Senior Project Planner

Description

• Interfaces with clients, sub-consultants, and other professionals during all phases of complex and multi-disciplinary projects to ensure a coordinated, cohesive, and informed engagement and appropriate guidance and response to project requirements
• Manages internal teams, consultants, local planners, and other specialists or sub-consultants
• Travel may be required
• Leads presentations, project coordination, and client communications, preparing planning-related graphics for project reports and meetings
• Provides own expertise in writing and compiling a variety of document types, including planning reports, technical memoranda, design narratives, project approaches, and design guidelines
• Assures the project conforms to WATG’s QC process and delivery standards (ISO) and develops contractual client agreements and understands liabilities related to planner/owner projects, including fee calculations
• Manages the projects within established schedules and budgets to ensure profitability and the efficient utilization of resources
• Implements processes to reduce project risks and exposure
• Meets project requirements, managing multiple priorities within established schedules and budgets
• Conducts research and data analysis, including master plan level programming and space planning studies
• Creates integrated, sustainable, and equitable solutions to complex land planning problems, leading and managing project activities and supervising team members assigned to the project regarding scope performance and the production of project deliverables
• Provides design and production leadership on all phases of a project

Requirements

• Extensive land planning experience, including project management, graphic communication, land-use zoning, and client relationships
• 15+ years of experience in urban design, urban planning, or landscape architecture practices
• Excellent written and verbal communication and client presentation skills
• Demonstrates design competency and creativity in producing design sketches, site planning, analysis diagrams, site sections, footprint layouts, 3D models, and presentations for master planning projects
• Registered professional in planning or landscape architecture preferred
• Bachelor’s degree in urban planning, urban design, landscape architecture, or related field
• Proficiency in MS Office, AutoCAD, Adobe Creative Suite, SketchUp
• Working knowledge of sustainable design and planning
• Excellent graphic skills, including hand-sketch ability, visualization renderings, plans, and document layout
• Environmental accreditation preferred
• Proven project leadership, project management, and resource coordination, with the ability to effectively work in a team environment

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance