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Urban Planner
Environmental Science Associates / Los Angeles, San Diego, Irvine, Camarillo, Pasadena
Posted on: May 26, 2022
Application Deadline: Open until Filled
Job Description
ESA seeks a highly motivated Urban Planner to join us in one of our Southern California offices on a hybrid schedule. We are looking for a team member with 7 to 10 years of planning experience who is proactive and has the intellectual curiosity to continue the advancement of our established team of community planners and environmental consultants. This is a mid-level opportunity in our ever-growing team of Community Development professionals. This opportunity is focused on collaboration, delivery, and client service.
Required Experience / Skills / Education
Who You Are
You are a mid- to senior-level professional with a strong desire to grow and advance your career and to develop your technical and project management skills.
You hold a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree with major course work in urban planning, urban design, geography, public policy; or a related interdisciplinary field, who can work with minimal direction for most tasks and manage projects. Proficiency in design software, such as Adobe Creative Suite, ArcGIS, SketchUp, or other is a plus.
You have strong writing and analytical skills, and effective oral presentation skills with the ability to convey complex information understandably to different audiences.
An effective and energetic team member with 7 to 10 years of experience supporting aspects of community planning relating to land use, master planning, public policy, climate change, and urban design. You have a strong working knowledge of policy planning, land use permitting, and relevant federal, state, and local regulatory and environmental regulations and processes.
What You Will Do for ESA
As an Urban Planner, you will serve as task manager and contributing author for community planning documents, for municipal and private development clients, including but not limited to due diligence, entitlement permits, Specific/Master Plans, Area Plans, Neighborhood Plans, General Plan Updates, Climate Adaptation Plans, Planned Unit Developments, and Environmental Justice Elements.
You will be responsible for coordinating the task or project delivery schedule, managing logistics, disseminating and maintaining related information and resources, assisting with budget tracking and invoicing, meeting with team members to gauge progress toward task completion, and responding to team member or client questions about assigned tasks or projects.
You will apply critical thinking and problem-solving to evaluate, select, and adapt standard techniques and procedures in the development of planning documents for both the private and public sector clients. You will be required to effectively communicate with staff, clients, and teaming partners and serve as a trusted professional bringing creative and innovative solutions to clients.
Other job duties may include:
- Managing projects involving a multi-disciplinary team;
- Working closely with clients and serving as the primary, or one of the primary points of day-to-day contact;
- Leading or assisting with proposal and other business development efforts;
- Occasional traveling for project work;
- Performing quality control of project deliverables; and
- Training and developing the careers of junior level staff.
Application Instructions
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