Capital Plan Manager

Position Summary

Join Our Team as a Capital Plan Manager at The University of New Mexico!

Are you ready to make a lasting impact on the future of UNM? We're looking for a Capital Plan Manager to join our Campus Capital & Space Planning (CCSP) team—a collaborative group dedicated to shaping the physical environment that supports academic excellence, research innovation, and an enriching campus experience.

As the Capital Plan Manager, you will:

• Report directly to the Director of Campus Capital & Space Planning.
• Play a pivotal role in developing, coordinating, and implementing UNM's capital plans.
• Lead the request and approval process for campus-wide capital projects.
• Provide strategic guidance and oversight to ensure projects align with the University's long-term goals.

This is your opportunity to bring your insight, initiative, and problem‑solving skills to a division that helps create vibrant, sustainable spaces for students, faculty, staff, and visitors.

At UNM, we value teamwork, innovation, and professional growth. You'll be part of a supportive environment where your contributions truly matter. We offer competitive pay and generous benefits, including:

• Two health care plans to choose from
• Vacation and sick leave
• A pension retirement plan
• Tuition remission for you and your family
• A wide variety of personal wellness programs

At CCSP, our mission is to improve UNM's future by strategically leveraging, developing, and managing the University's capital resources. We serve as a catalyst for innovation, collaborating to create vibrant, sustainable spaces that foster creativity, community, and progress. By emphasizing project readiness and collaboration, we ensure that every capital investment drives academic excellence, groundbreaking research, and an exceptional campus experience.

• Support and coordinate the development of the institution's annual and long-range capital investment plan by providing expertise and guidance to the Capital Investment Planning committee, executive leadership, and stakeholders.
• Facilitate the review and organization of proposals for both statewide capital outlay and legislator-sponsored requests, ensuring alignment with institutional priorities and compliance requirements.
• Guide and assist stakeholder engagement in the proposal development process to ensure projects reflect institutional priorities.
• Serve as the University's subject matter expert on the capital outlay process.
• Facilitate the preparation and submission of capital project requests on behalf of institutional leadership.
• Track and monitor project sponsorship, legislative introduction through Capital Outlay Requests (CORs), and related follow-through during the legislative session, including support for reauthorization management and appropriation modifications.
• Support institutional compliance with legal and financial requirements, including asset ownership certification, NM Department of Finance & Administration (DFA) and NM Higher Education Department (HED) Grant agreement documentation, and restrictions on the use of funds.
• Maintain and share expertise on capital project eligibility, funding sources, and spend-down projections.
• Access, analyze, and provide reports from the capital outlay project database for historical tracking, institutional reporting, and sponsor funding history.
• Prepare briefing materials, timelines, summaries, and reports to assist leadership and project stakeholders in decision-making and communication.
• Share regular updates with leadership and stakeholders on funding timelines, legislative session status, submission requirements, and changes to procedures or deadlines.
• Collaborate closely with UNM Office of Planning, Budget & Analysis (OPBA) to ensure coordination of capital request submissions, allowable fund usage, bonding mechanisms and facility eligibility and reauthorization needs.
• Collaborate closely with UNM's Government Relations office to ensure consistency and alignment in legislative engagement.
• Coordinate capital project…