Senior Planner

Salary : $60,532.99 - $75,666.24 Annually
Location : Various Locations within the City of El Paso, TX
Job Type: Civil Service
Job Number: 10140-0526
Department: City Planning & Design
Opening Date: 05/28/2026
Closing Date: Continuous
FLSA: Exempt


Requirements
MOS Code: 2G051 (Air Force), 54A (Army), 25 (Coast Guard), 3450 (Marine Corps), B15A (Navy)


Education and Experience: Bachelor's Degree or higher in Business or Public Administration, Transportation, Urban or Regional Planning, Design, or a related field, and two (2) years professional experience in urban or regional planning.

Licenses and Certificates: Valid Texas Class "C" Driver's License by time of appointment or equivalent from another state.

General Purpose
Under general supervision, perform professional planning work in the administration and implementation of the comprehensive plan, transportation systems or parks planning.

Typical Duties
Plan, prepare and technical planning material related to assigned work. Involves: Conduct highly technical research and analysis, evaluate findings, identify significant issues, assign and review work, determine options and develop recommendations on complex projects. Prepare technical material on subdivisions, zoning related items, transportation planning, parks planning, land studies, urban design, site analysis and related planning documents. Assist and guide staff.

Participate in developing and maintaining projects. Involves: Coordinate and participate in analysis of plans and projects. Meet with private and public sector professionals. Provide planning data to the public. Review preliminary and final plats, design and construction plans. Process applications to ensure compliance with state and local regulations and with the city's comprehensive plan. Prepare project documents and design concepts. Conduct surveys and research property ownership and planning related. Prepare recommendation on transportation projects, park-planning projects, planning related ordinance revisions and other planning items.

Conduct research and plan for grant funds. Involves: Research grant opportunities including utilizing the Internet, grant related publications, and contacts. Meet with private foundations on possible sponsorships. Work with grant program recipients to establish objectives and develop plans to implement funds, program requirements and explain required procedures. Write grant proposals and submit grant applications. Prepare statistical information. Manage grant budgets including authorizing and initiating payments for services. Develop comprehensive documents for reporting on grant funding activities, including assisting in the preparation of reports to federal agencies and long-term planning documents.

Represent the department and provide technical support, information and guidance. Involves: Respond to requests for information on ordinances, codes, policies, plans and procedures. Provide interpretation of planning related and subdivision requirements, zoning requirements, comprehensive planning documents, land development applications, land use documents and other planning documents. Prepare complex comprehensive documents on comprehensive plans, data analysis, special reports and recommendations. Attend board and committee meetings, City Council, citizen group meetings and other gatherings to represent the department. Provide input for department budget preparation.

Supervise assigned personnel. Involves: Schedule, assign, instruct, guide and check work. Appraise employee performance. Provide for training and development. Enforce personnel rules and regulations and work behavior standards firmly and impartially. Counsel, motivate and maintain harmony. Interview applicants. Recommend hiring, termination, transfers, discipline or other employee status changes.

General Information
For complete job specification, click


Important Note: Required Supplemental Questions and answers are considered an examination component and will generate a score.
Applicants are being tested on a conditional basis pending review of minimum qualifications. Applications will be reviewed for applicants that pass the Supplemental Questions examination. Per CSC Rules & Regulations, after review of the minimum qualifications for applicants that pass the Supplemental Questions examination, a passing score, combined with applicable seniority points and veteran points, will be used to create a list of candidates.

Note: This is a new advertisement for Senior Planner. You must apply if you are still interested in this position.
Note: Applicants are encouraged to apply immediately. This position will close when a preset number of qualified applications have been received.
Please note: Applicants with foreign diplomas, transcripts, and degrees must have all documents translated and evaluated by an agency of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) prior to submitting them to the Human Resources Department. Please visit for more information.
A résumé and/or other documents will not be accepted in lieu of a completed application. Comments such as "See résumé" are not acceptable and will result in the application being considered incomplete.
To qualify for this position, required education, experience, knowledge and skills must be clearly stated on your application's employment history. We do not use any information on your resume to review if you meet the minimum qualifications for this position.
Failure to fully detail all experience and job duties in the application, or copying/pasting directly from the job specification, or responses referring to your résumé will eliminate you from consideration for the position.
BENEFITS
LIFE AND HEALTH INSURANCE
The City of El Paso is a self-insured entity with a third-party administrator for Medical and Pharmacy benefits. Basic Life Insurance Coverage is available at no cost to eligible employees. Additional Life Insurance and coverage for your dependents are also available.

Employees can select optional Dental, Vision, and Short Term Disability coverage. Employees also have the option to participate in a Health Savings Account or Flexible Spending Account (healthcare and/or dependent care for daycare expenses). All of these insurance and coverage options can be configured within a month of your new employee orientation date.

An Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with access to mental health sessions, therapy, and more is available at no cost. A trained counselors are also available to help you and your dependents cope with life's stressors so that you can live a happy productive lifestyle.

The City's Wellness Program seeks to promote better health and wellness amongst the workforce through various programs and incentives in which employees may choose to participate in, to include wellness education, fitness tests, biometric screenings, group fitness, health coaching and so much more!

