Urban Planner

Overview

Plan public/private projects, create comprehensive plans, zoning, and environmental reviews.

Requirements

• gis
• urban design
• communication
• land use
• bachelor’s
• planning experience

What You Bring

-Geographic Information System (GIS) skills -Urban design skills -Excellent oral, written, and graphic communication skills and an interest in public engagement -Understanding of land use controls (e.g., zoning, subdivision, landscape codes) -Bachelor’s degree in planning, landscape architecture, or an equivalent field -Knowledge of the philosophies, principles, practices, and techniques of planning -3-5 years of professional planning experience

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Benefits

-Annual discretionary performance-based bonus -Optional Flexible Spending Account (FSA) -Discretionary company-matched 401(k) plan -Planner IV - $85,680 - $106,000 per year -Option of PPO health plan or HDHP with Health Savings Account (HSA) with company contribution -8 company-paid holidays each calendar year -Employee Assistance Program (EAP) -100% paid employee medical, dental, vision, prescription coverage, life insurance and long-term disability protection. Subsidized dependent coverage -Additional voluntary benefits include voluntary hospital indemnity coverage, voluntary accident insurance, and voluntary critical illness insurance -Paid Time Off (PTO) Benefits. PTO is accrued at 16.5 days (132 hours) annually for new hires

About Ahbl Inc.

-Founded in Tacoma in 1969 as a small structural engineering shop by Noel Adams, the firm grew through key partnerships and merges, evolving into AHBL. -By the late 1980s and ’90s, it expanded into civil engineering, landscape architecture, planning and surveying, establishing a rich multidisciplinary identity. -With offices now in Tacoma, Seattle, Spokane and Pasco, AHBL tackles projects spanning public civic works to private commercial and educational developments. -Their roster includes typical projects like schools, healthcare centers, municipal infrastructure and tribal community spaces across the Pacific Northwest. -Specialisms include community planning, civil & structural engineering, landscape architecture and comprehensive land surveying. -Notably, in 2011 they added in‑house surveying via merger, and Spokane’s office relocation in 2022 illustrates steady regional growth and collaboration.

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