Senior Planner

City of Costa Mesa; Costa Mesa (CA); Vor Ort; USD 117.000 - 156.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

The City of Costa Mesa, known as the City of the Arts, invites qualified candidates for the Senior Planner position in the Community Development Department – Planning Division. This role leads current and advanced planning, supervises staff, and advises on complex development projects to advance housing and zoning initiatives.

Key responsibilities include managing complex planning projects, coordinating with departments, and presenting staff analyses to City Council and Planning Commission.

Qualifikationen

• The Senior Planner performs advanced journey-level professional planning work in current and advanced planning; acts as a subject matter expert in a complex area of urban planning; provides functional supervision and training to lower-level staff; and other work as required.
• Work involves considerable skill in research, analysis, presentation of data, writing, development analysis and oral presentations.
• This is the advanced journey-level class in the professional planner series. An incumbent exercises functional and technical supervision over journey-level planning staff.

Aufgaben

• Supervises, directs and coordinates a major segment of the City’s planning and zoning programs;
• Supervises special planning, zoning and environmental studies and complex development projects.
• Determines methods and procedures to be utilized in accomplishing assigned activities; coordinates activities with other sections, divisions or departments.
• Coordinates with and delegates to staff regarding General Plan consistency, Zoning Code, complex development projects.
• Directs, coordinates, reviews and participates in the work of professional and technical staff in data collection, analyses, plan formulation and implementation of a wide variety of planning and zoning programs.
• Participates in the selection of professional, technical and administrative support personnel and their orientation, training and performance evaluations; plans, organizes, and supervises the work of planning staff; coaches and motivates personnel; assists in the development and implementation of staff training programs and plans; recommends employee recognition and discipline.
• Acts as technical advisor to subordinate personnel in solving difficult assignments, and in reviewing objectives, techniques of execution, recommendations and resultant findings and determining General Plan and Zoning Code consistency.
• Assists management in developing, planning and implementing department goals, objectives and priorities; recommends changes to departmental programs, policies and procedures.
• Meets with developers, engineers, property owners, contractors and other individuals to discuss, advise, explain processes and suggest improvements regarding potential projects, pre-applications, development applications, feasibility analysis, conceptual development plans and code interpretation.
• Prepares, reviews and presents staff reports, technical studies, special projects, and presentations for City Council, Planning Commission, and other boards and commissions.
• Performs plan checks for zoning compliance and evaluates development sites to make recommendations for issuance of ministerial and discretionary permits, and to determine level of environmental review and consistency with the General Plan.
• Reads, analyzes and critiques constructions plans for zoning compliance, and coordinates review by other City departments.
• Makes recommendations on planning applications submitted for discretionary review, including development permits, use permits, variances, tract subdivision maps, master plans and other zoning applications.
• Responds to and resolves sensitive and difficult inquiries, complaints, and requests for information from property owners, business owners and the public regarding development proposals.

Jobbeschreibung

The City of Costa Mesa, renowned as the “City of the Arts”, is offering an exciting career opportunity for a Senior Planner to join our hardworking and talented Community Development Department- Planning Division. If you are passionate about engaging the community and ready to address the City's diverse housing needs, this could be the perfect opportunity for you! Join a collaborative and supportive work environment where your contributions make a meaningful difference in the community. You will play an important role in advancing City Council priorities and supporting the values that make our community a great place to live, work, and thrive.

SALARY:

Current: $116,664 - $156,336

Effective July 2027: $120,144 - $161,028

There is currently one (1) full-time vacancy.

THE POSITION:

The Senior Planner performs advanced journey-level professional planning work in the fields of current and advanced planning; acts as a subject matter expert in a complex area of urban planning; provides functional supervision and training to lower-level staff; and other work as required. Work involves considerable skill in research, analysis, presentation of data, writing, development analysis and oral presentations.

