Sr Planner

Overview

Lead entitlement, CEQA compliance, and planning for large-scale Bay Area projects.

Key Responsibilities

• entitlement strategy
• ceqa compliance
• project coordination
• stakeholder management
• team leadership
• quality assurance

Tasks

-Provide strategic advice to clients and internal teams on entitlement pathways, regulatory requirements, and risk management. -Leads team strategy for planning frameworks, systems diagrams and conceptual plans under guidance of Regional Lead / PIC. Provides creative direction, providing outlines and structure for project teams. Develops content for external presentation. Demonstrates advanced understanding of the relationship between project and feasibility. -Monitors performance of project team and approach to ensure quality standards and project goals are being met. -Leads multi-disciplinary teams to complete tasks on projects, within the scope of work, schedule, and budget, in an organized, timely and consistent way, with meeting agendas, minutes, action items and follow-up coordination. -Coordinates all aspects of planning project deliverables, including defining and controlling scope of work, schedules and workplans to guide clients and project teams. Effectively coordinates with outside project and consulting partners towards project goals. -Manages planning projects, guides internal teams and consultants towards firmwide project excellence and problem solving. -Assists in teaming strategy, consultant coordination and facilitates multi-discipline collaboration. -Assesses and directs planning process and team workflow improvements, incorporates integrated sustainable project solutions and promotes best practices in project thinking in project deliverables. -Leads efforts in developing and validating project approach, schedule, scope of work and staffing plans for team review. -Travel may be required -Manage and collaborate with diverse stakeholder groups, including city staff, elected officials, community organizations, developers, and institutional partners. -Assures HOK document QA/QC and Best Practice management standards are met. -Leads intra-company agreements, contracts and deliverables to assure HOK standards for project management are met. -Fosters a commitment to external and internal client service. -Leads planning concepts, strategy, creative direction and project organization for project teams. -Uses advanced knowledge of planning concepts and controls for a range of planning project types to guide team approaches to the creation and modification of planning documents, drawings and performs advanced calculations, ensuring the incorporation of project intent. -Lead entitlement strategies for major master-planned, mixed-use, and institutional projects, navigating Bay Area municipal and regional approval processes. -Supports business development strategies led by others. -Participates in interviews as subject matter expert. -Proactively engages staff and provides opportunities for professional growth. -Leads articulate and effective project-related client, public and/or professional presentations. Guides collaborative team project meetings and consultant meetings. -Coordinate CEQA compliance, including scoping technical studies from consultants. -Guides multi-disciplinary teams and consultants towards incorporation of integrated Sustainable project solutions into projects. -Manages project teams, provides innovative project solutions, fosters collaboration and demonstrates effective communication towards successful project delivery. -Develops a deep understanding of client's program requirements and regulatory standards and policies. Directs selection of appropriate key performance metrics to guide project and support client project goals and ensures their integration into project decision making and documentation. -Archives documents appropriately showing strong project organizational and team management skills.

Requirements

• autocad
• rhino
• leed
• aicp
• ceqa
• 10+ years

What You Bring

-Proficiency in AutoCAD and Rhino required. -Advanced knowledge of site planning strategies and ability to research, apply and incorporate those strategies into conceptual site projects, guidelines, standards and other project documents. -Strategic application of advanced understanding of planning benchmarks and precedents, for a range of project types, based on extensive professional experience, towards project and client needs. -Advanced knowledge of typical planning concepts, real estate development parameters and a range of building typologies towards best practices in placemaking strategies. -Proficiency in Grasshopper and Enscape preferred. -Expertise in CEQA processes, including management of EIRs and technical studies. -LEED credential required within 12 months of employment -Advanced knowledge of QA/QC process. -Professional planner license (AICP or equivalent). -Advanced knowledge of sustainability, integrated project and LEED guidelines. -Ability to communicate both verbally and in writing. -Ability to work in a team environment and effectively meet deadlines. -Ability to anticipate entitlement requirements and guide teams, consultants and clients towards compliant project solutions. -Uses advanced knowledge of planning to contribute towards the success of the team, and the project. -Demonstrates effective conflict resolution techniques with clients, consultants and project team members. -Directs planning concepts based on advanced knowledge of site planning strategies. Ability to articulate impacts to overall district composition based on changes in plan components. -Minimum 10 years of progressively responsible experience in land use planning, entitlement, and CEQA compliance. -Proficiency in MS Office, including Word, Outlook and Excel required. -Proven ability to translate master planning visions into implementable, entitlement-ready projects -Ability to support team in prioritizing obligations based on task prioritization and understanding of contractual obligations and client expectations. -Demonstrated success advancing large-scale projects in the Bay Area, such as transit-oriented developments, sports driven master plans, corporate campuses, life science campuses, healthcare facilities, universities, or other institutional developments. -Advanced knowledge of technical planning elements and ability to understand, coordinate and effectively interpret consultant team members input in providing project team direction. -Displays critical thinking and creativity in initiating planning approaches, manages the creation and modification of planning documents and ensures incorporation of project intent. -Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously. -Familiarity with SB 330 and related California housing legislation preferred. -Proficiency in GIS data and mapping software preferred. -Strong leadership, organizational, and communication skills with the ability to guide complex teams and facilitate stakeholder consensus. -Advanced knowledge of planning controls and benchmarks to inform project data and performance metrics. Intermediate understanding of external government and agency approval processes. -Proficiency in Affinity or Adobe Creative Suite and Bluebeam Revu preferred.

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About Hok

-The company operates across various sectors, including commercial, healthcare, education, and government. -It works on a wide range of projects, from high-rise offices to large public infrastructure and cultural spaces. -Notable projects include the renovation of iconic buildings and the design of cutting-edge sustainable campuses. -Its global reach enables it to tackle complex challenges in diverse geographic and cultural contexts. -Its multidisciplinary teams provide comprehensive services from concept to execution, ensuring a seamless design experience.

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