Salt Lake Community College is hiring : Director, Planning & Design in Taylorsvil

Salary : $89,245.65 - $96,020.69 Annually

Location : Taylorsville Campus, UT

Job Type : Exempt Full Time

Job Number : 202500382

Division : Business Services

Department : Facilities Services

Opening Date : 09 / 08 / 2025

Closing Date : 10 / 5 / 2025 11 : 59 PM Mountain

FLSA : Exempt

Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States.

All employees are expected to maintain a permanent residence within the State of Utah as a condition of employment. New employees must provide a valid Utah residential address within 30 days of their start date.

Job Summary

Reporting to the Associate Vice President of Facilities Services, the Director of Planning and Design provides strategic leadership and operational oversight for campus-wide planning, design, and development initiatives. This role ensures that the physical environment of the college aligns with institutional goals, supports student success, and responds to the evolving needs of academic programs, workforce development, and community engagement.

The Director serves as a key advisor and delegate for the Associate Vice President, collaborating across college departments to deliver integrated solutions for new construction, renovations, and long-range master planning. The position leads efforts at all levels of planning and design processes, pre-construction, site development, and space utilization across all campuses. As an integral part of the project team, the Director consults with the project team throughout the execution of each project. With 5 direct reports, this position oversees approximately 15 employees, including architectural staff, interior design specialists, a Furniture and Moving crew, and college Fire Marshalls.

This position is at will.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities & Knowledge Skills & Abilities

• Lead and coordinate strategic planning for facilities development, including master planning, capital projects, and space programming.
• Oversee pre-construction design and feasibility studies, ensuring alignment with institutional priorities and sustainability goals.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders-including Construction & Trades, Plant Operations, Grounds, Customer Service, Maintenance, Real Estate and Custodial Services-and external agencies to deliver responsive and inclusive design solutions.
• Manage space inventory and reporting, ensuring compliance with oversight agencies and optimizing space utilization across the college.
• Guide the design and execution of remodeling projects and capital development initiatives, fostering innovation and efficiency.
• Champion design standards and user-centered planning practices that reflect the college's mission and the varied needs of students, faculty, and staff.
• Act as a strategic partner to academic and administrative units, translating programmatic needs into physical space solutions.
• Supervise planning and design staff, and the Furniture and Moving crew, fostering a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Represent Facilities Services in cross-functional committees and planning groups, including design coordination, sustainability initiatives, and capital improvement prioritization.
• Ability to communicate effectively with a broad range of people with a variety of abilities and backgrounds, to maintain good working relationships across the College.
• Ability to work with all groups from a variety of academic, socioeconomic, cultural, and ethnic backgrounds, and with community college students, faculty, and staff, including those with disabilities.

Minimum qualifications

Bachelor's Degree required.

Five (5) years of related full-time employment in the areas of planning, design, and leading teams.

Preferred Qualifications

Masters degree.

Facilities knowledge.

Proven leadership skills.

SLCC Information

Salt Lake Community College is Utah's largest open-access college in the state. We proudly educate 45,000+ students pursuing degrees in 100+ programs across 8 areas of study, and Utah's fastest growing industries and four-year baccalaureate programs consistently welcome SLCC graduates. Every SLCC employee has a hand in transforming students' lives to strengthen its surrounding communities. SLCC employees work at 8 locations across the valley and capital city of Salt Lake with easy access to the beautiful Wasatch Mountains, world-class outdoor recreation, sporting events, museums, history, and arts and entertainment.

Salt Lake Community College seeks and values contributions from each community member and welcomes new perspectives. A respectful work environment is its top priority; academic excellence and lasting transformation occurs when we can collaborate freely. As an emerging Hispanic Serving Institution, SLCC leads the state with the highest enrollment of students from the Latinx / a / o community. SLCC is committed to serving students and being a model for inclusive and transformative education.

Salt Lake Community College (SLCC) is fully committed to policies of equal employment and nondiscrimination. The College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability, religion, protected veteran status, expression of political or personal beliefs outside of the workplace, or any other status protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.

SLCC is a participating employer with Utah Retirement Systems ("URS"). In addition to URS, SLCC offers several other retirement account options.

This position is subject to a successful completion of a criminal background check.

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