Staff Planner or Senior Planner

The City of Bryan, Texas is currently accepting applications for Staff Planner and Senior Planner to perform a wide-range of duties involved in providing professional and technical assistance and support to the City's land use planning team.

Hiring Pay Rate:
$58,000-$70,000/year (depending on experience)

Responsibilities:

• Assists with planning and development review responsibilities and administration of City ordinances and guidelines through the development review process.
• Assists with site plan approvals, zone changes, conditional use permits, planning variances, right-of-way abandonments, exceptions to subdivision regulations as well as final plat and replat requests; provides case management in accordance with policies and procedures established for the development review process.
• Conducts research and data collection.
• Prepares correspondence, reports, presentations, and other documents as needed.
• Makes presentations at Planning and Zoning Commission meetings, Zoning Board of Adjustment meetings, Historic Landmark Commission, meetings other community meetings and/or City Council meetings as needed.
• Explains development policies, procedures, and ordinances to assist citizens and the development community.
• Assists in neighborhood planning and preservation activities, including preparing preservation plans and strategies and serving as a liaison to neighborhood groups and citizens.
• Acts as staff liaison to City boards and commissions as needed.
• Identifies and recommends new methods for administering planning and zoning programs and maintains data for future updates of the Comprehensive Plan and development-related ordinances.
• Prepares, commits to, and implements a structured, self-directed program for continuing professional education that leads to certification by the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP); fulfill other professional education obligations as may be required; subscribe to AICP Code of Ethics.
• Performs additional duties and special projects as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

Staff Planner

• Bachelor’s degree in with major coursework in Planning, Geography, Architecture, Transportation, Urban Design, Engineering, Environmental Science, Public Policy, Economics or a similar field of study plus at least two (2) years of related experience; or a Master’s degree with major coursework as listed above plus related experience preferred.
• American Institute of Certified Planner (AICP) Certification is preferred. Once hired, certification must be obtained within the time frame set by the department.

Senior Planner

• Bachelor’s degree with major coursework in Planning, Geography, Architecture, Transportation, Urban Design, Engineering, Environmental Science, Public Policy, Economics or a similar field of study plus at least four (4) years of related experience; or a Master’s degree with major coursework as listed above plus at least two (2) years of related experience.
• American Institute of Certified Planner (AICP) Certification is required.

To Apply:

A City of Bryan online application is required. For a more detailed job description visit: https://www.bryantxjobs.com/postings/3645 

Please be sure to include all of your work history on the application form (regardless of whether you attach a resume. You will receive a confirmation upon successfully applying.