Posting Information
Posting Number PG194483EP Internal Recruitment No Working Title Architectural Campus Planner Anticipated Hiring Range $90,000 - $100,900 Work Schedule Monday - Friday, 8 am - 5 pm Job Location Raleigh, NC Department Campus Planning About the Department
The NC State University Facilities Division is home to nearly 900 professionals who plan, build and maintain the spaces that foster an environment where innovation, learning, and community thrive. Through this work, we help create spaces that empower students, faculty, and staff to reach their full potential. Operating year-round, we manage more than 16.7 million gross square feet of built space and oversee 4,733 acres of campus infrastructure through a series of core departments, each composed of multiple specialized units:
- Design & Construction
- Business Operations
- Campus Operations and Maintenance
- Campus Planning and Strategic Investment
Whether responding to a maintenance request, shaping future facilities, or creating spaces that inspire discovery, our team is grounded in excellence, servic,e and stewardship.
Join the pack and become part of one of the largest and most respected employers in the state, helping shape the future of our campus community. Take a look below to see what we offer!
Wolfpack Perks and Benefits
As a Pack member, you belong here, and can enjoy exclusive perks designed to enhance your personal and professional well-being. As you consider this opportunity, we encourage you to review our Employee Value Proposition and learn more about what makes NC State the best place to learn and work for everyone.
What we offer:
- Medical, Dental, and Vision
- Flexible Spending Account
- Retirement Programs
- Disability Plans
- Life Insurance
- Accident Plan
- Paid Time Off and Other Leave Programs
- 12 Holidays Each Year
- Tuition and Academic Assistance
- And so much more!
Attain Work-life balance with our Childcare benefits, Wellness & Recreation Membership, and Wellness Programs that aim to build a thriving wolfpack community.
Disclaimer: Perks and Benefit eligibility is based on Part-Time or Full-Time Employment status. Eligibility and Employer Sponsored Plans can be found within each of the links offered.
Essential Job Duties
The Architectural Campus Planner will play a key role in guiding long-term development, strategic initiatives, and space planning across one of the most dynamic and innovative campuses in the country. This is an exciting opportunity for a forward-thinking professional who enjoys solving complex planning challenges, collaborating with varied stakeholders, and making a meaningful impact on the physical environment of the university.
In this role, the position provides Campus Planning and NCSU Colleges with expertise in planning for long-range campus development projects, campus strategic initiatives, and space analysis and management. The position works closely with other Facilities Division units and stakeholders across campus. This position may manage outside designers, may produce in-house studies, and provide space data analysis for decision-making.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
The work required for this role involves a high degree of complexity and requires functioning as the technical or subject matter expert. Key responsibilities and duties include, but are not limited to:
Planning, Analysis, and Design
- Translate the university's strategic plan into the required campus facilities to meet the plan's goals and objectives.
- Provide design solutions for a broad range of architectural, interior, and engineering planning issues essential to meet the university's physical development needs.
- Analyze, document, and develop planning projects, policies and procedures, and informal project designs to address the university's physical campus needs.
- Typical duties include:
- Developing facilities planning and design strategies for building architecture and interior spaces.
- Developing space programs and space analysis.
- Leading architectural and space studies, including coordination with building (MEP) and lab systems analysis.
- Identifying and developing project alternative design options.
- Recommending planning and design solutions guided by the Physical Master Plan.
Support for the Physical Master Plan
- Assist in providing recommendations on implementing the Physical Master Plan focused on architecture, interior, and land use design. This is accomplished through the development of schematic designs, feasibility studies, and development plans considering the various facility components of the campus.
- Projects may also include assisting with the planning and design of: Infrastructure, Mobility support systems, ADA accessibility, and other general facilities planning and development support functions.
Stakeholder Coordination and Representation
- Work requires considerable contact with campus leadership, as well as with architects, engineers, and other related industry professionals.
- This requires the ability to lead and assemble the appropriate stakeholders to make the highest and best decisions for the university.
- This position represents the university as an expert.
Complexity of Work
- Work assignments may involve unique factors and be lacking in precedence on which to base decisions.
- Assignments may be technically complex as evidenced by a high number of variables.
- Work assignments are often technically complex, involving unique challenges with limited precedent, requiring a high degree of professional expertise in detailed technical procedures.
- Work is often performed independently, requiring professional knowledge of complex and/or detailed technical procedures.
- Work performed includes exercising judgment and decision- making that directly impacts life, health, safety, and/or the environment.
Potential Oversight and Authority
- This position may be responsible for consultation, evaluation, planning, design, design review, and approval of campus development plans, buildings, utility systems, site plans, mapping, and infrastructure.
- The position may provide project management oversight.
- Responsibilities may include overseeing major campus planning efforts and managing the implementation of projects/plans according to building codes and zoning regulations, which may include approval authority.
- Work may require considerable public contact to explain planning or design projects, analysis of data, and standards. This may require appearances before campus administration, college administrations, regulatory bodies, and building committees.
Other Responsibilities
- Work assignments are often technically complex, involving unique challenges with limited precedent, requiring a high degree of professional expertise in detailed technical procedures.
- Work is often performed independently requiring professional knowledge of complex and/or detailed technical procedures.
- Work may require considerable public contact to explain planning or design projects, analysis of data, and standards. This may require appearances before campus administration, college administrations, regulatory bodies, and building committees to provide consultation and design or technical assistance, and may require negotiation to determine the feasibility of project implementation.
- Work may require professional licensure or other certifications. Work performed includes exercising judgment and decision-making that directly impacts life, health, safety, and/or the environment.
Position Details
Position Number 00065570 Position Type EPS/SAAO Full Time Equivalent (FTE) (1.0 = 40 hours/week) 1.00 Appointment 12 Month Recurring Mandatory Designation - Adverse Weather Non Mandatory - Adverse Weather Mandatory Designation - Emergency Events Non Mandatory - Emergency Event Department ID 442010 - Campus Planning EEO
NC State University is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive equal opportunities for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, and veteran status. The University encourages all qualified applicants, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities, to apply. Individuals with disabilities requiring disability-related accommodations in the application and interview process are welcome to contact 919-513-0574 to speak with a representative of the Office of Equal Opportunity.
If you have general questions about the application process, you may contact Human Resources at (919) 515-2135 or workatncstate@ncsu.edu.
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