Design Associate (Federal)
Michael Baker International · Alexandria, VA · 1 mo ago
Hybrid$69k–$91k/yrFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: headings for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We must only include sections that have real specific content. The posting includes:
- About the role: description of role, typical day, career path. Could be "About the role" or "Responsibilities". The posting includes "JOB DESCRIPTION" and then description of role, typical day, career path. So we can have a section "About the role" with paragraphs.
- Responsibilities: list of activities (supporting federal master plans, drawing site plans, analyzing land conditions, facilitating small group exercises, collecting data, conducting field evaluations, researching requirements, developing reports, other duties). That's a list.
- Requirements: list of requirements: four-year degree, AICP candidate preferred, proficiency in Adobe CC, AutoCAD, SketchUp, or ArcGIS required, knowledge of planning disciplines, strong analytical skills, ability to work independently and in teams, ability to conduct research and prepare reports, excellent oral/written communication, proficiency in MS Office, ability to accommodate moderate travel (~25%), valid driver's license, U.S. Citizenship.
- Qualifications: maybe overlapping with requirements. Could combine? The instruction says use headings for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We can decide which sections have content. We have Pay: compensation range $69,000 – $91,000. So we need a Pay section.
- Benefits: not mentioned explicitly. There's no benefits details. So we should not include Benefits.
- Schedule: not mentioned. No schedule details. So omit.
- Skills: could be a section for skills like proficiency in software, analytical, communication, etc. But we already have Requirements covering many. Might still include Skills if there is distinct content. The posting includes "Proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud, AutoCAD, SketchUp, or ArcGIS is required", "Knowledge of one or more planning disciplines", "Strong analytical skills", "Excellent oral and written communication skills", "Proficiency in MS Office". Those could be Skills. But we can also put them under Requirements. To avoid thin sections, better to combine into Requirements and maybe Skills not needed. However the instruction says prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So we could have About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Pay. That's four sections.
We must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID etc.
We must preserve all substantive information. Must not invent or summarize away detail. Must not include boilerplate like EEO, legal, etc. Must remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. So we need to strip the "How do I apply?" section, the "About Us" boilerplate, EEO statements, etc. Also remove "COMPENSATION" heading? We'll turn that into Pay section with content.
We must keep the compensation range.
We must keep the description of typical day, career path, responsibilities list, requirements list.
We must not include "Other duties as assigned" maybe it's part of responsibilities list; we can keep as a bullet.
We must not include "Job Requirements" heading as we will use
for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We must only include sections that have real specific content. The posting includes:
- About the role: description of role, typical day, career path. Could be "About the role" or "Responsibilities". The posting includes "JOB DESCRIPTION" and then description of role, typical day, career path. So we can have a section "About the role" with paragraphs.
- Responsibilities: list of activities (supporting federal master plans, drawing site plans, analyzing land conditions, facilitating small group exercises, collecting data, conducting field evaluations, researching requirements, developing reports, other duties). That's a list.
- Requirements: list of requirements: four-year degree, AICP candidate preferred, proficiency in Adobe CC, AutoCAD, SketchUp, or ArcGIS required, knowledge of planning disciplines, strong analytical skills, ability to work independently and in teams, ability to conduct research and prepare reports, excellent oral/written communication, proficiency in MS Office, ability to accommodate moderate travel (~25%), valid driver's license, U.S. Citizenship.
- Qualifications: maybe overlapping with requirements. Could combine? The instruction says use headings for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We can decide which sections have content. We have Pay: compensation range $69,000 – $91,000. So we need a Pay section.
- Benefits: not mentioned explicitly. There's no benefits details. So we should not include Benefits.
- Schedule: not mentioned. No schedule details. So omit.
