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US
Company size
11-50 employees
Job sector
Government & Public Administration
occupation category
Urban and Regional Planners
Job type
Contract
Work environment
In person
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- Makes appropriate decisions while encountering complex and differing alternatives
- Makes decisions with available information, even if such information is not fully conclusive
- Analyzes the overall context, data and stakeholders demographics and composition in the early stages of the planning process
- Consults with land developers, civic leaders, and public officials
- Creates technical and aesthetic designs intended to make the best use of available land.
- Recommends prioritized solutions to address city needs
- Conducts interviews, surveys and site inspections concerning factors that affect land usage, such as zoning, traffic flow and housing
- Conducts field investigations, surveys, impact studies, or other research to compile and analyze data on economic, social, regulatory, or physical factors affecting land use
- Creates, compiles, organizes, or otherwise prepares materials for community relations meetings
- Develops or implements engineering solutions to clean up industrial accidents or other contaminated sites
- Conducts studies of traffic patterns
- Follows nuclear safety/nuclear testing equipment
- Develops project scope and timeline
- Identifies ways to maximize public benefits from private development projects
- Explores ways to minimize waste, improve efficiency for optimal utilization of resources
- Solicits the input of those who will be affected by the decision
- Works with the public and articulates planning issues to a wide variety of audiences
- Designs energy efficient or environmentally sound civil structures
- Analyzes survey reports, maps, drawings, blueprints, aerial photography, or other topographical or geologic data
- Coordinates work with economic consultants or architects during the formulation of plans or the design of large pieces of infrastructure
- Creates, prepares, or requisitions graphic or narrative reports on land use data, including land area maps overlaid with geographic variables, such as population density
- Provides cost estimates for materials, equipment, and/or labor
- Encourages subordinates and colleagues to work closely with involved stakeholders to complete tasks
- Gives recognition and credit to people who have contributed to team success
- Promotes culture of accountability and make everyone take ownership and responsibility
- Follows local, state, and federal government programs and processes
- Realistically estimates the timeframe and budget required to get the job done involving and influencing the range of stakeholders.
- Delegates workload among staff to ensure staff meet key deliverables on time
- Designs public work projects
- Acts as mediator in public disputes
- Uses data to analyze all populations of the impacted by the project, identifying needs as they pertain to schools, health care facilities, correctional facilities, open-space planning, and housing facilities for homeless, low-income, and elderly residents
- Follows OSHA standards
- Analyzes data concerning current uses and long-term needs related to urban and regional development
- Manages and monitors each stage of the project
- Takes responsibility for the accomplishment of common goals
- Solicits the input of team members and encourages their participation
- Understands and accounts for the social and environmental impact of planning decisions on communities
- Follows HAZMAT recognition/mitigation for specialized projects
- Communicates data and information to stakeholders
- Presents and defends recommendations and plans to the city council, planning commission, and other legislative committees to secure approval and financing necessary to implement plans
- Functions as a mediator or facilitator when community interests’ conflict
- Evaluates proposals for infrastructure projects or other development for environmental impact or sustainability
- Understands and applies other interaction among the economy, transportation, health and human services, and land-use regulation
- Analyzes demographic information to discern trends in population, employment, and health
- Prepares reports, using statistics, charts, and graphs, to illustrate planning studies in areas such as population, land use, or zoning
- Interprets and makes sense of demographic information to recognize urban trends
- Considers social and environmental impact of plans, as well as design and aesthetics when developing a plan
- Directs or participates in surveying to layout installations or establish reference points, grades, or elevations
- Tracks budget utilization to avoid excessive resourcing or under- utilization of resources
- Encourages team members with opposing viewpoints to express their concerns
- Follows the legal foundation for land use regulation.
- Identifies and recruits a team with the right mix of skills
- Analyzes the strengths and weaknesses of redevelopment plans implemented in other cities; identifies which parts of those plans could be modified to address the urban or regional needs
- Identifies, during the planning and design of a system or works, the likely operation and maintenance requirements
- Uses knowledge of urban and regional spatial structure or physical design to envision physical and social alternatives to the existing urban context
- Develops designs, layouts, and design calculations
- Uses geographic information systems (GIS) and office (presentation, spreadsheet, etc.) software to develop design specifications to ensure design meets the needs of all constituents
- Provides technical advice regarding design, construction, program modifications, or structural repairs
- Discuss with planning officials the purpose of land use projects, such as transportation, conservation, residential, commercial, industrial, or community use
- Articulates and describes plans, whether one-on-one, with a public presentation or in a report
- Keep informed about economic or legal issues involved in zoning codes, building codes, or environmental regulations
- Designs or engineers systems to efficiently dispose of chemical, biological, or other toxic wastes
- Conducts soil and material testing to determine the adequacy and strength of foundations, concrete, asphalt, or steel
- Computes load and grade requirements, water flow rates, or material stress factors to determine design specifications
