Senior Planner (Military and Federal clients)
The Onyx Group
November 18, 2014
Professional Area:
Facilities and Infrastructure Planning
Experience:
7-10 years
Email:
onyx_jobs@onyxgroup.com
Location:
Alexandria, VA
Employment Status: Full Time
Location: Alexandria, VA
Compensation: This full time, exempt position offers a competitive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, Life Insurance, 401(k), and transit and/or parking reimbursement.
Overview:
This Planner-level role is responsible for production, some management and facilitating successful project delivery
This Planner-level role is responsible for production, some management and facilitating successful project delivery
Position Priorities:
- AICP required
- Performs advanced professional work related to variety of planning assignments
- Manages complex planning studies, development applications and reviews consultant proposals
- Reviews and processes complex comprehensive plan amendments, rezonings, annexations, site plans, plats
- Develops project budgets, administers bidding process, verifies contract expenditures and compliance
- Conducts research and prepares statistical reports on land use, physical, social & economic issues
- Provides professional planning assistance to member communities on varied land use projects
- Develops transportation plans, studies and analyses on regional basis
- Performs field inspections to gather data relevant to the development review process and/or to verify that development projects comply with approved plans
- Schedules and conducts meetings with advisory boards and officials
- Presents reports and other findings to staff, Planning & Zoning Board, and Council and serves as liaison to such committees
- Supervises more junior planners within organization
Required Knowledge
- Advanced knowledge of the philosophies, principals, practices & techniques of planning
- Well-developed knowledge of one or more planning disciplines, such as urban design, affordable housing, economic development or land use
- Knowledge and experience in construction processes
- Knowledge of principles, methodology, practices of research and data collection
- Knowledge of effective writing techniques
Required Skills
- Excellent oral and written communication skills for preparing and presenting planning reports and projects
- Excellent interpersonal skills for facilitating relationships with elected/appointed officials or other decision-makers
- Creative problem-solving skills to gather relevant information to solve less well- defined planning problems
- Group facilitation skills for use with community workshops
- Ability to work on several projects or issues simultaneously
- Ability to provide effective supervision and staff management
- Ability to manage projects effectively and meet firm deadlines
- Proficient in MS Excel, Access,Word, Adobe Creative Suite, ESRI Arc GIS, or similar products.
- Proficiency in an enterprise-wide resource planning and project management tool.
- Demonstrated knowledge of Federal Unified Facility Criteria (UFC), ADA, and relevant design and planning requirements.
About Onyx:
The Onyx Group is an employee-owned company dedicated to improving the places where we live, work, and play. We work together to create sustainable land and facilities life cycle solutions, integrating planning, architecture, and technology.
We believe in "innovation through collaboration" as we integrate the skills of our planning, architecture, and technology departments to work together with our clients to offer them their best total solution. This is achieved though the collaborative approach our team takes in first understanding our client’s needs and then evaluating and tackling each task’s unique constraints so that we can provide the best end result.
Our most rewarding projects are those where we are integrated with our clients and participate in achieving their vision. The innovative solutions that evolve from applying our expertise in collaboration with our client are professionally satisfying for both our client and our team.
The Onyx Group is an employee-owned company dedicated to improving the places where we live, work, and play. We work together to create sustainable land and facilities life cycle solutions, integrating planning, architecture, and technology.
We believe in "innovation through collaboration" as we integrate the skills of our planning, architecture, and technology departments to work together with our clients to offer them their best total solution. This is achieved though the collaborative approach our team takes in first understanding our client’s needs and then evaluating and tackling each task’s unique constraints so that we can provide the best end result.
Our most rewarding projects are those where we are integrated with our clients and participate in achieving their vision. The innovative solutions that evolve from applying our expertise in collaboration with our client are professionally satisfying for both our client and our team.