Sr. Lab Planner

Job Description

Job Description

Hybrid (3 days on-site/week) in Minneapolis, MN, Madison, WI or Milwaukee, WI
Salary range is $129-147k/year - pay range will be determined by experience and client.

It is expected you will collaborate with Principals, Project Managers, and Designers while leading architectural lab programming and planning. Your expertise will help shape cutting-edge research and development environments and science & technology for corporate, government, and academic clients. If you're passionate about innovation and thrive in a collaborative setting, we'd love to hear from you!

In this role you will:

• Lead clients/users to develop or validate program requirements for lab and high-tech facilities.
• Lead the development of space programs and physical plans at a variety of scales.
• Collaborate with the project team in planning facilities by developing flexible planning modules, lab organization diagrams and service distribution concepts.
• Lead the documentation of laboratory systems such as casework, lab equipment, and development of laboratory spaces to create next generation settings for discovery.
• Lead lab planning teams: manage teams on multiple projects including job production and quality, and fee management.
• Participate in marketing efforts through proposal development, interview participation and presentations.
• Develop trusting relationships with clients.
• Utilize expertise and share knowledge with colleagues and mentor junior staff members on lab programming and planning.
• Understand and lead collection and organization of client HPM's and drive organizational strategy for code compliance including control areas, occupancies, and transformation of client EHS approach where relevant.
• Collaborate with MEP Engineering in support of required code, approaches, and coordination of relevant building systems to ensure compliance and quality.
• Coordinate with and manage procurement of relevant consultants to ensure support for various project types.

You will need to have:

• Bachelor's degree in architecture; Master's degree preferred.
• Architectural licensure preferred.
• 10 - 15 years architectural lab programming/planning experience.
• LEED AP preferred.
• Demonstrated effectiveness in managing clients, project teams and project processes.
• Design sensitivity, interest in sustainability and excellent technical ability.
• Excellent written and verbal skills.
• Knowledge of AutoCAD, Revit, SketchUp and other industry accepted software as well as expertise with project management software and Microsoft Office Suite products is needed.