Facilities Planner Job Description
Facilities planner
provides insight into BU business plans / issues that may impact real estate and facilities or require facilities or real estate solutions.
Facilities Planner Duties & Responsibilities
To write an effective facilities planner job description, begin by listing detailed duties, responsibilities and expectations. We have included facilities planner job description templates that you can modify and use.
Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Lead and/or participate in procurement process, including vendor contract negotiations for design materials and finishes such as carpet, furniture
Fulfill requests for individual workstation furniture needs
Maintain real estate data in database
Accurately maintain for management of Furniture Status List, Project List, Inventory
Accurate tracking and documentation of warehouse items (Furniture, Material, and Equipment)
Coordinates, manages, and monitors the planning & design activities of a construction project
Acts as the single point of contact for all planning and design related activities for both external and internal design teams
Handles Asset Management of various FTI sites
Evaluate existing and incoming work volumes with available internal resources
Orders products such as carpet, wall covering, signage, appliances
Facilities Planner Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Facilities Planner
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: PMP, LEED, AICP, FMP, CNET, PMI, IAT, DOT, RCRA, DES
Education for Facilities Planner
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the facilities planner job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Associate Degree in Engineering, Architecture, Management, Education, Technical, Interior Design, Industrial, Business, Graduate, Project Management
Skills for Facilities Planner
Desired skills for facilities planner include:
Facilities planning & scheduling
Telecommunications
OSHA Fatality Prevention programs
Real estate
Furniture
Accounting and building systems helpful
DoD facilities management
Excel
Mechanical
Electrical
Desired experience for facilities planner includes:
Leads space utilization analysis of office, laboratory and production areas
Develops, presents for approval and actively contributes to implementation of space planning policies and procedures
Experience with interaction of key external support organizations i
Self motivated/directed demonstrating a high degree of initiative
The ability to work at all Shire site locations as required
NCIDQ Certification (desired)
Facilities Planner Examples
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Facilities Planner Job Description
Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is looking for a facilities planner. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for facilities planner
- Consult with internal subject matter experts and interface with external suppliers on enterprise data center and computer room projects that will address Ford’s future compute requirements
- Perform long-term strategic planning to ensure that facility capacity (power, space, and cooling) meets Ford’s present and future compute requirements
- Act as a lead interface to data center governance for facilities improvements/changes in functional declarations or other facilities related issues
- Maintain Global Data Center Engineering Specifications and Standards, updating on a regular basis with cross-functional support and serve as a global consultant for data center engineering concerns
- Perform computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis of enterprise datacenters and computer rooms as required
- Collaborate with installation vendor, IT, and general contractors to develop project estimates for customers
- Act as the Manager on Duty for outdoor events
- Conduct walk-throughs with the clients, their stakeholders and vendors to explain capabilities of the event space
- Be knowledgeable of and enforce safety and security polices as directed by the Manager of Security Operations
- Work with the City and County of Denver Office of Special Events
Qualifications for facilities planner
- Working knowledge of UPS modules, backup generators, CRAC units, battery rooms and ATS switch gear
- Working knowledge of Data Center Information Management (DCIM) and Building Management Systems (BMS)
- General IT support of networks and servers
- Proven ability to own working together with global IT team
- Proficiency with technical computing infrastructure
- CNET datacenter design or engineering certification
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Our growing company is hiring for a facilities planner. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for facilities planner
- Coordinates all logistics, AV production, administrative support and activities for events held in multiple venues
- Implements, develops, recommends and coordinates administrative tasks and procedures in the areas of pre-event and post-event planning including meetings, event documents and timelines
- Coordinates, verifies and assembles information for each scheduled event to direct the flow of activities for clients, vendors and staff
- Monitors, verifies and interprets expenses and contractual agreements for all events, completes financial reporting, provides cost projections and assists with event financial settlement
- Determines work priorities, and develops work schedules to provide adequate staff coverage
- Documents performance, provides feedback, and evaluates the work of the on-calls and contracted personnel
- Coordinates the implementation of new procedures for the assigned functions
- Develop conceptual programs and budget sheets for campus capital and non-capital projects
- Conduct periodic space audits
- Write Request for Qualifications (RFQ) advertisements
