JOB SUMMARY:

Provides the ability to identify and fulfill institutional customer needs and develop them into an Institutional, System and State defined Master plan, and to communicate the Facilities Design and Development information to the customer.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Develops the strategic planning concepts for the implementation of the UTMB master plan, including property acquisition.
• Develops and coordinates information management policies and procedures related to real property inventory and space utilization of the campus facilities.
• Coordinates the development of institutional space requirements and utilization policies and procedures.
• Conducts planning design and programming and the archival of documents for completed projects.
• Prepares departmental presentation data for existing or future facilities program studies, special or specific projects or other related tasks as required.
• Develops and maintains Risk Management strategies for current role descriptions as appropriate.
• Coordinates the UTMB capital facility improvement and replacement programs.
• Prepares/administers professional contracts.
• Interacts with project teams, outside consultants and customers.
• Stays abreast of current facility products and services.
• Conducts the space surveys in accordance with required standards and procedures, working with the appropriate faculty and staff to ascertain current utilization of the space assigned to their department as required.
• Evaluates general contractors and Architects/Engineers in relation to projects within the responsibility of this role.
• Verifies that the preliminary budget and schedule are consistent with the initial project intent.
• Adheres to all UTMB commissioning guidelines.
• Defines and programs initial project intent and preliminary budget including space utilization requirements, equipment lists and adjacency requirements concluding with the commissioning handoff to the appropriate capital project team.
• Learn new computer software, as the position requires.
• Assists in the recycling of various materials or products used in the planning process.
• Continuous professional development and related activities toward maintaining a current facility knowledge base in the Academic, Research and Medical areas of expertise.
• Requires the ability to identify and fulfill institutional customer needs into an Institutional, System and State defined Master plan, and to communicate the Facilities Design Development information to the customer.
• Assists with the capital planning and budgeting process, helps develop long term facilities strategies and communicates with internal and external stakeholders, focusing on the continued success of the institution.
• Assists in the preparation of the UTMB Capital Improvement Plan, the THECB Campus Master Plan and any other special studies, reports, proposals or specialized data analysis regarding UTMB facilities.
• Adheres to internal controls and reporting structure.

 MARGINAL OR PERIODIC JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Performs related duties as required.

REQUIRED EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE:

Bachelor’s degree in architecture or equivalent, and 5 years experience.

EQUIPMENT:

Standard office equipment.

WORKING ENVIRONMENT/LOCATION OF POSITION:

Standard office environments. 

OTHER:

Specific job requirements or physical location of some positions allocated to this classification, may render this position security sensitive, and thereby subject to the provisions of Section 51.215, Texas Education Code. 

any qualifications to be considered as equivalents in lieu of stated minimums require the prior approval of the vice president for human resources and employee services.