Urban Planner

Freese and Nichols, Inc. (FNI) is currently searching for a highly-motivated, passionate and energetic Urban Planner to join the Urban Planning and Design Group in one of the following offices:

• Tulsa, OK
• Oklahoma City, OK

Our ideal candidate would strengthen our capabilities in hazards and resilience planning (and associated Federal programs), comprehensive planning, small area planning such as downtown revitalization plans and corridor plans, and/or development codes. Hybrid skillsets, such as planning combined with landscape architecture or planning combined with hazards/disaster recovery & mitigation, are especially encouraged. We have several projects active now in Oklahoma, Arkansas and Kansas across all types of planning, with additional opportunities on the horizon.   

This position is an exciting opportunity to advance the practice of community planning and design in a way that allows you to consistently provide innovative and sustainable solutions to communities that respond to the vision and capabilities of the people and community, work side-by-side with a team of the brightest minds in the industry and know that you’re part of a team that strives to make the world a better place, Freese and Nichols is where you should be. Our multidisciplinary group includes some of the most creative urban planners, urban designers, landscape architects, and site civil engineers, all housed under the same group to create a studio-like atmosphere of idea generation. This is backed by overall firm support from a variety of expert engineers, skilled GIS analysts, talented environmental scientists, and a variety of other practices. This senior position primarily focuses on managing urban planning and urban design projects based in the Oklahoma, Kansas, and Arkansas areas, though the geographic footprint can shift based on client needs and team talent as well as your interests. The ideal candidate is not just skilled, but passionate about helping communities find paths to success through comprehensive plans, downtown plans, small area plans, codes and ordinances, and a wide variety of other plans and projects reaching across multiple design disciplines.

Responsibilities/Accountabilities

• Work in a collaborative environment as part of a multi-discipline team.
• Demonstrate ability to produce well-written reports and highly visual documents.
• Manage personal timeliness and technical correctness of a project to ensure high-quality work that fits within a client’s budget and expectations.
• Be willing to travel as needed to meet project commitments, including overnight travel and evening client meeting obligations.
• Prepare and facilitate public involvement and consensus-building meetings and workshops.
• Represent the company at conferences, seminars, meetings; make presentations to clients, government officials, and industry representatives.
• Plan, schedule, conduct and coordinate detailed phases of planning work in several large and important projects.
• Develop plans for utilization of land and physical facilities of cities, counties, campuses, metropolitan areas, and larger geographies, demonstrating creativity, foresight and mature judgment in anticipating and solving unprecedented planning and design phases of a project.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of urban planning-related work experience
• Bachelor’s degree in Urban Planning, Architecture, Landscape Architecture or a related field to planning is required.
• Proficiency in the Microsoft Office Suite, Adobe Creative Suite, various common graphic design programs, database management and GIS
• Experience in cross-sector planning (community and economic development, resilience, etc.), project management of multiple and complex projects, facilitation and engagement, project and scope development, and other skills necessary to be successful in a government-client focused, high-paced firm.
• American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) certification

About Freese and Nichols

At the heart of our culture is our LEADS values (Learn continuously, Engage as family, Act with integrity, Deliver quality, and Serve always).  Each year, our employee engagement survey confirms that our leaders and our employees live our values.

We strive to be the firm of choice for clients and employees through innovative approaches, practical results, and outstanding service.  For more than 130 years, we have been planning and designing the infrastructure our communities need:  developing water supplies, designing roadways and bridges, preparing for natural disasters, and much more.

Besides our comprehensive benefits package (see more at https://www.freese.com/services/benefits-that-work/), we offer paid overtime for salaried employees, an annual bonus, and access to company cabins in Red River, New Mexico.  We are proud of our flexible work environment which includes a hybrid schedule with up to 40% of remote work, and an alternative work schedule program which provides a day off every other Friday.

Join our team of 1,200+ employees as we grow from Virginia to Colorado. Learn more about working here at https://www.freese.com/careers/.

Freese and Nichols is firmly committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and prohibits employment discrimination for employees and applicants based on his or her age, race, color, pregnancy, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, religion, marital status, citizenship, or because he or she is an individual with a disability, protected veteran or other status protected by federal, state, and local laws.

We recognize that our workforce reflects the increasingly diverse nature of our society, and we strive to take advantage of that diversity with both our external and internal customers. As a Federal Contractor, Freese and Nichols is an equal employment, affirmative action employer.

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