- Skills: could be a section for skills like proficiency in software, analytical, communication, etc. But we already have Requirements covering many. Might still include Skills if there is distinct content. The posting includes "Proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud, AutoCAD, SketchUp, or ArcGIS is required", "Knowledge of one or more planning disciplines", "Strong analytical skills", "Excellent oral and written communication skills", "Proficiency in MS Office". Those could be Skills. But we can also put them under Requirements. To avoid thin sections, better to combine into Requirements and maybe Skills not needed. However the instruction says prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So we could have About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Pay. That's four sections.
We must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID etc.
We must preserve all substantive information. Must not invent or summarize away detail. Must not include boilerplate like EEO, legal, etc. Must remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. So we need to strip the "How do I apply?" section, the "About Us" boilerplate, EEO statements, etc. Also remove "COMPENSATION" heading? We'll turn that into Pay section with content.
We must keep the compensation range.
We must keep the description of typical day, career path, responsibilities list, requirements list.
We must not include "Other duties as assigned" maybe it's part of responsibilities list; we can keep as a bullet.
We must not include "Job Requirements" heading as we will use Requirements
. The content under that heading should be the list.
We must not include "What can I expect for a career path, and where might this role take me?" That's part of About the role.
We must not include "As a Member Of The Federal Planning Practice, The Design Associate Will Have a Number Of Activities On Any Given Day, Which Include:" That's intro to responsibilities list.
We must not include "Can you walk me through a typical day of a Federal Design Associate?" That's part of About the role.
We must not include "JOB DESCRIPTION" repeated.
We must not include "About US" etc.
We must not include "Michael Baker International is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer." etc.
We must not include "There is no current application deadline." etc.
We must not include "Select the Apply Online button..." etc.
We must not include "COMPENSATION" heading but we will use Pay.
We must not include "The range for this role is $69,000 – $91,000; this will be dependent on the experience and expertise of the incoming candidate." That's the Pay content.
We must not include "AICP Candidate or other related professional certification or licensure preferred" as part of Requirements.
We must not include "Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint)" as part of Requirements.
We must not include "Ability to accommodate moderate travel (domestic and international); around 25%" as part of Requirements.
We must not include "Valid driver’s license" as part of Requirements.
We must not include "This role requires U.S. Citizenship" as part of Requirements.
We must not include "Four-year degree in Planning, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, or related discipline" as part of Requirements.
We must not include "Knowledge of one or more planning disciplines, such as master planning, urban planning, community planning, economic development, or land use" as part of Requirements.
We must not include "Strong analytical skills and the ability to work independently as well as in multi-disciplinary teams" as part of Requirements.
We must not include "Ability to conduct research and prepare statistical planning reports on land use, physical, social & economic possibilities, and constraints" as part of Requirements.
We must not include "Excellent oral and written communication skills for preparing and presenting planning reports and projects" as part of Requirements.
We must not include "Proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud, AutoCAD, SketchUp, or ArcGIS is required" as part of Requirements.
We must not include "Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint)" as part of Requirements.
We must not include "Ability to accommodate moderate travel (domestic and international); around 25%" as part of Requirements.
We must not include "Valid driver’s license" as part of Requirements.
We must not include "This role requires U.S. Citizenship" as part of Requirements.
We must not include "AICP Candidate or other related professional certification or licensure preferred" as part of Requirements.
We must not include "Proficiency in one or more planning disciplines" etc.
Now we need to format as HTML.
We'll produce:
About the role
... paragraphs ...
ThenResponsibilities
- ... each bullet ...
Requirements
- ... each bullet ...
Pay
The range for this role is $69,000 – $91,000; this will be dependent on the experience and expertise of the incoming candidate.
