Strategic Facility Planner

Job Description
Job Description
AECOM is actively seeking a Strategic Facility Planner to join the U.S. West Digital Consulting team. This position is to be based in Dallas, TX. The Strategic Facility Planner plays a pivotal role in facilitating collaboration between stakeholders and community representatives to obtain holistic solutions for facility management and investment. With a focus on fostering sustainability, community impact, and accessibility, they coordinate, organize, and leverage the results of our team’s facility condition assessments in concert with information gained from client and stakeholder workshops to develop strategic facility plans. This position serves as a bridge between various stakeholders, ensuring that assessment data informs decision-making processes and drives strategic initiatives.
By emphasizing collaboration with both stakeholders and community representatives, the Strategic Facility Planner ensures that diverse perspectives are considered in developing comprehensive solutions. This approach allows for a holistic understanding of facility needs and challenges, leading to informed decision-making that benefits both the organization, building tenants, and the community at large. Through effective collaboration, the Strategic Facility Planner enables stakeholders to work together towards shared goals, resulting in sustainable, inclusive, and impactful facility management solutions.
We are seeking an ideal candidate who demonstrates a strong ability to create engaging content, conduct client workshops, facilitate the prioritization of needs, and comfortably engage with large groups. The successful candidate will exhibit a proactive approach to learning new skills and methods, particularly in challenging field and office settings. Within our collaborative, supportive, and positive team environment, the candidate will have ample opportunities to learn on the job and participate in development activities, fostering professional growth and advancement. Previous experience in similar roles that involve content creation, workshop facilitation, and interaction with diverse groups is highly desirable and will be beneficial in this position.
The responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to:
Serving as a technical specialist for the department in the application of strategic facilities planning.
Holding full technical responsibility for interpreting, organizing, executing, and coordinating complex assignments.
Demonstrating the ability to manage staff, tasks, and/or projects effectively.
Overseeing client relationships, conducting research, and developing an understanding of local markets.
Performing or overseeing technical studies and the preparation of deliverables.
Facilitating public and agency outreach efforts.
Working closely with subcontractors to ensure coordination and collaboration.
Collaborating with an interdisciplinary team of technical specialists and managing their project-delivery efforts.
Assisting with proposals and business development activities.
Providing oversight and guidance to junior staff members.
Engaging in peer collaboration by reviewing their work and actively participating in post-project reviews.
Coordinating dashboard content and heavy usage of Microsoft Office products for data analysis and presentation purposes.
Working under direct supervision, following instructions and established practices.