Senior Planner/ Planning Manager
Mosaic Public Partners Sunnyvale, TX, USA
- Location: Sunnyvale, TX, USA
- Categories: Planning and Development
- Job Type: Full Time
- Posted: Sep 23, 2024
Job Description:
Senior Planner/ Planning Manager
Description
THE OPPORTUNITY
The Town of Sunnyvale, Texas offers an exciting career opportunity for a skilled, contemporary urban planner to serve as its next Senior Planner or Planning Manager (depending on qualifications of the selected candidate). The next Senior Planner/Planning Manager will play a vital role in enhancing and guiding the Sunnyvale community through a focus on land use and development in the town. This recruitment represents a rare and exciting opportunity for a candidate to be placed into a higher position based on their qualifications, experience, and certifications.
ABOUT SUNNYVALE
Sunnyvale, Texas, is home to approximately 9,500 residents and covers 16 square miles on the eastern edge of Dallas County. The town is ideally situated in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, with Highway 80 and future NTTA’s President Geroge Bush Turnpike providing access to the surrounding areas. Sunnyvale residents enjoy the benefits of small-town living combined with access to the Dallas-Fort Worth area’s thriving business, cultural, and social districts in a quiet, family-oriented setting. Sunnyvale’s population has grown by more than 8% since 2020 and its total tax base has more than doubled since 2013. Sunnyvale has a median household income of $152,632 and an average home market value of $662,575, the 4th highest in Dallas County.
THE PLANNING AND ZONING DIVISION
The Planning and Zoning Division manages physical developments, promoting safe and sustainable growth in the Town of Sunnyvale, through review processes to promote compatible land use in the town. The Division works collaboratively to guide property owners, developers, and the community while administering the Town’s Unified Development Ordinance.
To learn more about the Town’s current developments, future land use, comprehensive plan, and the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO), visit the division website.
THE POSITION
The Senior Planner provides complex analytical, technical, and administrative support for the land use and development of the Town of Sunnyvale. Reporting to the Director of Planning and Development, this position provides guidance for site planning, zoning, the subdivision ordinance, and future development information while conducting research and studies to support long-range planning. If the successful candidate in this recruitment has advanced experience and the required AICP certification, placement at the Planning Manager level is possible.
Responsibilities include communicating with various developers and the public in matters related to site planning, zoning, new subdivisions, and future development information; coordinating, organizing, and participating in proceedings of the Board of Adjustment, the Planning and Zoning Commission, and the Town Council as needed; performing extensive research and data gathering for code amendments affecting land use, population, housing, land ownership, land use, and economic studies; participating in spatial and digital data management related to zoning and land use for the Town, including creating, drafting, and compiling maps for zoning and plat cases, current and long-range planning, and location and density studies; and performing mapping duties using ESRI ArcGIS software and generating renderings and graphic presentations to illustrate land use plans, planning concepts, to conceptualize short and long-range plans.
The Town of Sunnyvale seeks a skilled, independent thinker and strategist, who can recommend policy and procedural improvements; be a dynamic planner, who is organized and able to work on several large projects simultaneously; have a strong understanding of general planning updates, practices, and trends; have excellent communication and interpersonal skills; adept in the general purposes and techniques of planning, zoning, and land development; and stay abreast of environmental and sustainability trends and best practices and focus on creating a vision for the community.
SALARY & BENEFITS
The salary range for the Senior Planner is competitive, starting in the $85,000 to $101,000 range, with placement in the range dependent on qualifications. The anticipated hiring range for the Planning Manager is $95,837 to $110,000, with placement in the range dependent on qualifications. In addition, an excellent benefit package is provided including retirement through TMRS. Employees contribute 7% of their salary, with a city match of 2 to 1 upon retirement.
For additional detailed benefit information, refer to the recruitment brochure at www.mosaicpublic.com/careers.
APPLICATION & SELECTION PROCESS
To be considered for this position, interested candidates must submit a cover letter and résumé online.
Candidates are encouraged to apply immediately as this recruitment will close once a strong candidate pool is established.
Confidential inquiries are welcomed to:
Bryan Noblett |bryan@mosaicpublic.com |(916) 550-4100
Greg Nelson |greg@mosaicpublic.com |(916) 550-4100
This recruitment incorporates existing rules and regulations that govern public sector recruitments in the State of Texas. In accordance with public disclosure/open record laws, information submitted for consideration may be made available to the public upon request by interested parties.
The Town of Sunnyvale is an Equal Opportunity Employer.