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S&T Project Planner V - West Region
CannonDesignUnited States - Remote, United StatesRemotefull_timeVerifiedPosted 11 Dec 2025
💰 $132,900/yr($106,300/yr – $132,900/yr)
About the role
If you think your skills, experience and aspirations make you a good match for this position, we encourage you to apply. Preference will be given to candidates who can work at our client site in the San Francisco, CA area. However, we are open to candidates who an work in any of our office locations in the West Region, which includes our San Diego, Los Angeles, Irvine, Portland, and Seattle offices.
ABOUT THE ROLE
You will perform in a lead high-level specialist role, as a subject matter expert on S&T projects, focused on team and client leadership, mentoring our people, and advancing the quality of our work. This role will be joining the design team for a significant 1.25 million square foot laboratory facility for a leading biotechnology company in San Francisco, CA.
HERE'S WHAT YOU'LL DO
- Actively seek to further the state of the art within our industry and develop innovative solutions and responses as the needs of researchers evolve.
- Effectively collaborate with a project team to provide technical expertise in the programming and planning for projects.
- Lead user group meetings to collect and refine program needs and assess space utilization.
- Communicate planning concepts to project teams and owners, verbally and through graphic and written reports and work effectively with architectural designers to optimize plans that further owners’ goals and objectives.
- Translate planning concepts into comprehensible terms for clients, designers, and project team members.
- Lead the development, modification and/or review of planning concepts and solutions.
- Lead the development of architectural drawings and specifications to translate planning concepts into project documentation for construction.
- Develop project scope, plan, and services during the contract process.
- Incorporate Integrated Sustainable Design solutions into projects.
- Develop and maintain excellent relationships with existing and potential clients.
- Provide guidance and advice to other designers and project leaders.
- Other duties as assigned.
- Bachelor's degree in Architecture, Interior Design, Engineering or a related degree required.
- Minimum 10 years of related experience required.
- Must have previous experience performing as a subject matter expert on projects ranging from large, complex, or multiple projects for the S&T market.
- Experience focus in Vivarium, Biology, Chemistry, or Instrumentation lab spaces is preferred.
- Licensure or registration in the United States preferred.
- LEED accreditation preferred.
- Knowledge of building codes and requirements.
- Must have advanced knowledge in discipline.
- Must possess business acumen.
- Must have the ability to be client facing with strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Must be able to lead less experienced team members
- Strong technical knowledge, coordination skills and the ability to build a rapport with the project team and client is essential.
- Familiarity with Revit, Microsoft Office and Bluebeam required.
- Ability to travel as project needs require.
- Candidates that are local to the project site are preferred. If not local, travel up to 50% of the time to the project site, other CannonDesign offices client meetings, and stakeholder engagements as required.
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