Keep Learning, Growing & Reinventing Yourself! The City of El Paso's Tuition Assistance Program encourages employee personal and professional development by sharing educational costs with those employees who have successfully completed their original probation, and in turn retain a skillful workforce. Each year, employees can obtain Tuition Assistance for Degree, Certifications, Continuing Education, and Books & Equipment.
ELIGIBILITY FOR VACATION LEAVE
All regular employees who are regularly scheduled to work on an average, a minimum of twenty (20) hours per week, who have held a position in the City Service for a period of six months from date of employment, shall be eligible for vacation allowance as hereinafter set forth. Part-time employees shall accrue vacation leave at a pro-rated amount of full-time entitlement based on the number of hours that they are scheduled to work. Employees covered by collective bargaining agreements shall accrue vacation as provided in the applicable agreement.
Regular employees in the City Service shall accrue vacation credit at the following rates per pay period, calculated from the date of employment of each employee:
For 0 - 5 years of service (12 days):
40 hour per week employees - 3.70 hours per biweekly pay period

For >5 to 15 years of service (17 days):
40 hour per week employees - 5.24 hours per biweekly pay period

For >15 or more years of service (20 days):
40 hour per week employees - 6.16 hours per biweekly pay period
SICK LEAVE WITH PAY

Employees shall be entitled to accrue sick leave with pay in accordance with the Rules of the Civil Service Commission.

ACCIDENT WITH PAY LEAVE

The Amended Section 4.4 of the Ordinance shall become effective upon adoption and shall apply to occupational injuries and occupational diseases occurring on and after date of adoption. Occupational injuries and occupational diseases occurring before such date will be governed by the Ordinance in effect at the time of the date of injury or disease.

PREGNANCY LEAVE
A) Pregnancy shall be treated the same as any other temporary physical disability.

B) An employee on pregnancy leave shall use accumulated and unused regular sick leave time and then (unless granted use of special sick leave) shall be on leave without pay, unless the employee chooses to use any accumulated and unused annual leave.

C) An employee going on pregnancy leave shall give written notice to her department head with appropriate medical verification. Before returning to work from pregnancy leave, the individual will provide appropriate medical documentation releasing the employee to return to work, as is required for any individual who has been on leave for a temporary physical disability.

LEGAL HOLIDAYS
The following days are hereby declared legal holidays for all the City departments, provided that the provisions of this section shall not apply to members of the Fire Department whose duties are to prevent or extinguish fires, or to members of the Police Department whose duties are those of law enforcement: (Amended 10/03/95)
1. First day of January (New Year's Day)

2. Third Monday in January (Martin Luther King Holiday)
3. Thirty-first day in March (Cesar Chavez Day)
4. Last Monday in May (Memorial Day)

5. June 19 (Juneteenth)
6. Fourth day of July (Independence Day)

7. First Monday in September (Labor Day)

8. Eleventh Day in November (Veteran's Day)
9. Fourth Thursday in November (Thanksgiving Day)
10. The Friday following the fourth Thursday in November (Day after Thanksgiving)


11. Twenty-fifth Day in December (Christmas Day)

12. Employee's Birthday
In addition to the above days, the following days are also declared to be legal holidays: 1. Any day designated as a holiday by City Council. 2. When any legal holiday falls on a Saturday, the preceding Friday shall be considered a legal holiday. 3. When any legal holiday falls on a Sunday, the following business day shall be considered a legal holiday.
01


What best describes your experience and level of education?

• Bachelor's Degree or higher in Business or Public Administration, Transportation, Urban or Regional Planning, Design or a related field, and two (2) years professional experience in urban or regional planning.
• Master's Degree or higher Master's Degree or higher in Business or Public Administration, Transportation, Urban or Regional Planning, Design or a related field, and one (1) year professional experience in urban or regional planning.
• None of the above

02


Do you have a valid USA driver's license? If so, what type of driver's license do you have?

• Texas Class A - CDL or equivalent from another state.
• Texas Class B - CDL or equivalent from another state.
• Texas Class C or equivalent from another state.
• No, I do not have a valid driver's license.

03


What best describes your level of knowledge of urban design, site design principles and practice?

• Some knowledge
• Good knowledge
• Comprehensive knowledge
• No knowledge

04


What best describes your level of proficiency in reading and understanding topography maps and site development plans.

• Beginner
• Intermediate
• Advanced
• No experience

05


Select any of the following you have experience in interpreting and providing technical material for:

• Subdivisions
• Zoning Related Items
• Transportation Planning
• Parks planning
• Land Studies
• Urban Design
• None of the above

06


Candidates will be evaluated based on the information provided on the application and the completeness of the responses to the Supplemental Questions. The following will disqualify you from moving forward in the recruitment process.-Failure to fully detail all work experience and job duties.-Failure to fully detail all lead, supervisory and managerial experience and duties if required. -Overlapping dates of work experience.-Copying and pasting directly from the job specification.-Responses referring to your résumé.

• I acknowledge I have read and understand the above information.

07


Required supplemental questions and answers are considered an examination component and will generate a score. Applicants are being tested on a conditional basis pending review of minimum qualifications. Applications will be reviewed for applicants that pass the Supplemental Questions exam.

• I understand that my answers to the supplemental questions will generate a score.
• I understand that I am being tested on a conditional basis pending review of minimum qualifications.

Required Question