Senior Planner Hybrid - Greater Seattle Area, WAWe are currently seeking a talented and experienced Senior Planner to join our team of professionals. This position offers great opportunities for dynamic, motivated self-starters to work on a variety of work assignments. You'll be a member of our highly respected team of professionals with a full complement of resources to support you and exciting projects to keep you challenged.
JOB REQUIREMENTS: - Serve as a contract planner / on-call staff for municipal clients
- Provide day-to-day advisory support to city planning departments
- Support or lead zoning code updates and development standards
- Contribute to long-range planning efforts (general plans, specific plans, policy studies)
- Prepare staff reports and recommendations for planning commissions and councils
- Process development applications (entitlements, site plans, subdivisions, use permits)
- Manage projects, budgets, and client relationships (depending on experience level)
SKILLS/KNOWLEDGE: - Understanding basic planning and zoning practice along with the ability to review plans and apply provisions of the ordinances and codes to determine compliance with such regulations
- Reading and interpreting site plans, floor plans, elevations, and sections. Ability to understand an apply dimensional scales as it applies to development review
- Writing and communicating effectively
- The application of statistical, algebraic, or geometric knowledge to practical situations
- Working with computer hardware and software programs, which may include the Microsoft Office suite, the Adobe suite, Internet applications, GIS, desktop plan review software, and electronic permitting systems.
- Being able to positively interact with the other team members, the general public, contractors, governmental entities, and other clientele
- Ability to operate independently in a client facing environment
- Ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines simultaneously
- Demonstrating specific attention to detail
EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE: - Graduation from a recognized College or University with a bachelor's degree in planning, landscape architecture, public administration, geography, architecture, civil engineering, environmental sciences, or a closely related field
- 7+ years' experience working for a city or county planning agency (as staff or consultant) with experience processing moderately complex to complex development applications is required.
- Experience handling moderately complex to complex development applications
COMPENSATION: SAFEbuilt pays competitive wages and has a comprehensive benefit offering. Benefits include health, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance, paid holidays, paid time off, matching 401K Plans, wellness programs and more. SAFEbuilt is committed to Career Progression through paid training and step increases for additional certifications and licenses. Salary: $85,000-$150,000
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