Full Time Senior Planner

Senior Planner

Join our team as a Senior Planner and play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our city! This full-time position offers the opportunity to lead high-level planning and project management efforts within the Planning and Development Department. You'll contribute to long-range and current planning initiatives, review development proposals, and implement comprehensive and area plans that drive sustainable growth and vibrant communities. If you're ready to make a meaningful impact, we want to hear from you!

Essential Job Functions

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: This information is intended to be descriptive of the key responsibilities of the position. The following examples do not identify all duties performed by any single incumbent.

Current Planning

• Communicates with the public, developers, and contractors over the phone, via email, or at the front counter.
• Reviews and administrates the land development process by researching unified development code, administering, and specifying required procedures and processes for zoning changes, specific use permits, platting cases.
• Reviews and prepares staff reports and recommendations by researching past cases, researching the UDC, reviewing and discussing with other departmental staff, presenting information to the applicant, and preparing a final draft of reports and ordinances to the Planning and Zoning Commission.
• Assists other team members in the division and department as needed.

Long Range Planning

• Communicates with the public, developers, and contractors by attending public hearings; and discussing projects over the phone.
• Writes various reports by responding to external requests for information; and writing staff reports.
• Develops planning studies and reports in support of new and updated plans, programs, and regulations.
• Acts as a liaison between community groups, government agencies, developers, and elected officials in developing neighborhood plans.
• Provides information to the public regarding the implementation of the Comprehensive Plan and area plans.
• Regular and consistent attendance and punctuality for the assigned work hours is essential.

Minimum Qualifications

Any combination equivalent to experience and training that would provide the required knowledge, skills, and abilities may qualify. A typical way to obtain the knowledge, skills and abilities would be:

• Education: Work requires broad knowledge in a general professional or technical field. Knowledge is normally acquired through four years of college resulting in a bachelor's degree or equivalent.
• Experience: Over two years and including three years of directly related experience.
• Licenses: Valid Texas Class C Driver's License
• Certifications Required: AICP preferred.