We must ensure we preserve all substantive information from the posting, including typical day description and career path. Let's extract the About the role content: From posting: "JOB DESCRIPTION The Design Associate will join a collaboration of experienced planners, landscape architects, engineers, and project managers dedicated to having a positive impact through effective federal master planning. The ideal candidate will be driven, intellectually curious, committed to excellence, and demonstrate a desire to make a difference in the communities we serve. The Design Associate will support the project planner or project manager on multi-disciplinary planning projects, concept plans, site plans, and design-build projects and will be responsible for the preparation of master planning documents for Federal, State, and Local Government Clients. Can you walk me through a typical day of a Federal Design Associate? As a Member Of The Federal Planning Practice, The Design Associate Will Have a Number Of Activities On Any Given Day, Which Include: [list]" Then after list: "What can I expect for a career path, and where might this role take me? There are numerous career paths for a Design Associate. The typical next level position, as you gain more experience, showing commitment to quality and hard work, can either be a Project Management or Technical Management position." We need to preserve that as prose. We'll combine into a couple paragraphs. We should not include the "Can you walk me through a typical day..." question as heading; just incorporate into paragraph. We must not include the list after "Which Include:" as that belongs to Responsibilities. Thus About the role paragraph(s): Paragraph 1: "The Design Associate will join a collaboration of experienced planners, landscape architects, engineers, and project managers dedicated to having a positive impact through effective federal master planning. The ideal candidate will be driven, intellectually curious, committed to excellence, and demonstrate a desire to make a difference in the communities we serve. The Design Associate will support the project planner or project manager on multi-disciplinary planning projects, concept plans, site plans, and design-build projects and will be responsible for the preparation of master planning documents for Federal, State, and Local Government Clients." Paragraph 2: "As a member of the Federal Planning Practice, the Design Associate will have a number of activities on any given day, which include: [list]" Wait that list is responsibilities; we should not include list here. Actually the sentence "As a Member Of The Federal Planning Practice, The Design Associate Will Have a Number Of Activities On Any Given Day, Which Include:" is intro to responsibilities. So we should not include that sentence in About the role; we should start responsibilities after that. So we need to split: The About the role ends before that sentence. So we have first paragraph as above. Then we could have a second paragraph about typical day and career path? Actually the typical day is described in the responsibilities list; the "Can you walk me through a typical day..." is a question leading to the list. So we don't need separate typical day paragraph beyond the list. The career path paragraph: "What can I expect for a career path, and where might this role take me? There are numerous career paths for a Design Associate. The typical next level position, as you gain more experience, showing commitment to quality and hard work, can either be a Project Management or Technical Management position." Thus we can have a second paragraph after the responsibilities? Actually career path is separate from responsibilities. Could be part of About the role or its own section like "Career path". But we only have predefined headings; we could put career path under About the role as well. So About the role will have two paragraphs: first about role and ideal candidate; second about career path. Thus About the role content: Paragraph 1: The Design Associate will join a collaboration ... (as above) Paragraph 2: What can I expect for a career path, and where might this role take me? There are numerous career paths for a Design Associate. The typical next level position, as you gain more experience, showing commitment to quality and hard work, can either be a Project Management or Technical Management position. We should keep the question phrasing? It's part of the posting; we can keep it as is. Now Responsibilities list: extract bullet points from the list after "Which Include:": - Supporting federal master plans and revitalization projects of varying sizes and complexities in diverse Federal and Military communities by utilizing hand-drawing techniques, SketchUp, and other computer-based modeling; - Drawing proposed site plans in AutoCAD and rendering plans using Adobe CreativeCloud software - Analyzing land conditions, such as drainage and topography to make recommendations on site planning - Facilitating small group exercises at on-site workshops to engage stakeholders on long-term development priorities and potential courses of action - Collecting and compiling a variety of quantitative and qualitative data to prepare reports, maps, and related graphics - Conducting field evaluations and assessments - Researching requirements and standards - Developing reports under the direction of the project manager - Other duties as assigned Note there is a semicolon after first bullet; we can treat as bullet. We need to preserve all substantive information; keep the exact phrasing. Now Requirements list: extract each requirement: - Four-year degree in Planning, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, or related discipline - AICP Candidate or other related professional certification or licensure preferred - Proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud, AutoCAD, Sketch