Planner 2 - Ecological Design

Position Description

The Metro Nashville/Davidson County Planning Department is seeking a landscape architect or environmental engineer with experience in design to join its Ecological Design Studio. It is an exciting time to join this new team stewarding environmental design and planning, resilient growth strategies, nature-based urban design solutions, and cultural landscape preservation within one of the country’s fastest growing metro regions.

Metro’s Design Studio—in which the Ecological Design Studio is housed—is comprised of architecture, landscape architecture, and environmental professionals working to elevate design and placemaking in Nashville. They lend their creative and technical expertise on a wide variety of projects, in urban, suburban, and rural contexts, through collaboration with design and development teams, community leaders, stakeholders, and other Metro departments.

A successful candidate for this position will have educational and professional experience in environmental design, planning, and engineering.

Typical Duties

• Provide design guidance for development proposals within the form-based code areas and for community planning processes – working with applicants, citizens, and elected officials.
• Read technical drawings and construction documents.
• Multi-task on a variety of project types, and across time sensitive deadlines.
• Contribute to the creation of design scenarios and planning studies.
• Work with applicants, design/development professionals, fellow Metro staff, and community members.
• Translate and clearly communicate design ideas verbally and graphically, with standard design software.
• Write, prepare, and present concise and accurate staff reports and presentations.
• Participate in compliance review for development proposals within the DTC and UDO areas, including contributing to staff reports and making public presentations for both small groups and large audiences.
• Collaborate in a team setting, and effectively communicate to produce high quality design, planning, and regulatory tools.

Minimum Qualifications

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university and four (4) years of planning experience.
OR
Master's Degree in Planning or related field from an accredited college or university and two (2) years of planning experience.

LICENSES REQUIRED
Valid Driver License may be required for some positions in this classification.

Candidates with accreditations earned in a foreign institute are encouraged to apply.

Note: Per Metro Ordinance No. SO94-1078. All employees of the Metropolitan Government shall be residents of the State of Tennessee or become residents of the state within six (6) months of employment as a prerequisite to employment with the Metropolitan Government.

Preferred Experience, Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Proficiency with 3D modelling (SketchUp or Rhino)
• Fluency in GIS – ArcMap or ArcGIS Pro
• Familiarity with AutoCAD preferred
• Degree in Landscape Architecture or Environmental Engineering preferred
• Fluency in Adobe Creative suite – Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign

How to Apply
Applications will be accepted up to August 18, 2023.

Qualified applicants should send (preferably via email) a letter of interest, resume, and a portfolio of work samples to:

Randi Semrick at [email protected]
Or
Randi Semrick
Metro Planning Department
800 Second Avenue South
P.O. Box 196300
Nashville, TN 37219-6300
(No Phone Calls Please)

We are an equal opportunity employer that values diversity at all levels. All individuals, regardless of personal characteristics, are encouraged to apply.

Metro Nashville Government respects the religious beliefs and practices of all employees and will make, on request, an accommodation for such observances when a reasonable accommodation is available that does not create an undue hardship on business operations.

For ADA inquiries, contact Randi Semrick, ADA Compliance Coordinator, at (615) 862-7230 or e-mail her at [email protected]

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