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Position:
Senior Community Planner
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Location:
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Jacksonville, FL
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Job Id:
4376
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# of Openings:
1
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Senior Community Planner
Halff Associates Inc. is seeking to hire an experienced Senior Community Planner to join the Jacksonville, Florida team as a 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. The Halff Jacksonville team is involved in exciting planning projects in the North-East Florida region and throughout the state of Florida ranging from comprehensive plan preparation; parks, recreation, and trails planning; active transportation planning; downtown, corridor and special area planning; urban design, land planning; development codes; and more.
The responsibilities of the Senior Community Planner will include 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. The Senior Community Planner will mentor younger staff; balance client, company, and project team responsibilities; manage budgets and tasks; and oversee the preparation of high-quality documents and deliverables. The successful candidate will also be skilled at leading diverse public engagement programs, possess a confident presentation style, and be proficient at managing the competing interests of project stakeholders as necessary. In addition, the candidate will periodically participate in business development activities and represent the firm.
Minimum Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in community/urban planning, landscape architecture, architecture, or a closely related field;
- 8+ years of experience in a planning capacity;
- 3 years of project management experience;
- Strong knowledge of computer programs (GIS, Adobe Creative Suite, and Microsoft Office programs) and the ability to produce attractive maps, graphics, and written documents.
- Ability to travel periodically to client jurisdictions
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master's degree in community/urban planning, landscape architecture, architecture, or a closely related field;
- Experience in both the public and private sector;
- Parks systems master planning and/or trail master planning a plus;
- Well organized, detail oriented, and highly motivated;
- Demonstrated abilities in facilitating community stakeholder input and public meetings;
- Strong technical writing and graphic skills;
- AICP and/or other certifications/professional registrations from our allied professions (PLA, AIA, CNU-A, LEED-ND, etc.).
Company Overview:
Halff is a mid-sized, employee-owned, diverse and 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. Our services include: broadband, construction services, energy, environmental, geographic information systems, grant funding resources, intelligent infrastructure, intelligent transportation systems, land development, planning and landscape architecture, MEP engineering, public works, resilience, right of way, structural engineering, subsurface utility engineering/utility coordination, surveying, transportation, water resources and water/wastewater.
Halff has offices in the following locations:
- Arkansas: Bentonville, Fayetteville, Fort Smith, North Little Rock and Little Rock
- Florida: Chipley, Crestview, Jacksonville, Orlando, Panama City Beach, Tallahassee, Tampa, Tavares, Temple Terrace and Windermere
- Louisiana: Baton Rouge and Shreveport
- Oklahoma: Norman and Oklahoma City
- Texas: Austin, Brownsville, Corpus Christi, Flower Mound, Fort Worth, Frisco, Houston, Lubbock, McAllen, Midland, Richardson, San Antonio, The Woodlands and Tyler
We offer excellent benefits including medical, dental, prescription and life insurance; long-term and short-term disability insurance; paid time off; holiday pay; traditional and Roth 401(k) plans; Employee Stock Ownership Plan; Health Savings Account; 529 College Savings Plan; flexible spending accounts; an Employee Assistance Plan; and more.
Salary is competitive and commensurate with experience.
Halff is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability or veteran 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.
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Halff Associates, Inc.
life insurance, paid time off, 401(k)
Oct 04, 2024