Senior Town Planner

Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented **Senior Town Planner **to join our team In this role you will get to create and deliver solutions for complex and challenging projects in the development of a new City. This Position is to Lead the Industrial Planning Unit within the Urban Planning Department.

**What You'll Be Doing**:

- Contributes to the planning, design, and delivery of a variety of industrial-based projects often happening concurrently.
- Leads the review of small to large-scale industrial and infrastructure production packages in coordination with other team disciplines and under the supervision of the Urban Planning Manager.
- Works to a program for deliverables and advises of any challenges which may affect delivery timeframes.
- Works within regulatory design and planning standards of the City’s _JCPDI 2040 Industrial City Master Plan _.
- Ensures the quality of deliverables meets the expectations of the Client.
- Works within a multicultural, multidisciplinary team including urban planners, urban designers, traffic planners, architects, and engineers.
- Undertakes technical coordination of infrastructure and facilities with other disciplines.
- Develops, conducts, and organizes client presentations and multidisciplinary workshops.
- Acts in a Client representative role, managing, directing, and coordinating the deliverables of commissioned consultants.
- Coordinates teams to prepare project deliverables and applicable planning authority requirements into a cohesive plan and program.
- Works with the planning team and is able to manage and negotiate project expectations, timelines, and deliverables independently and as part of a Team.
- Initiates and drives innovative approaches to efficient project delivery.
- Has a solid understanding of various scales of planning projects and is able to communicate requirements and impacts to colleagues and senior management effectively.
- Demonstrates the ability to carry out baseline assessments and develop planning criteria for the assessment of industrial sites and broader master plans.
- Has the ability to develop implementation and industrial phasing plans.
- Exhibits a strong understanding of planning / environmental governance and policy, and can communicate and make recommendations on each in the context of industrial planning.

**What Required Skills You'll Bring**:

- Bachelor’s degree in Urban Planning from a western university.
- Postgraduate/Master’s degree in urban planning or urban design an advantage
- Preferably with a professional affiliation (or eligible for membership).
- Prior work experience in Gulf region is preferred.
- Excellent communication skills in written and spoken English.
- Capable of working on own initiative and as part of a larger multidisciplinary team.
- Have a logical and organized approach to project delivery and project outputs.
- Developing and maintaining relationships with clients, attending meetings, workshops and seminars.
- Familiarity with economic and financing principles as applied to industrial development.
- Beneficial to have an understanding of infrastructure issues related to industrial development
- Beneficial to be familiar with industrial land use concepts and contemporary best practices

**Minimum Clearance Required to Start**:
Not Applicable/None

Parsons is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity in the workplace. Minority/Female/Disabled/Protected Veteran.