Community Planner, Senior

Community Planner, Senior Job Code: 75050 Salary Grade: 19 Salary Range: $54,928-$85,136 FLSA: Exempt Purpose of Classification: The purpose of this classification is to oversee federal HUD funded Capital Improvement construction projects. This is a lead classification and provides technical assistant with more complex issues. Essential Functions: The following duties are normal for this position. The omission of specific statements of the duties does not exclude them from the classification if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment for this classification. Other duties may be required and assigned. Coordinates the day to day architectural, engineering, design, and construction of HUD funded construction projects; communicates with facilities management construction project managers, municipalities and their representatives, including architects, engineers and contractors, geotechnical consultants, and construction superintendents regarding project related questions, requests for approvals, requests for information, change order requests, coordination issues, architectural, engineering design deficiencies, contractor and sub-contractor issues, scheduling issues, permitting issues, and other cost, schedule and quality related items. Oversees the selection, bidding, award, design and construction phase of federal HUD funded Capital Improvement construction projects; manages HUD funds ensuring federal requirements are implemented and documented. Reviews and approves requests for payments and requests for information; negotiates change order requests; chairs bi-weekly construction meetings; performs building and site inspections for compliance with construction drawings and contract documents; responds in writing to Requests for Information, compliance issues, project delays, design errors and omissions, and other project issues. Prepares HUD Environmental Reviews and Environmental Assessments for HUD funded projects; completes environmental assessments and historic reviews; prepares Notice of Intents, Findings, and Public Advertisements; prepares project schedules and project budgets; provides regular updates to Board of Commissioners, Directors, and the local community. Participates in public meetings and advisory council meetings: provides project updates, project schedules and timelines; answers related questions and provides information as necessary; attends community meetings to allow for public comments and distributes information. Supervises, directs, and evaluates assigned interns, consultants, and community volunteers; manages assigned projects; collaborates with local partners to promote positive outcomes in the creation of viable communities; provides input and recommendations for policy, systems and environmental changes to improve neighborhoods and the County through various planning efforts in the County/Region. Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in Planning, Engineering, Landscape Architecture or a related field required; three years of experience in Land Planning, Landscape Architecture, Community Infrastructure Consulting and Planning or Design; or any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience which provides the requisite knowledge, skills, and abilities for this job. Specific License or Certification Required: Must possess and maintain a valid Georgia driver’s license. Performance Aptitudes: Data Utilization: Requires the ability to evaluate, audit, deduce, and/or assess data using established criteria. Includes exercising discretion in determining actual or probable consequences and in referencing such evaluation to identify and select alternatives. Human Interaction: Requires the ability to work with and apply principles of persuasion and/or influence over others to coordinate programs or activities of a project, and resolve typical problems associated with the responsibilities of the job. Equipment, Machinery, Tools, and Materials Utilization: Requires the ability to operate, maneuver and/or control the actions of equipment, machinery, tools, and/or materials used in performing essential functions. Verbal Aptitude: Requires the ability to utilize a wide variety of reference, descriptive, advisory and/or design data and information. Mathematical Aptitude: Requires the ability to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division; the ability to calculate decimals and percentages; the ability to utilize principles of fractions; and the ability to interpret graphs. Requires the ability to read construction documents and plans and utilize architectural and engineering scales for measurements. Functional Reasoning: Requires the ability to apply principles of influence systems, such as motivation, incentive, and leadership, and to exercise independent judgment to apply facts and principles for developing approaches and techniques to resolve problems. Situational Reasoning: Requires the ability to exercise judgment, decisiveness and creativity in situations involving the evaluation of information against sensory, judgmental, or subjective criteria, as opposed to that which is clearly measurable or verifiable. ADA Compliance: Physical Ability: Tasks require the ability to exert light physical effort in sedentary to light work, but which may involve some lifting, carrying, pushing and/or pulling of objects and materials of light weight (5-10 pounds). Tasks may involve extended periods of time at a keyboard or work station. Sensory Requirements: Some tasks require the ability to perceive and discriminate colors or shades of colors, sounds, odor, depth, texture, and visual cues or signals. Some tasks require the ability to communicate orally. Environmental Factors: Performance of essential functions may require exposure to adverse environmental conditions, such as dirt, dust, pollen, odors, wetness, humidity, rain, fumes, smoke, temperature and noise extremes, or traffic hazards. DeKalb County is an Equal Opportunity Employer. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, the County will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities and encourages both prospective and current employees to discuss potential accommodations with the employer. #J-18808-Ljbffr