Qualifications for facilities planner
- Quickly respond to problems that arise
- On call as needed and possible weekend and holiday work to oversee projects and contractors
- Past maintenance or facilities planning experience
- General IT support of networks
- Knowledge of Pump operations and repair
- Ability to plan and support execution of maintenance in laboratory, Powerhouse and facilities environments
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Our innovative and growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of facilities planner. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for facilities planner
- Manages the project schedule and contributing components including developing schematic space plans, furniture specifications, installation plans and conducting post move follow-up/evaluation
- Develop pre-programming documents and information for decision-making suggestions and alternatives including space inventory and space auditing
- Develop conceptual cost estimates and project budgets
- Participate in on-going construction related update and status meetings
- Own all updates of workstation assignments and floorplan changes
- Manage offsite storage
- Issue and track POs for multiple vendors
- Individual must be familiar with current trends in healthcare delivery, the impact of new concepts of patient and staff flow as it relates to medical planning and the impact of newly emerging technology in medical equipment and medical communications in hospital
- Initiates collection of, and analysis of, programming data including departmental surveys, workload and room utilization studies and relevant planning data
- Provides room layout and size guidance to ensure compliance with building and regulatory codes, room layout and functional assumptions
Qualifications for facilities planner
- Run meetings and publish minutes
- Oversee budgets and process requisitions
- Ability to support work in a union environment
- Ability to host meetings in a business environment
- Preferred trades background pipe fitting, mill wright, mechanic and machinist
- Work across organizations to build partnerships, develop stakeholder buy-in and support, and influence without direct authority
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Our growing company is hiring for a facilities planner. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for facilities planner
- Prepare room-by-room programs for use by design team and presentation to client
- Prepare room-by-room gaming and schematic planning to ensure appropriate room proportions, adjacencies and clarity of organization
- Develops the programming and planning components of the electronic Design Library (AutoCAD)
- Implement full understanding of healthcare, organization of care, regulatory environment in space planning solutions
- Investigates and documents scope of work
- Collaborates with project development team to provide conceptual cost and schedule
- Meets with local and state officials to ensure compliance code requirements and to resolve issues
- The job requires substantial autonomous decision making
- Oversees the planning, design, reconfiguration, maintenance, and alteration of equipment, machinery, buildings, structures, and other facilities
- Responsible to work with Industrial Engineers on production equipment layouts for economy of operation and maximum utilization of facilities and equipment
Qualifications for facilities planner
- Multitask, perform as a lead individual contributor, and work well within a team
- Succinctly articulate and advocate for ideas, to a variety of audiences
- Basic CAD knowledge
- Ability to manipulate floorplans digitally
- Basic knowledge of power and data draw
- Bachelor’s Degree in engineering or management or related field
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Our company is growing rapidly and is searching for experienced candidates for the position of facilities planner. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for facilities planner
- Seasoned Project Manager with experience in all aspects of project management including project programming, schematic design, design development, budget development and tracking, contractor and construction management
- Assist Facilities Manager in coordination of space planning and move execution
- Prepare and manage all lease renewal activity, including coordinating and drafting Appropriations Requests, performing FASB compliance tests, and tracking approvals for both domestic and international leases
- Work closely and regularly meet with the Division of Facilities and Campus Operations on preferred options for academic space
- Attend weekly HS&E site meetings to communicate two week look ahead any potential risks
- Manages projects from inception through design, construction and completion
- Determines customer requirements and applicable design criteria
- Coordinates the implementation of design plans with contractors, landlords, vendors and internal departments
- Adheres to company business plan to ensure productive, aesthetic and safe work environments for internal customers in a cost effective manner and in compliance with all building codes and regulations
- Maintains space inventories and manages requests for space changes and relocations
Qualifications for facilities planner
- Demonstrate behavior based safety
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in architecture, environmental design, urban planning, or related field from an accredited college or university
- Perform other duties as needed under the work direction of the Facilities Manager and/or Facilities Supervisor
- Minimum of seven to ten years’ experience in Space Planning and/or Interior Design
- Higher education space planning and design experience or concentration in school work
- Working knowledge of AutoCAD, PowerPoint, Photoshop, MS Office