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Land Use Planner
Burns & Bouchard / Los Angeles
Posted on: May 9, 2025
Application Deadline: open until filled
Job Description
Planner
Burns & Bouchard is a boutique development, planning and government affairs firm specializing in creative solutions to today’s complex urban planning and municipal issues. We assist developers across the spectrum from Fairfield Residential, Hines, Sares Regis, Related Companies of California, and Douglas Emmett, to Zara, Voo Doo Doughnuts, and Godspeed Bagels, to Television City Studios, Radford Studio Center, and Fox Future with all aspects of the development process. We focus on government affairs, community relations, entitlement approvals, permit processing and project/construction management. Our knowledge of commercial, residential and institutional development spans from tenant improvements and permitting to midsize remodels to ground-up construction of all sizes including full-scale master planning efforts.
We are currently seeking a planner with experience in land use and entitlement applications. The ideal candidate must have excellent analytical, communication and writing skills, be comfortable working in a small team while working on the go, and while also handling matters individually. We are open to junior or senior level candidates, and job responsibilities will ultimately depend on experience.
Qualifications
- 2+ years of active experience in entitlement applications, permit processing, due diligence and related activities, particularly in and around the City of Los Angeles
- Strong written, research and communication skills
- Experience processing entitlements and working with local agency staff
- Ability to read and understand architectural, structural, civil, and landscape plans and calculations
- Understanding of California planning and zoning laws and codes
- Ability to meet multiple deadlines in a fast-paced environment
- Ability and willingness to engage all relevant stakeholders with confidence and charisma, with the goal of obtaining all necessary regulatory approvals
- Ability to think and engage flexibly and work effectively as part of a team. Must possess an attitude that no job is too small or insignificant; and no challenge is too daunting. An ideal candidate must be willing to face all challenges with a positive, can-do attitude and must possess an ability to negotiate effectively, even in the face of difficult circumstances and/or recalcitrant individual
- Former experience at a local agency is desirable, though not required
Compensation
- Salary Range: $70,000-$100,000
- Bonus opportunities
- Health benefits
- PTO and paid holidays
- 401(k)
- Company phone, computer, etc.
- Vehicle reimbursement for company related travel
Required Experience / Skills / Education
- 2+ years of active experience in entitlement applications, permit processing, due diligence and related activities, particularly in and around the City of Los Angeles
- Strong written, research and communication skills
- Experience processing entitlements and working with local agency staff
- Ability to read and understand architectural, structural, civil, and landscape plans and calculations
- Understanding of California planning and zoning laws and codes
- Ability to meet multiple deadlines in a fast-paced environment
- Ability and willingness to engage all relevant stakeholders with confidence and charisma, with the goal of obtaining all necessary regulatory approvals
- Ability to think and engage flexibly and work effectively as part of a team. Must possess an attitude that no job is too small or insignificant; and no challenge is too daunting. An ideal candidate must be willing to face all challenges with a positive, can-do attitude and must possess an ability to negotiate effectively, even in the face of difficult circumstances and/or recalcitrant individual
- Former experience at a local agency is desirable, though not required
Application Instructions
Please send resume to khoffman@burnsbouchard.com
