Project Cdr Space Planning

101714BR

Campus: Tempe

Project Cdr Space Planning

Job Description

School of Molecular Sciences (SMS) is seeking a Project Space Planning Coordinator to assist the Facilities team by coordinating and completing various facilities-related and administrative tasks. This role includes managing daily maintenance and repair requests, assisting with renovation projects and space assignments, maintaining a real-time space database, and ensuring the working status of safety and laboratory equipment. The position also involves supervising student workers, troubleshooting equipment, and managing contract services. Under general supervision, the Project Coordinator addresses research laboratory, academic classroom, and office space functions within the academic unit, working closely with the facilities team and unit administrators on various projects.

Job Family

Campus Planning & Architecture

Department Name

School of Molecular Sciences

Full-Time/Part-Time

Full-Time

Grant Funded Position

This is not a grant funded position and is not contingent on future grant funding.

Salary Range

$63,000 -70,000 per year; DOE

Close Date

08-July- 2024-EXTENDED

Essential Duties

• Prepares cost estimates, schedules, and implementation strategies.
• Works with project stakeholders to establish project scope and coordinates SMS facility activities to develop the timeline of execution.
• Routinely shares up-to-date project schedule with stakeholders.
• Prepares and conducts space planning and management program evaluation activities.
• Meets with Principal Investigators to assess their needs and define project scope of work; creates a detailed program that includes existing space utilization, occupant information, programmatic relationships, and qualitative and quantitative requirements.
• Coordinates preliminary studies of proposed spaces to obtain information as to existing space allocations, efficient utilization, and potential building benefits and/or limitations.
• Coordinates all projects through implementation to ensure that all aspects of the intended program are implemented and controlled as approved by university administration.
• Creates multiple drawing scenarios, staking diagrams, and reports in response to the desired and/or approved program requirements.
• Facilitates and builds relationships with multiple stakeholders to resolve issues related to planning.
• Works closely and collaboratively with the SMS related project stakeholders, including the Capital Projects Management Group (CPMG), the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS), and project-associated architects and engineers.
• Provides architectural design assistance and interpretation to campus clients during the design and construction phases, helping the client successfully occupy their new space.
• Interprets policies and procedures for space requests and utilization.
• Coordinates with vendors on configurations, procurement, and installation of Furniture Fixtures and Equipment (new or re-used).
• Identifies and resolves facility utilization conflicts between departments.
• Obtains information for updating facilities inventory.
• Participates in the action plans for leadership teams and leaders to direct and guide space planning and management programs, projects, initiatives, or areas of a department/college.
• May assist in developing budgets, performance indicators, and accountability reports for new programs and/or budget units.
• Develops and facilitates related meetings, workshops, conferences, and seminars.
• May monitor the activities of assigned staff.
• Assists with general renovation projects with space assignments and the respective tracking application.
• Maintains real-time space database, including space details and occupants.
• Maintains the working status of safety showers, eyewashes, fume hoods, gas services, water services, etc., with assistance from student workers.
• Manages laboratory equipment fit-up and installation, troubleshooting, and contract services.
• Supervises student workers.
• Conducts activities related to research laboratory, academic classroom, and office space functions in a complex academic unit.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in a related field AND three (3) years of related experience; OR,Seven (7) years of related experience; OR, Any equivalent combination of experience and/or education from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been achieved. Employee must possess a valid US Driver’s license of the appropriate class and required endorsements throughout employment.

Desired Qualifications

Evidence of a Bachelor’s degree in Architecture, Interior Design, or Business.

• Evidence of a PMP Certification.
• Evidence of a Six Sigma Certification.
• Demonstrated knowledge with ASU safety and facilities policies and procedures.
• Experience in the use of various types of database software.
• experience working effectively in an environment subject to quickly changing priorities, sensitive/confidential information and short deadlines.
• Experience in working effectively and collaboratively with faculty and staff.
• Basic understanding of systems involving fluid flow (air and water), electricity, heat transfer.
• Basic understanding of access restrictions needed to maintain and increase security through installation of card readers and cameras.
• Demonstrated working knowledge of commonly used hand tools including portable saws, drills, compressors, generators, volt meters, and assorted testers.

Working Environment

Activities are performed in an environmentally controlled office setting subject to extended periods of sitting, keyboarding and manipulating a computer mouse; required to stand for varying lengths of time and walk moderate distances to perform work. Frequent bending, reaching, lifting, pushing and pulling up to 25 pounds. Regular activities require ability to quickly change priorities, which may include and/or are subject to resolution of conflicts. Ability to clearly communicate to perform essential functions. Drives University vehicle and/or cart to campus site.

Regular use of standard office equipment including, but not limited to: computer workstation/laptop (keyboard, monitor, mouse), printer, fax, calculator, copier, telephone and associated computer/technology peripherals.

This position receives managerial review of objectives. This position may provide work direction of activities to others for completion of project related tasks.

Department Statement

The School of Molecular Sciences is now:

• Ranked in the top 10 in annual number of graduating chemistry/biochemistry majors
• Ranked number 6 worldwide in high-impact publications in chemistry
• Among the top 25 U.S. Ph.D. institutions in chemical research spending

Our students are offered a wide range of research and learning experiences from the traditional areas through highly interdisciplinary and collaborative projects for which ASU is famous. Our faculty and students are tackling some of the most challenging molecular problems of today, combining theory, spectroscopy, structural analysis, synthesis, molecular biology and biogeochemistry to forge new fundamental understandings of the molecular world around us. Such understanding is applied to the design and construction of new nanostructures, drugs, and materials for energy conversion and sustainability.

Please visit our website at https://sms.asu.edu

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Instructions to Apply

Application deadline is 3:00PM Arizona time on the date indicated.

Please include all employment information in month/year format (e.g., 6/88 to 8/94), job title, job duties and name of employer for each position.

Resume should clearly illustrate how prior knowledge and experience meets the Minimum and Desired qualifications of this position.

ASU does not pay for travel expenses associated with interviews, unless otherwise indicated.

Only electronic applications are accepted for this position.

IMPORTANT NOTE: What is the meaning of “equivalent combination” in the minimum qualifications? It means one year of higher education or 24 credit hours, is equal to one year of experience. For example, a four year Bachelor’s degree is equal to four years of experience.