SENIOR COMMUNITY PLANNER PROJECT MANAGER

Senior Community Planner / Project Manager

Halff is seeking to hire an experienced Senior Community Planner to join the Houston, Texas team as a Project Manager. The ideal person for this position can thrive in a collaborative work environment with an interdisciplinary team of planners, landscape architects, and engineers on a variety of planning efforts.

• The Halff Houston team is involved in exciting planning projects in Houston and beyond ranging from comprehensive plan preparation;
• parks, recreation, and trails planning; active transportation planning; downtown, corridor and special area planning; urban design and land planning;

development codes; and more.

The responsibilities of the Senior Community Planner include project management and leadership of public engagement, plan development, and technical report writing and document production.

The Senior Community Planner will mentor younger staff; balance client, company, and project team responsibilities; manage budgets and tasks;

and oversee the preparation of high-quality documents and deliverables. The successful candidate will also be skilled at leading diverse public engagement programs, possess a confident presentation style, and be proficient at managing the competing interests of project stakeholders as necessary.

Minimum Requirements :

• Bachelor's degree in community / urban planning, landscape architecture, architecture, or a closely related field
• 7 years of experience in a planning capacity
• 3 years of project management experience
• Strong knowledge of computer programs (GIS, Adobe Creative Suite, and Microsoft Office programs) and the ability to produce attractive maps, graphics, and written documents

Preferred Qualifications :

• Experience in both the public and private sector
• Well organized, detail oriented, and highly motivated
• Demonstrated abilities in facilitating community stakeholder input and public meetings
• Strong writing and graphic skills
• AICP certification

Compensation :

Commensurate with experience. Halff offers a competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits package.

Application Process :

Interested candidates who meet or exceed the above qualifications are invited to submit the following :

• Letter of interest
• Resume
• Writing / graphic samples of recent work. If collaborative work is shown, credit team members and note your role where applicable

Company :

Halff Associates is a unique, employee-owned, regional consulting firm that has provided full-service engineering, planning, landscape architecture, architecture, and related land development services for decades.

We are committed to continually investing in our employees, fostering a culture of collaboration, and delivering unwaveringly high-quality results for our clients.

Our passion is providing smarter solutions with a distinctly human touch for everyone we serve. We improve lives and communities by turning ideas into reality.

Halff continues to be ranked by Engineering News-Record as one of the top firms in Texas and Louisiana, winning the following awards in 2020 :

• Award : Top 500 Design Firms (No. 106); Engineering News-Record
• Award : Top Design Firms (No. 14); Engineering News-Record Texas & Louisiana
• Award : 2020 Hot Firm; Zweig Group
• Award : 2020 Best Firms to Work For; Zweig Group

Office Information : Halff Associates

Halff Associates

14800 St. Mary's Lane, Suite 160

Houston, TX 77079-2943

www.halff.com

Company Overview :

Halff is a mid-sized, employee-owned, diverse and multi-disciplined professional services firm. For more than 70 years, Halff has provided smarter solutions throughout the United States offering services in Architecture, Construction Services, Energy, Environmental, Geographic Information Systems, Intelligent Transportation Systems, Land and Site Development, Planning and Landscape Architecture, MEP Engineering, Public Works, Right of Way, Structural Engineering, Subsurface Utility Engineering / Utility Coordination, Surveying, Transportation, Water Resources and Water / Wastewater.

Halff has offices in the following locations :

Arkansas : Bentonville, Fort Smith, Little Rock and North Little Rock

Florida : Chipley, Jacksonville, Miramar Beach, Panama City Beach, Tallahassee, Tampa and Tavares

Louisiana : Baton Rouge and Shreveport

Oklahoma : Oklahoma City

Texas : Austin, Brownsville, Conroe, Corpus Christi, Flower Mound, Fort Worth, Frisco, Houston, Midland, McAllen, Richardson, San Antonio and Tyler

We offer excellent benefits including medical, dental, prescription, life insurance, long-term and short-term disability insurance, paid time off and holiday pay, Traditional and Roth 401(k) plans, Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Health Savings Account, 529 College Savings Plan, Flexible Spending, an Employee Assistance Plan and more.

Salary is competitive and includes a base salary plus end-of-year bonus. If you are looking for a private consulting firm with a great work culture, Halff may be what you are looking for.

Halff Associates is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, or veteran status.