Federal Planner - DoD (Remote or Hybrid)

INTEGRATED DESIGN & ADVISORY + FEDERAL PLANNING PRACTICE

At Michael Baker International, we bring together decades of federal planning expertise and integrated design thinking to deliver innovative, high-impact solutions for our clients. Our Federal Planning Practice has supported the U.S. government with award-winning services in master planning, emergency management, sustainability, and facility programming—often under tight deadlines and across the globe.

Our Integrated Design and Advisory vertical enhances this foundation by uniting architecture, engineering, and strategic consulting into a powerful delivery platform. With over 850 professionals nationwide, we serve a diverse range of sectors including defense, aerospace, healthcare, higher education, and the federal government. We leverage early stakeholder engagement and cross-disciplinary collaboration—spanning MEP+S+FP engineering, planning, and advisory services—to deliver holistic, resilient, and future-ready solutions.

From strategic consulting and digital twins to energy resiliency and operational continuity, our team is committed to solving complex infrastructure challenges with agility, innovation, and integrity. Together, we are shaping high-performance environments that support mission success and long-term growth for our clients.

DESCRIPTION

The Federal Planner-Department of Defense will join a collaboration of experienced planners, landscape architects, and project managers dedicated to having a positive impact through effective planning. The ideal candidate will be driven, intellectually curious, and committed to excellence.  The Federal Planner-Department of Defense will serve as task lead and lead planner on multi-disciplinary planning projects for Department of Defense clients. This position will be responsible for preparing master planning and strategic planning documents. This role requires strong analytical skills, real property expertise, and a minimum of 5 years of experience working with or for the U.S. Department of Defense. Please note that this role requires U.S. Citizenship and the ability to travel on-site to client locations in the U.S. and overseas.

Anticipated work includes:

• Conducting master planning services for Department of Defense clients primarily and other Federal clients as needed.
• Engaging with clients and stakeholders through the organization and facilitation of on-site charrettes, workshops, interviews, and site visits, in both leadership and support capacities.
• Managing projects and personnel effectively to ensure successful outcomes.
• Preparing comprehensive written and supplementary content for project deliverables, which may include Master Plans, Installation Development Plans, Vision Plans, Area Development Plans, District Plans, Transportation Management Plans, Installation Planning Standards, Requirements Analyses, Planning Charrette Reports, Facility Space Optimization Plans, DD1391s, and additional federal planning documents.
• Contributing to business development initiatives, including the preparation of SF330 and similar Federal proposal documents.

The ideal candidate will possess:

• The ability to coordinate, work with, and advise DoD clients on how to achieve their desired planning and infrastructure end-state.
• A strong desire to work with members of the DoD onsite and virtually throughout concurrent project lifecycles.
• Proficiency in task-oriented oral and written communication for preparing and presenting reports and projects.
• Quantitative and qualitative analytical skills.
• The ability to work independently, as well as in multi-disciplinary teams.
• Knowledge of planning principles, military installation configuration, and how to apply planning best practices to DoD real property assets.
• Experience analyzing DoD missions sets and communicating the real property implications involved during decision making processes.
• Ability to conduct research and write planning reports on land use, physical, social & economic conditions, and mission requirements.
• Demonstrated experience and appropriate training in employing strategic planning and space planning techniques to develop long- and short-range plans. 
• Understanding of real property, its support systems, and ability to clearly convey data to support data-driven planning. 

Required Qualifications:

• A minimum of 5 years of experience working with or for the U.S. Department of Defense.
• Direct experience leading U.S. Department of Defense master planning projects, developing programming documents for the U.S. Department of Defense, and/or experience with military real property management.
• Familiarity with Department of Defense data systems and guidance; please specify which systems and guidance in your application.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams) and comfortable with learning and leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) tools such as Microsoft Co-Pilot.
• Availability to travel to client sites in the U.S. and overseas (25% of time).
• This role requires U.S. Citizenship.

Preferred Qualifications:

• A bachelor’s degree (or higher) in urban planning, project management, landscape architecture, architecture, civil engineering, environmental science, geography, related field (or equivalent professional planning experience).
• Credentialing, such as AICP, PMP, PE, GIS-P, or RLA.
• Experience with Esri ArcGIS Suite and/or AutoCAD.
• Experience with Adobe Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign).
• Experience utilizing military real property systems such as FRAME, ePRISMS, iNFADS, RPLANS 

COMPENSATION

The range for this role is $85,619 – $112,375; this will be dependent on the experience and expertise of the incoming candidate. 

THIS POSITION CAN BE REMOTE, OR HYBRID; Periodic On-site Travel to Client Sites (25%) is Required.

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