What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Planner position at Wightman?
Senior Planner
Position Purpose:
Join our team of problem solvers. What problems are we solving?
- Designing inspiring places to live, learn, work, and play
- Create flexible, active learning environments that imbue a lifelong love of learning
- Understand public needs to build places that better serve those that live and work in our communities
- Develop engaging, comfortable workspaces for vibrant, growing businesses
This is just a small sampling of the “problems” you would have solved if you worked at Wightman. Do you like working with fun people? You’ll find that here at Wightman, too.
Accountabilities:
- Partners on business development efforts for planning in current or new markets
- Manages complex planning studies, development applications and reviews proposals
- Reviews and processes comprehensive plan amendments, re-zonings, annexations, site plans and plats
- Develops project budgets, administers bidding process, verifies contract expenditures and compliance
- Presents reports and other findings to staff, Planning & Zoning boards, and serves as a liaison to such professionals
Preferred Skills/Experience:
- Excellent communication and writing skills
- Demonstrated experience to develop new clients for a firm
- Possess a positive, team-based mentality and ability to mentor staff
- Ability to balance a broad scope of activities, clients and professionals
- Advanced knowledge of the principals, practices and techniques of planning
Required Education/Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in planning or a related field
- 10-15 years of experience with municipal experience and zoning ordinances
Preferred Education/Experience:
- 5 years of experience in consulting
- Master’s Degree
- Membership in American Planning Association
- AICP Certification
- CNU- A Accreditation, body of work represents the tenants expressed by the Congress of New Urbanism (CNU). A sophisticated understanding of pedestrian-based design and planning.
- Previous experience incorporating high-quality graphic presentations into planning processes and documents.
- Prior experience with or knowledge of Geographic Information Systems (GIS).
Travel:
- Travel between offices for collaboration with team members and for project meetings and job sites as needed
We offer comprehensive benefit and compensation packages.
- Learn more about our Benefit offerings here!
About Wightman:
No matter your career trajectory – whether you’re just starting out, currently in a mid-level position, or are looking to accelerate your career opportunities – you want to work for a firm that does great work, gives back to their community, supports your career path, and does it all alongside people with whom you can connect. After all, you spend a third of your day at work; why do it in a place where you do not feel valued, are longing for more responsibility, or feel disconnected from your clients? If you are seeking a position at a legacy consulting firm that is wholly owned by its employees, looking to do impactful work that matters, and find a work culture that supports your family life, bring your skills to Wightman.
Our full-service architectural, civil engineering, and land surveying firm, which was established in 1946, exists to serve people and the communities in which we live. We have a dynamic team of over 170 professionals that work to analyze, advise, design, and deliver successful projects in partnership with government, education, commercial, and energy clients throughout the Great Lakes region. We offer our clients comprehensive, multi-disciplinary services including Architecture, Civil Engineering, Surveying, Construction Services, GIS, Interior Design, Landscape Architecture, and Reality Capture. What does that mean? It means we design and build awe-inspiring and award-winning streetscapes and 21st century learning environments, inspect interstates and bridges that ensure safe travel, accurately determine boundary lines and draw topographic maps, support energy service providers grow and enhance their green and traditional infrastructure, construct data-driven mapping solutions, envision outdoor gathering spaces that foster community, and so much more.
We are actively searching for talented employees who are aligned with our culture of work/life balance, want to grow with a firm committed to success, and desire to become trusted advisers to clients who respect their knowledge and expertise. Whether you enjoy working in the field gathering data, are passionate about the design process, or delight in details, consider learning more about our firm at https://gowightman.com/careers/life-at-wightman.
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