Principal Space Planner

Overview:
The salary range for this position is $7300 - $8300 per month depending upon qualifications and is non-negotiable.

WHO WE ARE

• Established in 1943, the mission of the SDSU Research Foundation (SDSURF) is to support the research objectives of San Diego State University by helping faculty and staff find, obtain, and administer funding for their research and sponsored programs. SDSU is one of the top public research universities in the nation, furthering discoveries, interventions, and solutions that improve communities and change the world. SDSURF provides the full life cycle of grants services to faculty and staff to further their important work.WHAT OUR DEPARTMENT DOES
• The SDSURF’s Facilities Planning and Management (FPM) department participates in the university’s mission of research excellence by supporting and housing funded research in research foundation-owned and leased properties. The model of asset management performance balances research, university, and commercial space occupancies to maximize research opportunities, university needs, and utilizes commercial rent revenue to offset operational expenses. We are a team who collaborate on all daily functions while playing an integral role in the support and success of SDSU researchers.YOUR ROLE IN CREATING THE UNIVERSITY’S PRESENT AND FUTURE

As the Principal Space Planner, reporting to the Director of FPM, you are a contributing force to the organization’s mission, vision, values, strategic goals, and objectives. You will play a key role in our FPM team’s efforts to manage space occupancies, increase space efficiencies, and support the overall research activities of SDSU faculty housed in our buildings. This work is vital to our operations and requires the use of advanced planning concepts and objectives to perform complex tasks and provide high level expertise in space/occupancy planning, architecture, data analytics and various other core facilities-related areas. You will be responsible for interfacing with senior executives, university representatives, faculty, tenants, vendors, contractors, and a variety of external agencies. This work is performed using considerable judgment, and involves management of critical data, integrating processes and collaborating with others within an organization to maintain core services which support and foster research.

Responsibilities:
THE WORK YOU WILL DO AND MANAGE

As a key player in the success of the FPM department and the Research Foundation, you will be responsible for (but not limited to):
Space Planning, Occupancy Analysis and Space/Project Management 60%**

• Analyze space requests and requirements, and proposals for sharing of facilities for greater efficiency, productivity, and cost containment and make recommendations for leadership review.
• Assist in discussions and policy development for allocation, management, utilization and ownership of Research Foundation space; develop implementation strategies for management review.
• Assist with space relocations, consolidations, back-fill of space, and development of space options for planning studies and analyses.
• Perform complex analyses to determine long range facilities planning requirements that guide key capacity and space implications for the Research Foundation.
• Develop conceptual budgets for relocations, tenant improvements, renovations, and furniture procurement to aid in the project planning process, ensuring alignment with Research Foundation strategic goals, capital improvement program, and long-range plans.
• Assist with updates to the Research Foundation’s Facilities Information System. Provide ad-hoc assistance to Research Foundation / campus staff on facilities systems and facilitate the flow, understanding and comprehension of facilities data.
• Assist with special projects including mapping of physical property data; coordinate and integrate data from various software programs (AutoCAD, Smartsheet, Bluebeam, the complete Microsoft Office suite, etc.)

Facilities/Property Data and Process Coordination 25%**

• Analyze data, develop models, and provide responsive research, analysis and reporting in support of evolving planning efforts. This includes, but not limited to, data analytics for work orders, facilities lifecycles, utility trends, and other facilities / operational metrics for budgetary planning.
• Collaborate with department staff on various process improvement efforts including developing operational responsibilities and plans, utilizing facilities/maintenance datapoints.
• Manage occupancy planning-related activities (in particular utilization analytics) and integrate with broader workplace and real estate lifecycles to provide more holistic advice and outcomes for clients and the Research Foundation.
• Assist the Director and CFO in handling real estate acquisitions and dispositions as part of the real estate services provided to The Campanile Foundation.
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