Senior Transition Planner

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Virginia, +1 more state.

📋 Description

• Create and sustain comprehensive plans for facility transitions and relocations.

• Set occupancy milestones, moving timelines, and transition sequences.

• Oversee transition activities across various departments and operational functions.

• Formulate detailed move plans for departments, outlining responsibilities, timelines, resources, and dependencies.

• Manage relocation needs for personnel, equipment, furniture, and supplies.

• Recognize transition risks, operational limitations, and possible disruptions.

• Assist in advance planning and preparation before occupancy.

• Collaborate with facility leadership, logistics staff, vendors, and installation teams.

• Monitor transition milestones and address scheduling or resource conflicts.

• Aid in move execution, facility readiness evaluations, and post-move issue resolution.

• Keep transition documentation, action-item logs, and readiness reports updated.

• Work with the Activation Project Manager to ensure relocation activities align with overall project timelines.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 3 years of experience in multi-phased transition planning and relocation.

• At least three years of experience in transition planning and relocation services for multi-phased projects.

• Background in conceptual advance planning.

• Experience in identifying occupancy milestones.

• Proficient in detailed implementation planning and move sequencing.

• Skilled in preparation and setup processes.

• Capable of developing comprehensive move plans for each affected department.

• Experience in executing relocations.

• Comfortable coordinating across facility operations, logistics, engineering, acquisition, and project leadership.

• Preferred: experience in supporting VA or other federal facility relocations.

• Preferred: experience with healthcare, warehouse, logistics, or administrative facility transitions.

• Preferred: experience managing multi-department relocations.

• Preferred: familiarity with equipment and furniture relocation, installation, and readiness.

• Preferred: knowledge of project scheduling and transition management tools.

• Preferred: experience in creating occupancy readiness checklists and transition risk assessments.

• Strong skills in stakeholder coordination and problem-solving.

• Ability to sit for extended periods while using a computer keyboard and mouse.

• Effective verbal and written communication skills.

• Occasional ability to stand, walk, bend, or lift up to 15 pounds.

🏝️ Benefits

• Equal opportunity employment.

• Veterans, members of the Reserve and National Guard, and transitioning active-duty service members are strongly encouraged to apply.

• Reasonable accommodations may be provided to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the role.