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Senior Planner-Department Head, Gruen Associates - Los Angeles, CA

Senior Planner-Department Head

Gruen Associates
Professional Area: 
Architecture
Experience: 
More than 10 years
Location: 
Los AngelesCA

Gruen Associates is looking for highly-motivated individuals who are passionate and committed to the built and planned environments, sustainable design strategies and our communities. Interested professionals should seek responsibility, be detail-oriented, collaborative, and eager to take on challenges and grow with our team.
The Senior Planner/Department Head position provides opportunities to lead the award-winning planning and urban design departments and be a hands-on planner and manager for a wide range of exciting projects including TODs, planning and design for mass transit and transportation projects, specific plans, master plans, EIRs, campus projects, revitalization plans, streetscape projects, pedestrian plans and community plans for both public and private sectors.
Experience and expertise in project management, as well as management of a small staff, proposal writing/business development, land use/urban planning/design in California, excellent writing and communication skills, strong physical design and policy planning, and carrying a project from conceptual design through construction documents are required.
A Master's degree in Planning or related field and at least 15 years of experience in planning/urban design are required, with at least 5 years at a private consulting firm. California experience in Specific Plans and AICP are required. Experience in transportation planning and an undergraduate degree in Architecture or Landscape Architecture are desirable.
Please send cover letter, resume and work samples via email to gruen@gruenassociates.com. Provide documents in .pdf format.
Review our website for more information about Gruen Associates' long-term architecture and planning legacy, a list of projects and recent awards. www.gruenassociates.com