Space Planner​/Campus Planning Analyst

Space Planner / Campus Planning Analyst

DLR Group is an integrated design firm seeking a Space Planner / Campus Planning Analyst to bring data storytelling into master plans for colleges and universities across the country. The role involves analyzing space utilization and identifying key space needs within the national Campus Planning Team.

As part of our Higher Education Practice, you will support campus and facility planning projects, develop new focuses for project-based analysis, and participate in facility programming, digital tool development, research, and new analysis initiatives.

• Interact and coordinate with the national DLR Group Campus Planning Team, institutional clients, and other firmwide planners to ensure consistent space analytics and planning aligned with institutional and project goals.
• Analyze data (including space utilization) and communicate findings with graphics.
• Collaborate to create processes that support efficiency and accuracy in analysis.
• Develop and present findings to clients.
• Collaborate with architecture and interiors team members to accommodate priority space needs within proposed design solutions.
• Develop space planning reference materials, including quantitative and qualitative benchmarks.

• Bachelor’s degree in any field.
• Strong knowledge base in Excel, Power
  
  BI, Qualtrics, etc.
• Ability to analyze patterns across systems and scales.
• Possess excellent written, verbal, and graphic communication skills.
• Innate curiosity and continual willingness to learn.
• Ability to balance high‑intensity tasks and competing priorities.
• Ability to work across multiple time zones with a national team and clients located from Eastern to Pacific time zones.
• Must be eligible to work in the United States without need for work visa or residency sponsorship.
• Ability and willingness to travel and support work outside of region.

• Dual degree or multidisciplinary experience.
• Master’s Degree or comparable experience in Campus Planning, Architecture, Facilities Planning, Facilities Management, Higher Education Management, or related field.
• Experience with coding.
• Experience in higher education facilities space planning.
• Knowledge of best practices for facility space assessments, facilities management, space analytics, and academic and student life space programming.
• Knowledge of Higher Ed academic organizational structures, workflow, and operating procedures.
• Experience with planning graphics or data visualization software such as Tableau, Adobe Creative Suite.

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