Senior Urban Planner Jobs

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AECOM is actively seeking a highly motivated Senior Urban Planner for employment in any of the following three Texas offices: Dallas, Austin, Houston, or Chicago, IL. AECOM is searching for candidates that are proactive, good communicators, and work well in a team environment.

Candidate must be able to support complex planning studies, urban design concepts, development applications and reviews. The candidate must demonstrate the ability to support projects from both a big picture perspective while managing details around technical city planning concepts.

Candidate will also:

• Assists with updates and maintenance of Comprehensive Plan, transportation plan and land development regulations, small area plans, integrated infrastructure plans, and similar studies.
• Interprets and applies applicable government codes, ordinances and regulations.
• Understand how urban analytics can help decipher the possibilities of future development.
• Conducts research and prepares statistical reports on land use, physical, social and economic issues.
• Understands the impact of the built environment, and can view a project from a resiliency, land use and transportation lens.
• Writes and presents formal and technical reports, working papers and correspondence and can show they are a strong writer.
• Provides professional planning assistance to member communities on varied land use and transportation projects.
• Develops plans, studies, and analyses on both regional and site scales.

Minimum Requirements:

• BA/BS +6 years of related experience in Urban Planning, Urban Design, City and Regional Planning, Architecture, Economics, or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education

Preferred Qualifications:

• Candidate must be confident in GIS data management and data visualization.
• Master's Degree in Urban Planning, Urban Design, City and Regional Planning, Architecture, Economics, or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

With infrastructure investment accelerating worldwide, our services are in great demand, and there’s never been a better time to be at AECOM! Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility.

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