Senior Planner

Senior Planner

Brampton or Markham or Hamilton, ON

At EXP, we're driven to provide innovative solutions for the world's built and natural environments. As a team of engineers, architects, designers, scientists, creators, and a community of professionals, we bring diverse and talented people together to solve the world's most complex challenges. Here, you join a team that leverages differences, harnesses their entrepreneurial spirit in an employee-owned company, that believes diversity is what gives us strength, seeks sustainable results and shares ambitions for each other, our clients, and the communities we are part of and serve. To be a part of EXP means to have your own experience, while staying connected to a global network of professionals, who believe we are a part of something bigger. Together, we are EXP.

Are you ready to design your future?

Be our next Senior Planner!

Your work environment at EXP

In this role, you will be a part of the Planner team, of the Florida 100 Sector, based in the Brampton or Markham, ON office. The ability to work from the Brampton and/or Hamilton office locations are available as well.

The Planner III or Senior Planner most often requires advanced professional planning experience of high complexity and variety. Some functions are similar to those of the Planner II level, though the Planner III often leads or is significantly involved with larger, more complex planning assignments. Planners at this level exercise greater independence and judgment, receiving general supervision from senior management. The Senior Planner may supervise other planner positions, depending on the structure of the organization.

What a day at EXP has in store for you

• Performs advanced professional work related to variety of planning assignments
• Manages complex planning studies, development applications and reviews consultant proposals
• Familiar with writing Code, including but not limited to: Land Development Code, Mobility Plans, and Comprehensive Plans
• Reviews and processes complex comprehensive plan amendments, rezonings, annexations, site plans, plats
• Develops project budgets, administers bidding process, verifies contract expenditures and compliance
• Conducts research and prepares statistical reports on land use, physical, social & economic issues
• Provides professional planning assistance to member communities on varied land use projects
• Develops transportation plans, studies and analyses on regional basis
• Works in regional program areas relating to natural/water resources planning, community development, hazard mitigation, coastal zone management and others
• Performs field inspections to gather data relevant to the development review process and/or to verify that development projects comply with approved plans
• Schedules and conducts meetings with advisory boards and elected officials
• Presents reports and other findings to staff, planning and zoning boards and commissions, and elected officials and serves as liaison
• Attends substantial number of evening and weekend meetings
• Supervises more junior planners within organization

What your experience looks like

• Master's degree in planning or related field and four years of professional planning experience.
• A bachelor's degree in planning or a related field and six years of professional planning experience.
• AICP Certification is preferred. Advanced knowledge of the philosophies, principals, practices & techniques of planning
• Well-developed knowledge of one or more planning disciplines, such as land use planning/zoning, transportation planning, environmental planning, urban design, housing, historic preservation or economic development
• Knowledge and experience in construction processes
• Knowledge of principles, methodology, practices of research and data collection
• Knowledge of effective writing techniques
• Knowledge of computer programs and applications, which may include Microsoft Office, Internet applications econometric or transportation modeling, and database management
• GIS programs and applications