide visa sponsorship for this position.

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Work Format Details

This is a hybrid position that is based in Massachusetts. Additional details will be discussed during the interview process. All remote work must be performed within one of the Harvard Registered Payroll States, which currently includes Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Virginia, Washington, and California (CA for exempt positions only). Certain visa types and funding sources may limit work location. Individuals must meet work location sponsorship requirements prior to employment.

Benefits

We invite you to visit Harvard's Total Rewards website (https://hr.harvard.edu/totalrewards) to learn more about our outstanding benefits package, which may include:

• Paid Time Off: 3-4 weeks of accrued vacation time per year (3 weeks for support staff and 4 weeks for administrative/professional staff), 12 accrued sick days per year, 12.5 holidays plus a Winter Recess in December/January, 3 personal days per year (prorated based on date of hire), and up to 12 weeks of paid leave for new parents who are primary care givers.
• Health and Welfare: Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits, disability and life insurance programs, along with voluntary benefits. Most coverage begins as of your start date.
• Work/Life and Wellness: Child and elder/adult care resources including on campus childcare centers, Employee Assistance Program, and wellness programs related to stress management, nutrition, meditation, and more.
• Retirement: University-funded retirement plan with contributions from 5% to 15% of eligible compensation, based on age and earnings with full vesting after 3 years of service.
• Tuition Assistance Program: Competitive program including $40 per class at the Harvard Extension School and reduced tuition through other participating Harvard graduate schools.
• Tuition Reimbursement: Program that provides 75% to 90% reimbursement up to $5,250 per calendar year for eligible courses taken at other accredited institutions.
• Professional Development: Programs and classes at little or no cost, including through the Harvard Center for Workplace Development and LinkedIn Learning.
• Commuting and Transportation: Various commuter options handled through the Parking Office, including discounted parking, half-priced public transportation passes and pre-tax transit passes, biking benefits, and more.
• Harvard Facilities Access, Discounts and Perks: Access to Harvard athletic and fitness facilities, libraries, campus events, credit union, and more, as well as discounts to various types of services (legal, financial, etc.) and cultural and leisure activities throughout metro-Boston.

Job Function

Facilities

Department Office Location

USA - MA - Boston

Job Code

332059 Construction/Proj Managmnt

Work Format

Hybrid (partially on-site, partially remote)

Sub-Unit

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059

Department

Campus Planning and Facilities - Planning Design and Construction

Union

00 - Non Union, Exempt or Temporary

Time Status

Full-time

Pre-Employment Screening

Credit, Criminal, Education, Identity

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We are committed to cultivating an inclusive workplace culture of faculty, staff, and students with diverse backgrounds, styles, abilities, and motivations. We appreciate and leverage the capabilities, insights, and ideas of all individuals. https://hms.harvard.edu/about-hms/campus-culture/mission-statement-community-values https://hms.harvard.edu/about-hms/campus-culture/mission-community-values-diversity-statement

EEO Statement

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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