"Senior Planner, Planning, Design & Construction"

Job Overview

Campus planning provides long-term direction and goals for the university’s physical and built environment. Ensuring the highest and best use of land and space to meet the university’s academic, research, and strategic initiatives. This includes architectural planning services for relocations, reorganizations, renovations, and capital construction projects. Campus planning covers all aspects of the built environment and the network of systems that link these elements in support of the campus community, including buildings, open space, transportation, and accessibility.

Essential Functions

• Undertake advanced professional work related to various planning assignments, including space and site planning, development of functional and programmatic requirements for projects, feasibility studies, and developing project solutions and alternatives.
• Evaluate projects for alignment with university’s strategic mission and priorities.
• Conduct comprehensive research on project needs, industry trends, and relevant planning benchmarks.
• Compile relevant data, organize, and evaluate to support project recommendations and determine planning priorities.
• Facilitate client engagement meetings, workshops, and informational presentations within the campus community.
• Develop programming documents, space needs, project narratives, estimates, and schedules.
• Monitor projects in development for compliance with programmatic requirements and planning principles.
• Prepare capital budgets, technical reports, planning studies, and related documents.
• Communicate reports and findings in a clear and compelling manner.
• Serve as a liaison between consultants, clients, campus stakeholders, and campus leadership.
• Collaborate with senior leaders, university departments, external stakeholders, and personnel. Coordinate internal approvals from pertinent parties, as necessary.
• Work collaboratively with staff from other units such as project management, construction management, engineering, interior design, space management, and real estate.
• Develop planning processes, standards, guidelines, and deliverables.
• Conduct quality control assessments and post-occupancy evaluations.
• Mentor junior planners, offering guidance and sharing expertise.
• Serve as a career planner.
• May provide direct and/or indirect supervision to exempt and non-exempt staff (i.e., hiring/firing, performance evaluations, disciplinary action, approve time off, etc.).
• Perform duties based on departmental needs. This job description can be changed at any time.

Required Education

• Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture or Urban Planning or related field.
• Seven (7) years of relevant work experience and/or other specialized training can be used in lieu of education requirement.

Required Experience

Three (3) years of related work experience.

Additional Qualifications Considered

• Excellent analytical, communication, and presentation skills.
• Ability to work independently or in a team environment.
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Proficient in local building codes, accessibility guidelines, zoning, and related regulations.
• Advanced understanding of planning philosophies, principles, practices, and techniques.
• Knowledgeable about research and data collection principles, methodologies, and practices.
• Proficiency in Bluebeam, Microsoft applications, Adobe Creative Suite, AutoCAD, or other relevant software.

Physical Requirements/Work Environment

Office environment/no specific unusual physical or environmental demands.

Compensation and Benefits

UC offers an exceptional benefits package designed to support your well-being, financial security, and work-life balance. (UC Benefits Link) Highlights include:

Comprehensive Tuition Remission

UC provides tuition remission for you and your eligible dependents, covering tuition costs for nearly all undergraduate and graduate programs offered by the university.

Robust Retirement Plans

As a UC employee, you won’t contribute to Social Security (except Medicare). Instead, you’ll choose between state pension plans (OPERS, STRS) or an Alternative Retirement Plan (ARP), with UC contributing 10–14% of your salary.

Real Work-Life Balance

UC prioritizes work-life balance with a generous time-off policy, including:

• Vacation and sick time
• 11 paid holidays and additional end-of-year paid time off (Winter Season Days)
• 6 weeks of paid parental leave for new parents

Additional Benefits Include:

• Competitive salary up to $94,000 annually based on experience
• Comprehensive health coverage (medical, dental, vision, prescription)
• Flexible spending accounts & wellness programs
• Professional development & mentorship opportunities

To learn more about why UC is a great place to work, please visit our careers page at https://www.uc.edu/careers.html

UC is an E-Verify employer. If hired into this position, you will be required to provide satisfactory proof of employment eligibility by providing acceptable, original forms of identification for employment verification via the Federal I-9 employment verification process. A list of acceptable documents can be seen here: https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents

Important: To apply you must create a profile and submit a complete job application through the UC applicant portal. We are unable to consider “easy apply” applications submitted via other websites. For questions about the UC recruiting process or to request accommodations with the application, please contact Human Resources at jobs@uc.edu.

The University of Cincinnati is an Equal Opportunity Employer.