Working/Functional Title
Director of Planning, Design and Construction
Position Summary
The Director of Planning, Design and Construction for IPF provides leadership and strategic vision to approximately 50 professional and support staff (including temporary, on-call, and student employees). This position oversees approximately $200 million in annual capital project expenditures and is responsible for shaping the department to reinforce collaboration, accountability, responsibility, and stewardship. This position also promotes an environment that recognizes and supports inclusion, creating a climate that values initiative, innovation, service excellence, continual learning, stewardship, and the achievement of results.
The salary range for this position is $154,000 to $188,000, commensurate with experience.
The Planning, Design and Construction (PDC) department is responsible for:
- Providing architectural, engineering, construction, landscape design, interior design, and project management services for campus infrastructure, facility capital projects, and utility distribution planning
- Preparing cost estimates, developing contract documents, and managing the procurement of professional services for all major capital initiatives
- Capital projects and interior design services for teaching and learning spaces, athletic spaces, offices, and public areas on campus
- Designing landscaping, roads, and sidewalks and is responsible for the long-term physical development of MSU's campus
- Developing, managing, and implementing the future landscape and land use laid out in the Campus Master Plan
- Supporting MSU’s Stewardship & Sustainability goals by working with decision-makers to focus on energy policies, monitoring and verifying energy consumption and performance on campus, and identifying energy-use patterns that lead the campus community to solutions
- Enhancing campus landscape through the Campus Beautification Initiative
- Responding to emergency events on campus, including floods, power outages, fires, or other significant emergency events
- Prepare, maintain, and update MSU’s campus-specific construction standards, guidelines, and details
- Committee participation including, but not limited to:
- Public Art on Campus
- Campus Infrastructure Planning Work Group (CIPWG)
- Executive Committee for Buildings, Facilities, and Space (ECBFS)
The department serves various stakeholders on campus including Athletics, Residential and Hospitality Services, a variety of academic units and Colleges in partnership with MSU’s Institutional Space Planning and Management group, as well as the core infrastructure needs for campus.
The department coordinates with the MSU IT Facilities Information Services team to maintain information about the physical infrastructure of MSU. Functional areas include building operational drawings, mapping, document management, coordination of utility staking, and infrastructure data, providing services both internally to the university and to the public.
As part of their responsibilities and to add value and assist all levels of administration in achieving University goals and objectives, the Director of Planning, Design, and Construction is responsible for creating a high-performing, transparent and customer-focused organizational group. Specific responsibilities include:
Culture & Engagement – 45%
- Use Performance Management Program as a planning and evaluation tool to guide, engage and motivate staff to succeed by using T-shape goal development, with a concentration on succession planning and life-long learning
- Recruit and retain a diverse staff of well qualified and highly performing professionals; Create a positive work environment for employees, incorporating the University’s commitment to equal opportunity and diversity in hiring, retaining, and promoting employees
- Promote employee engagement by coaching and mentoring current staff to develop talents and expertise and empower employees to use their full range of strengths and abilities
- Consult and advise managers and supervisors in functional areas on the direction of Unit, staffing, and action planning aligned with the strategic direction of IPF, budget, performance, and team accountability
- Lead with emphasis on empathic employee engagement by interacting with staff at all levels and encouraging collaborative communication and innovation through teamwork
- Own the responsibility for articulating and reinforcing the culture of IPF
- Initiate and lead customer engagement initiatives to bridge communication between employees and customers
- Act as a steward to preserve and maintain the campus as a teaching, demonstration, and research resource for university faculty, staff, students, and visitors
- Ensure accountability by holding staff to University Policies, processes, and procedures with an emphasis on safety, compliance, fiscal responsibility, professional behavior, communication, and collaboration
Organizational Development – 20%
- Evaluate performance of the department by setting key performance indicators (KPIs), establishing measurable outcomes, and reporting through an IPF balanced scorecard and quarterly reporting
- Assist with problem solving and resolution of budgetary, operational, and staffing accountability activities in the assigned business areas
- Review estimates, plans, specifications, reports, and studies
Assist the Assistant Vice President for Real Estate and Capital Planning and the Associate Vice President for Strategic Infrastructure Planning and Facilities in identifying and implementing long range planning operational objectives
Functional Responsibilities – 35%
- Determine long-range needs of facilities and proper use of resources while managing expenditures of funds and ensuring all department operations are within budget limitations
- Assist with department financial, operational, and staffing analysis holistically with global understanding and systems knowledge
- Plan, direct, and manage the administrative and operational activities for the department
- Represent the University with State and Federal agency concerns regarding regulatory compliance
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, age, disability or protected veteran status.
Required Degree
Bachelors -Architecture, engineering, construction management, or a related field.
Desired Degree
Masters
Minimum Requirements
- A bachelor’s degree in architecture, engineering, construction management, or related field from an accredited institution
- 10+ years of progressively challenging professional experience in functional leadership roles managing a team of diverse architecture, engineering, planning, design, and/or construction professionals with varied backgrounds and capabilities working toward measurable bottom-line results and successes
- Knowledge of Environmental Health & Safety regulations
- Experience implementing strategic frameworks, mission, vision, values, and action plans
- Experience leading within a complex, interdisciplinary, union environment that deploys business intelligence tools for reporting, queries, and analysis
Desired Qualifications
- Active licensure as a professional engineer, or architect
- Master’s degree and/or professional certification such as Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED/LEED-AP) certification, or Certified Educational Facilities Professional (CEFP)
- Experience in developing and implementing alternative delivery models such as public private partnerships
- Experience in a higher educational setting
- Substantial experience in motivating, directing, and second-level management
- Experience leading in a unionized environment
- Experience with human resources policies and procedures
- Experience with change management
Required Application Materials
A resume and cover letter are required for consideration for this position.
Website
https://ipf.msu.edu/
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