Senior Planner Civic & Justice Planning

Job Summary:

This is a unique opportunity to join the HDR Architecture, Inc. as a Senior Planner of Civic + Justice Planning. HDR has a long history of working for public sector clients on a variety of project types ranging from infrastructure with our engineering companies, to public sector civic projects including master planning, space programming, libraries, museums, law enforcement, public safety, courthouses, justice, operations & maintenance, parks/recreation, development agencies, and public housing to name a few. This position would be responsible for working with Civic Market Sector Leadership and local practice leadership to further establish and grow HDR's planning capabilities on a Global basis.

Key Desired Attributes:

• Proven experience in developing and implementing planning studies including grant writing for public agencies.
• Proven experience demonstrating the ability to client needs, planning, budgeting, and forecasting processes into an actionable solution that delivers the desired results.
• Background in consulting or a matrix-based environment serving the public realm.
• Background in Owner Program Management/Owner Representative services.
• Responsible to travel as required to meet the demands of a Global client base. Approx. 15% to 30% of time.

Practice Leadership Responsibilities:

• Assist in building a team with capabilities to handle all aspects of Civic+Justice projects, from facility planning, master planning, staffing, and space programming.
• General understanding of operational planning, facilities management, facility construction, managing lease agreements, policies, and implementing the contracting strategy in alignment with local policies and federal/state regulations.
• Assist in developing growth strategies for existing and new global geographic markets.
• Ability to interact with clients and demonstrate communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to lead client meetings.
• Responsible for working with and mentoring staff unfamiliar with the Civic+Justice building type, scope, schedule, budget, and all planning project elements.
• Responsible for monitoring of scope, schedule, and budget on architectural aspects of projects.

• Minimum of 10 years of relevant and current experience on planning projects (Civic, Detention, Corrections, Municipal, Law Enforcement, Public Safety, State/County/Local Government).
• Certified Planner with the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) or registration in process to be completed no later than end of 2025.
• Strong statistical analysis thinking and benchmark research.
• Familiarity with Revit, Bluebeam, SketchUp and other related tools to work in a collaborative atmosphere with architects and engineers.
• Proactive individual with a sense of urgency to multi-task on multiple projects and assignments with flexibility to work in collaborative environment with a team and independently.
• Strong technical capability to critically think through the development of a planning project into documentation, knowledge of standards, and some understanding of code requirement/compliance.
• Experience in developing funding request and/or grant writing for public agencies.

• Bachelor's degree in Urban Planning or closely related field
• A minimum of 10 years experience in environmental consulting with a successful track record of marketing, urban design project management, staff management and client satisfaction, business development skills and familiarity of local clients and markets; advance degree may offset years of experience
• AICP certification desired
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office programs
• Extensive graphics and report document production experience
• Experience with GIS
• Highly motivated self-starter
• Leadership skills and ability to manage in a team environment
• Public speaking and strong verbal and written communication skills
• May require the ability to travel
• An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must