Parks Planner
City of Baytown
Professional Area:
Parks and Recreation Planning
Experience:
5-7 years
Contact person:
Joey Lopez
Phone:
281-420-6523
Fax:
281-420-6518
Email:
joey.lopez@baytown.org
Location:
Baytown, TX
Baytown’s high quality of life can be found in its many parks and its accessibility to a wide variety of arts and cultural opportunities. Baytown boasts an impressive 47 parks featuring open space, playgrounds, skate parks, basketball courts, volleyball courts, and other recreational amenities. The City also offers nature trails, observation platforms, boat ramps, fishing piers, and spray parks.
We are looking for a Parks Planner to continue help us grow and enhance the impressive offerings of parks, and recreational facilities the City currently takes great pride in. Further, we want an individual with vision to design, development, and bring forth fresh ideas in the implementation of parks, park land, recreational facility projects, and park development projects.
Other duties of the Parks Planner position will include overseeing the review and approval of designs and specifications, negotiating the professional service agreements and construction contracts, as well as coordinating and supervising the park construction activities. An individual in this role is responsible for developing and managing project budgets to include planning and design costs, construction estimates and project budgets, as well as monitoring and evaluating the budgets throughout construction. The Parks Planner is responsible for oversight of contract administration, project site inspections, project tracking reports and project performance measures. Prepares and applies for grants, to include development of applications, and administering of grant documents and grant reimbursement requests. Develop and monitor project budgets and make recommendations to director for annual budget.
REQUIRED:
- Bachelors’ Degree in Landscape Architecture, Park Planning, or a related field from an accredited college or university.
- Five years’ work experience in the design and management of public parks projects.
- Valid State of Texas Driver’s License with acceptable driving record.
- Experience in land development, greenway development, and grant preparation.
- Computer experience in AutoCAD, (GIS) Geographic Information System, Adobe Photoshop, Google Sketch up, Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, and Outlook.
PREFERRED:
- National Playground Safety Institute Certified Playground Inspector.
- Certification of registration as a professional landscape architect with the Texas Board of Architectural Examiners.
- Texas Department of Agriculture Certified Non-Commercial Pesticide Applicator License in plant pest control, weed control, and right-of-way control.
- Irrigation License.
Apply today by visiting www.baytown.org