Senior Urban Designer

1 month ago

Richardson, United States Halff Associates Full time


Position:
Senior Urban Designer / Project Manager

Location:

Richardson, TX

Job Id:
3867

# of Openings:
1

Senior Urban Designer / Project Manager

About Planning and Landscape Architecture at Halff:
Tomorrow's future begins as an idea. At Halff, we believe in the power of ideas and strive to imagine, plan, and design a future where great ideas lead to enduring places. Our focus is on cultivating the relationship between the built environment and the landscapes which surround it, the people who use it, and the prosperity it creates, not only today, but for future generations. Placemaking and character-based community planning and design is best realized when there is an interrelationship and balance between people, planet, property, and place. As planners and designers, we are stewards of each of these four pillars, as such, they form the foundation for all that we do.

At Halff you will find over 80 planners, urban designers, and landscape architects focused on building lives and communities by turning ideas into reality. The Planning and Landscape Architecture Practice is housed within an interdisciplinary planning and design firm of over 1,200 employees across 27 offices and five states.

Position Summary:
Halff Associates Inc. is seeking to immediately hire an experienced Senior Urban Designer to join the Richardson, Texas team as a Project Manager. The ideal person for this position is someone who can thrive in a collaborative work environment with an interdisciplinary team of planners, architects, landscape architects, and other urban design experts on a wide variety of planning and urban design efforts. The Halff Richardson team is increasingly involved in a variety of exciting community enhancement projects with various public and private entities in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and across the South.
The responsibilities of the Senior Urban Designer position include project management and leadership on projects such as downtown, livable center, corridor and streetscape, and other sub-area plans; transit, TOD, and first- and last-mile projects; form or character-based development codes; and architectural design guidelines. The ideal candidate will have an understanding of good urban design principles, strong verbal and visual communication skills, ability to write clearly and concisely, as well as experience with executing outreach efforts. In addition, the candidate will periodically participate in business development activities and represent the firm. This is an exciting opportunity to work in an interdisciplinary environment to help public and private clients proactively plan and design for their future. Candidates should be enthusiastic about planning, urban design, land-use consulting, and bring a strong commitment to helping positively change the futures for the clients and communities we work with.

Qualifications of a Senior Urban Designer:
  • Well organized, detail oriented, takes initiative, self-motivated, and works collaboratively with others
  • Have excellent writing, design, and oral communication skills
  • Experience with code writing, design guidelines, entitlement work, and site planning
  • Proficiently in graphic communication, including strong working knowledge of ArcGIS, ArcUrban, Adobe Suite, Sketch-Up, Rhino, Revit, and other graphic communication and media programs
  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in community/urban planning, urban design, architecture, or a closely related field
  • 6 to 10 years of experience in a planning capacity
  • Project management experience required
  • Demonstrated abilities in facilitating community stakeholder input and public meetings
  • Ability to travel periodically to client jurisdictions
  • AICP and/or other certifications from our allied professions (AIA, CNU-A, LEED-ND, etc.) is highly encouraged

Application requirements:

Interested candidates who meet or exceed the above qualifications are invited to submit a letter of interest, resume, writing, and graphic samples of recent work. If collaborative work is shown, credit team members and note your role where applicable.

Compensation and Benefits:

Commensurate with experience. Applicants located outside of Texas will be offered a relocation bonus as part of overall compensation package. Halff Associates is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

Company Overview:

Halff is a mid-sized, employee-owned, diverse and multi-disciplined professional services firm. For more than 70 years, Halff has provided smarter solutions throughout the United States offering services in Construction Services, Energy, Environmental, Geographic Information Systems, Intelligent Transportation Systems, Land and Site Development, Planning and Landscape Architecture, MEP Engineering, Public Works, Right of Way, Structural Engineering, Subsurface Utility Engineering/Utility Coordination, Surveying, Transportation, Water Resources and Water/Wastewater.

Halff has offices in the following locations:

Arkansas: Bentonville, Fort Smith, Little Rock, and North Little Rock

Florida: Chipley, Crestview, Jacksonville, Orlando, Panama City Beach, Tallahassee, Tampa, Tavares, and Temple Terrace

Louisiana: Baton Rouge and Shreveport

Oklahoma: Norman and Oklahoma City

Texas: Austin, Brownsville, Conroe, Corpus Christi, Flower Mound, Fort Worth, Frisco, Houston, Lubbock, McAllen, Midland, Richardson, San Antonio, and Tyler

We offer excellent benefits including medical, dental, prescription, life insurance, long-term and short-term disability insurance, paid time off and holiday pay, Traditional and Roth 401(k) plans, Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Health Savings Account, 529 College Savings Plan, Flexible Spending, an Employee Assistance Plan and more.

Salary is competitive and commensurate with experience.

Halff is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

Halff is a drug-free workplace. This offer of employment is contingent upon the receipt of a clear drug screen and background check prior to your first day of employment. This position may be subject to random drug testing pursuant to federal regulations.

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