Senior Community Planner

Halff Associates, Inc.; Jacksonville (FL); Remote; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A consulting firm is seeking a Senior Community Planner to manage projects and engage with stakeholders. The ideal candidate has over 8 years of planning experience and strong technical skills. This role involves balancing client needs and project responsibilities while mentoring junior staff. Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits offered.

Benefits

Medical, dental, prescription and life insurance

Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)

Flexible spending accounts (FSA)

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in a planning capacity.
• 3 years of project management experience.
• Strong knowledge of computer programs and the ability to produce attractive maps and graphics.

Responsibilities

• Project management and leadership of public engagement and plan development.
• Mentor younger staff.
• Manage budgets and tasks.

Skills

Project management

Technical writing

GIS

Adobe Creative Suite

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree in Community/Urban Planning

Master's degree in Community/Urban Planning

Tools

Microsoft Office programs

Job description

Position: Senior Community Planner

Location: Any Florida Office, FL

Job Id: 4908

# of Openings: 1

Halff has an immediate opening for an experienced planning professional to join our Florida-based teams as Senior Community Planner.

The ideal person for this position can thrive in a collaborative work environment with an interdisciplinary team of planners, landscape architects, and engineers on a variety of planning efforts with both public and private entities. Halff's Florida-based planning and landscape architecture teams are involved in exciting planning projects throughout the State of Florida and beyond, ranging from comprehensive plans; community redevelopment plans; parks, recreation, and trails plans; active transportation plans; downtown, corridor and special area plans; land planning; development code preparation and administration; and more.

We will prioritize candidates that wish to locate in either our Jacksonville or Tampa offices, although, candidates who wish to locate to one of our other Florida offices may also be considered on a case-by-case basis.

What you will do:

• Project management and leadership of public engagement, plan development, and technical report writing and document production, including maps and graphic elements needed to convey the concepts and ideas generated in each planning effort.
• Mentor younger staff.
• Balance client, company, and project team responsibilities.
• Manager budgets and tasks.
• Oversee the preparation of high-quality documents and deliverables.
• Periodically, will participate in business development activities and represent the firm.

What you will need:

• 8+ years of experience in a planning capacity.
• 3 years of project management experience.
• Bachelor's degree in Community/Urban Planning, Landscape Architecture, Architecture, or a closely related field.
• Significant and recent project management experience in Florida.
• Strong knowledge of computer programs (GIS, Adobe Creative Suite, and Microsoft Office programs) and the ability to produce attractive maps, graphics, and written documents.
• Well organized, meticulous attention to detail.
• Strong technical writing and graphic skills.
• Ability to travel periodically to client jurisdictions.
• Master's degree in Community/Urban Planning, Landscape Architecture, Architecture, is preferred.
• Experience in both the public and private sector, is preferred.
• Demonstrated abilities in facilitating community stakeholder input and public meetings, is a plus.
• Parks systems master planning and/or trail master planning, is a plus.
• AICP and/or other certifications/professional registrations from our allied professions (PLA, AIA, CNU-A, LEED-ND, etc.), is a plus.

The Halff Planning Advantage

• Halff's talented professionals are involved early in the process to develop a plan that seamlessly integrates built elements with the natural environment.
• We achieve stakeholder buy-in of a vision through meeting facilitation and public input when required.
• Halff's projects and employees are consistently recognized for their excellence.

Halff's Planning Services:

• Active Transportation Planning
• Comprehensive Planning
• Corridor and Streetscape Planning
• Development Codes and Ordinances
• Downtown Planning
• Neighborhood and Special Area Planning
• Parks, Recreation, and Open Space Planning
• Planned Unit Developments and Master Planned Communities
• Trails and Greenspace Planning
• Urban Design and Placemaking
• On-Call Planning Services
• Capital Improvement Programming

Company Overview:

Halff is a full-service infrastructure consulting firm planned, designed, engineered, constructed - and purposed - for people. Since 1950, we've been creating smart solutions that improve lives and communities by turning ideas into reality.

Halff was founded on a core tenet: Focus on people, treat them well, and success will follow. It's no wonder, then, that our employees and the culture they create result in our firm consistently being named a Top Workplace in America.

Our industry-leading professionals collaborate to meet tough challenges in creative ways.

Benefits:

• Medical, dental, prescription and life insurance
• Long-term and short-term disability insurance
• Paid time off (PTO) and 8 company paid holidays (and Veteran's Day for our veterans)
• Traditional and Roth 401(k) plans
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• 529 College Savings Plan
• Flexible spending accounts (FSA)
• Employee Assistance Plan

Salary is competitive and commensurate with experience.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected status.

Halff is a drug-free workplace. This offer of employment is contingent upon the receipt of a clear drug screen and background check prior to your first day of employment. This position may be subject to random drug testing pursuant to federal regulations.