Urban Planning Project Manager

Overview

Lead urban planning projects, manage teams, and build client relationships in Southeast US.

Key Responsibilities

• project management
• plan support
• public engagement
• client interaction
• proposal writing
• team supervision

Tasks

-Support other types of plans and projects beyond planning-related plans such as resiliency, policy, transportation, and parks as needed based on workload. -Maintain liaisons with individuals inside and outside of the company. -Manage personal timeliness and technical correctness of a project to ensure high-quality work that fits within a client’s budget and expectations. -Direct and facilitate public involvement and consensus-building meetings and workshops. -Work in a collaborative environment as part of a multi-discipline team. -Serve as project manager and technical director on projects including Comprehensive Plans, Codes and Ordinances, and Downtown Plans. Plan, schedule, conduct and coordinate detailed phases of planning work. -Draft proposals and statements of qualification within the directives of company policy relating to marketing. -Conduct client-facing interactions to include identifying and pursuing desired projects. -Represent the company at conferences, seminars, meetings; make presentations to clients, government officials, and industry representatives. -Supervise technicians and other planners when performing project tasks. -Develop relationships with identified key clients. -Assist the group manager and team managers with related marketing and client development for planning assignments and help support/identify strategic direction to advance urban planning practices.

Requirements

• 10+ years
• aicp
• gis
• project management
• ms office
• spanish

What You Bring

-Demonstrate ability to produce and QC well-written reports and highly visual documents. -10+ years of urban planning-related work experience -American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) certification -Bachelor’s degree in Urban Planning, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, or a related field to planning is required. -Proficiency in the Microsoft Office Suite and Adobe Creative Suite. Knowledge in GIS and engagement tools. -Background with local government or consulting serving municipalities/ counties. -Involvement in professional organizations such as the American Planning Association (APA), Urban Land Institute (ULI), and other client-rich organizations. -This position requires experience in cross-sector planning (community and economic development, resilience, etc.), project management of multiple and complex projects, facilitation and engagement, project and scope development, GIS and other skills necessary to be successful in a government-client focused, high-paced firm. -Spanish language fluency (written and spoken) -Be willing to travel as needed to meet project commitments, including overnight travel and evening client meeting obligations.

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About Freese And Nichols

-Began as Texas’s pioneering hydraulic and sanitary engineering practice in Fort Worth. -Designed the nation’s first large dual-purpose reservoir and built air-conditioned landmarks and military installations in the 1930s–40s. -Grew from state-focused engineering to national infrastructure with strategic acquisitions and service expansion. -Offers multi-discipline expertise—water/wastewater, environmental science, transportation, urban planning, energy, and facilities—for public and private clients. -Milestones include dam safety systems, urban revitalization, flood hazard mapping, pump-station drought resiliency, and transit planning.

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