This is the advanced journey-level class in the professional planner series. Work assigned to this class involves considerable skill in research, analysis, presentation of data, writing, development analysis and oral presentations. An incumbent exercises functional and technical supervision over journey-level planning staff. This class is distinguished from the class of Principal Planner in that the Principal Planner possesses full supervisory responsibility for a major work section and is distinguished from the Associate Planner class by the regular performance of highly complex and technical duties as a subject matter expert.

UPCOMING PROGRAMS AND GOALS YOU WILL BE PART OF:

• Managing complex current planning projects, including those within the City's Specific Plans and Mixed Use Overlay District (MUOD);
• Implementation of the City's Sixth Cycle (2021-2029) Housing Element;
• Update of the City's Seventh Cycle (2029-2037) Housing Element;
• Review of update of the City's Inclusionary Ordinance;
• Implementation of the City's Climate Action and Adaptation Plan;
• Overseeing complex environmental review (initial studies, MNDs, EIRs);
• Update of the City's zoning standards to address state law, City Council priorities and community needs.

Based upon the information presented on the application and resume, a limited number of candidates who possess qualifications most pertinent to the position will be invited to participate in the selection process. The selection process may include but is not limited to the following components: application review and evaluation, written examination or exercise, physical examination, practical exercise and interview evaluation. Please notify the Human Resources Division 72 hours in advance of the test date if you have a disability which requires accommodation for the testing process. The eligibility list will be in effect for one (1) year, unless exhausted sooner. The eligibility list from this recruitment may be utilized to fill lower-level vacancies which occur during the life of the list.

All employment offers made by the City are contingent upon establishing proof of a prospective candidate's legal authorization to work in the United States and successfully passing all components of the pre-employment process which may include, but is not limited to: comprehensive background check, criminal history check (Live Scan fingerprint check), polygraph examination, post-offer psychological evaluation and post-offer medical evaluation.

Note: The provisions of this job bulletin do not constitute an expressed or implied contract. Any provisions contained within may be modified or revoked without notice.

• Supervises, directs and coordinates a major segment of the City’s planning and zoning programs;
• Supervises special planning, zoning and environmental studies and complex development projects.
• Determines methods and procedures to be utilized in accomplishing assigned activities; coordinates activities with other sections, divisions or departments.
• Coordinates with and delegates to staff regarding General Plan consistency, Zoning Code, complex development projects.
• Directs, coordinates, reviews and participates in the work of professional and technical staff in data collection, analyses, plan formulation and implementation of a wide variety of planning and zoning programs.
• Participates in the selection of professional, technical and administrative support personnel and their orientation, training and performance evaluations; plans, organizes, and supervises the work of planning staff; coaches and motivates personnel; assists in the development and implementation of staff training programs and plans; recommends employee recognition and discipline.
• Acts as technical advisor to subordinate personnel in solving difficult assignments, and in reviewing objectives, techniques of execution, recommendations and resultant findings and determining General Plan and Zoning Code consistency.
• Assists management in developing, planning and implementing department goals, objectives and priorities; recommends changes to departmental programs, policies and procedures.
• Meets with developers, engineers, property owners, contractors and other individuals to discuss, advise, explain processes and suggest improvements regarding potential projects, pre-applications, development applications, feasibility analysis, conceptual development plans and code interpretation.
• Prepares, reviews and presents staff reports, technical studies, special projects, and presentations for City Council, Planning Commission, and other boards and commissions.
• Performs plan checks for zoning compliance and evaluates development sites to make recommendations for issuance of ministerial and discretionary permits, and to determine level of environmental review and consistency with the General Plan.
• Reads, analyzes and critiques constructions plans for zoning compliance, and coordinates review by other City departments.
• Makes recommendations on planning applications submitted for discretionary review, including development permits, use permits, variances, tract subdivision maps, master plans and other zoning applications.
• Responds to and resolves sensitive and difficult inquiries, complaints, and requests for information from property owners, business owners and the public regarding development proposals.