MEP Specialist

Role & Responsibilities

• Support assigned projects during the project planning stage by working with the
• municipal permits and permissions agencies to ensure required submissions are
• prepared, presented and approved to meet required project execution timelines.
• Advocate for our client's interests in regular meetings with municipal authorities
• and authorities having jurisdiction in the planning and permitting process.
• Review requested architectural plans to support Program Directors.
• Ensure our client's design standards are adhered to during design development
• process.
• Provide code and constructability review for the Architectural discipline on an
• ongoing basis. Lead and coordinate plan review services from other disciplines
• (Civil, Structural, Plumbing, HV AC, and Electrical.)
• Develop planning models based on the needs of department and institutional
• priorities.
• Participate in the resolution of planning and technical conflicts and recommend cost
• effective options and approaches.
• Ensure that institutional planning objectives and strategies are incorporated into
• departmental plans and projects.
• Manage authorizations by preparing succinct presentations that distill complex
• project issues into distinct, clear options, thereby allowing for informed and timely
• decision-making.
• Provide information and recommendations on physical and comprehensive planning
• and design issues, large scale planning studies, and special facilities planning topics.
• Manage and review the progress and quality of the work performed by outside and
• in-house consultants.
• Act as the primary contact among project architects, other consultants various
• building committees, technical and operations groups, and staff members during the
• planning phase of the project.
• Provide advice to ensure conformity with specifications, codes, regulations, and
• University Design Standards.
• Develop architectural program requirements.
• Develop overall project budgets including construction, consultant and other fees,
• furnishings and equipment, operations and testing costs.
• Manage the selection of consultants.
• Ensure projects in the planning phase are completed within the approved budget and
• schedule.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years of related experience.
• Demonstrated experience using cloud-based construction management software
• solutions to manage projects.