Junior Land Use Planner

We’re hiring! We’re looking for a Junior Land Use Planner to join our Planning team in our Richland, Washington office. If you thrive in fast-paced environments and love the challenges that come with this type of consulting work, this is an outstanding opportunity to work side by side with a well-respected and talented multi-disciplinary team of professionals in a dynamic organization.

What You’ll Do

• Research: Perform timely and accurate property, zoning, and utility research to ensure compliance with municipal land use regulations.
• Application Preparation: Prepare, organize, and submit required materials for land use applications, including subdivisions, zone changes, conditional use permits, and site plan reviews.
• Analysis: Analyze and break down complex issues affecting property, transportation networks, utility infrastructure, etc., to respond to client inquiries and assess the feasibility of property development.
• Collaboration: Coordinate effectively with in-house engineering, surveying, and landscape architectural co-workers, permitting agency staff, and other project team members.
• Proposal Development: Develop clearly written and detailed scopes of work for proposals.
• Client Interaction: Coordinate with clients on project data and scheduling.
• Meeting Organization: Set up, organize, and attend neighborhood meetings.
• Project Management: Create, organize, and maintain project schedules, define critical paths, and track milestone dates.
• Relationship Building: Develop and maintain effective positive working relationships with co-workers, clients, permitting agency staff, and other project team members.
• Travel: Able to travel out of town as necessary, occasionally overnight.

Who You Are

• Experience performing land use planning/land development-related activities.
• A bachelor’s degree in planning, landscape architecture, geography, or related field or equivalent work experience.
• Experience interpreting and applying City and County Comprehensive Plans and Development Codes. Knowledge of Oregon’s Statewide Planning System. 
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail. Proficient with word processing, presentation, spreadsheet, and scheduling software (Microsoft Office Suite, Microsoft Project, Adobe, etc.). Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work independently while providing support to Senior Land Use Planners or Project Managers with minimal supervision.
• Ability to manage multiple and conflicting deadlines and prioritize workload. Able to think critically and provide creative and realistic solutions.
• You have a "Do what needs to be done" mindset, taking ownership beyond assigned tasks and stepping in wherever needed to keep projects, teams, and customers supported and running smoothly.

Nice to Have

• Proficiency in the use of AutoCAD/Civil 3D, Photoshop, and geographic information systems (GIS).