Sr. Facilities Planner

About the role

The City of Fort Worth is one of the fastest growing large cities in the U.S. Our employees serve the needs of nearly 1,000,000 residents, promoting our values of exceptional customer experience, mutual respect, embracing our diversity, continuous improvement, ethical behavior, and accountability. A Sr. Facilities Planner job is available with the City of Fort Worth, Property Management Department – Facilities Planning.

Responsibilities

The Sr. Facilities Planner will manage and supervise activities and operations necessary to develop, implement, and track facility planning and facility usage initiatives for various City Departments. The Sr. Facility Planner must have the ability to manage, prepare, conduct, and/or coordinate the preparation of detailed planning and design projects using broad knowledge in architectural and engineering disciplines for diverse operations such as police and fire functions, libraries, community centers, recreational facilities, administrative facilities, etc.

• Supervises staff, which includes prioritizing and assigning work; conducting performance evaluations; ensuring staff is trained; ensuring employees follow policies and procedures; maintaining a healthy and safe working environment; and, making hiring, termination, and disciplinary decisions or recommendations
• Develops and maintains strategic facility master plan which includes mid to long range facility capital improvement plans which will optimize the use of existing facilities, identify new facility requirements, and propose achievable strategies to meet those facility requirements
• Develops and implements a process to identify potential future facility projects, including both scope and estimated costs, establish a ranking process for prioritizing projects across various uses, forecast fiscal resources that could be used to program these facilities, and itemize proposed projects in a mid-term (5-year) and long term (20-year) strategic facilities master plan
• Creates and implements facility space standards that provide the best solution for providing suitable working spaces for the various users throughout the city - uses these standards as the baseline for evaluating all facility renovation and new construction projects in the schematic design phase
• Manages, prepares, conducts, and/or coordinates the preparation of detailed planning and design projects using broad knowledge in architectural and engineering disciplines
• Acquires and maintains current information necessary for successful facilities planning including compiling a comprehensive list of all City facilities, including owned and leased, across all City departments and funding sources
• Provides support to the Assistant Property Management Director – Facilities and other assigned senior and executive management staff; and serves as a primary contact on issues and programs related to the Facility Planning group

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in architectural, engineering, urban planning, or related field
• Five (5) years of responsible experience in management of facility planning, facility design, facility management, master planning, space planning, or other related fields
• Two (2) years of administrative and supervisory experience
• Valid Texas Driver’s License
• Ability to pass Criminal Justice Information System (CJIS) background clearance

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of Engineering/Architectural drafting and design tools, construction techniques, maintenance techniques and engineering/architectural principles
• Knowledge of building trades such as carpentry, electrical, mechanical, plumbing and roofing
• Knowledge of database tools and suite of MicroSoft programs, example: Word, Excel, Adobe Acrobat
• Knowledge of City of Fort Worth codes and construction
• Knowledge of pertinent Federal, State and local laws, codes
• Knowledge of working contracts, construction plans and specifications

Benefits

• 11 Paid Holidays
• Medical, Dental, Vision
• Paid Time Off
• Pension Plan
• Professional Development Opportunities

Pay

Annual compensation: $78,326 - $101,824

Schedule

Monday – Friday 8am – 5pm