Senior Federal Facility Programmer – Mission Critical, Secure Facilities

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Ohio.

📋 Description

• Oversee facility programming, requirements development, and space planning for intricate federal, Department of War (DoW), Intelligence Community, mission-critical, and secure facility initiatives.

• Conduct programming interviews, stakeholder workshops, visioning sessions, and planning charrettes.

• Create Programs of Requirements (PORs), Planning Charrette Reports (PCRs), space programs, planning studies, and supporting documentation for DD Form 1391 and other federal programming processes.

• Implement federal and DoD programming standards, including DAFMAN 32-1084, AR 405-70, FC 2-000-05N, relevant UFC criteria, and agency-specific guidelines.

• Evaluate organizational structures, personnel, mission functions, operational workflows, workplace and furniture standards, and functional relationships to establish quantitative space needs.

• Produce adjacency diagrams, departmental planning concepts, blocking and stacking studies, space allocation strategies, and conceptual space layouts.

• Incorporate workplace planning, furniture and equipment planning, ergonomics, anthropometrics, accessibility, and human-centered design principles.

• Integrate ICD 705, TEMPEST, Open Storage Secret (OSS), security zoning, access control, and requirements for classified or controlled environments.

• Collaborate with clients, end users, security stakeholders, architects, engineers, interior designers, technology specialists, and various other disciplines.

• Create and present client presentations, executive briefings, planning narratives, and recommendations.

• Assist in proposal development and strategic growth initiatives for the practice.

• Work remotely with occasional travel required for meetings.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Interior Design, Architecture, Planning, or a related design or facility-planning field, along with 10+ years of professional experience, including two years in a leadership role, or a proven equivalent of experience and/or education.

• Extensive experience in facility programming and space planning for federal, DoW, Intelligence Community, or similarly complex facilities.

• Appropriate professional registration or certification for the candidate's discipline, such as Registered Architect (RA), NCIDQ Certified Interior Designer, state Registered/Certified Interior Designer, or a comparable professional credential.

• U.S. citizenship required due to federal contract/security stipulations.

• Willingness and ability to travel periodically for CONUS and OCONUS projects.

• Capability to pass drug and background checks for work on Federal grounds, military installations, and school properties.

• 15+ years of professional experience is preferred, including at least 5+ years focusing on federal facility programming, space planning, workplace strategy, or requirements development.

• Significant expertise in developing PORs and PCRs for DoW MILCON projects, including support for DD Form 1391 development.

• Experience applying DAFMAN 32-1084, AR 405-70, FC 2-000-05N, UFC criteria, or comparable federal agency standards.

• Familiarity with planning SCIF, SAPF, OSS, TEMPEST, secure operations, or other classified mission environments.

• Experience supporting federal projects in both CONUS and OCONUS settings.

• Proficiency with Autodesk Revit and other tools used for developing or communicating space planning concepts.

• Possession of an active U.S. Government security clearance, or demonstrated capability to obtain and maintain a security clearance.

• Ability to translate organizational, operational, workplace, furniture/equipment, technology, and security requirements into quantitative space requirements and physical planning solutions.

• Experience in developing facility programs, PORs or equivalent requirement documents, adjacency studies, blocking and stacking concepts, and conceptual space plans.

• Experience leading client interviews, programming workshops, planning charrettes, and activities focused on building stakeholder consensus.

• Working knowledge of federal and DoW facility programming processes and criteria.

• Strong understanding of workplace planning, furniture/workstation standards, ergonomics, anthropometrics, and human-centered planning principles.

• Excellent facilitation, presentation, written communication, and multidisciplinary collaboration skills.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.

• Life, AD&D, and disability insurance.

• Paid time off.

• Leaves of absence.

• Voluntary benefits and perks.

• Flexible work arrangements.

• Well-being resources.

• Employee assistance program.

• Business travel insurance.

• Service recognition awards.

• Retirement savings plan.

• Employee stock purchase plan.

• Training and development opportunities.

• In-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office location.