Senior Community Planner

We are SLR Consulting (US), a 500+ coast-to-coast team of advisory, environmental/engineering, and regulatory professionals. We deliver environmental and sustainability services to our clients through the integration of over 30 advisory, technical environmental, and engineering disciplines to help clients address some of their most complex challenges around sustainability. We are Making Sustainability Happen.

As our new Senior Community Planner, you will play an important role on a team whose work is essential to achieving this goal.

About the Role

The Senior Community Planner will be a part of the Community and Mobility Planning (CAMP) team, a dynamic team that brings together experts in planning and urban design, transportation planning and engineering, and community development. We formed the CAMP Team to underscore SLR’s commitment to creating places where people thrive. Our team produces comprehensive plans, housing plans, market studies, special area plans, economic development plans, fiscal and economic impact analyses, community development plans, parking studies, and bicycle and pedestrian plans and provide planning and community engagement expertise to projects across a variety of disciplines at SLR. The Senior Community Planner will guide the development of planning and policy documents for our public and private clients throughout the Northeast.

This position may be based in-office or in a hybrid arrangement; however, candidates must have the ability to travel regularly to our New Haven office (approximately twice per month) and attend client meetings and interviews throughout New York and Connecticut as required.

The New Haven office is conveniently accessible via Metro-North and Amtrak.

In addition to New Haven, SLR’s CAMP team maintains offices in Cheshire, CT; New York City; New Paltz, NY; and Boston, MA, which may be utilized by the successful candidate as needed or desired.

Responsibilities:

• Serve as project manager responsible for project schedule, budget, and client communications.

• Lead community engagement for a variety of planning projects.

• Lead the development of and review of technical planning reports and demographic studies for accuracy, clarity, and consistency.

• Attend occasional evening meetings of municipal boards and commissions.

• Contribute to business development through the preparation of proposals and attendance at interviews.

• Produce high quality reports and presentations.

• Translate planning data into concise, easily understood materials for dissemination to diverse audiences.

Working @ SLR

With us, there is no doubt you’ll grow your subject-matter expertise and industry knowledge. We care about investing in our employees for the long-run, and if you ask our team, they’ll tell you that’s just one of the many benefits of working here. We want to be a place where you can experience career growth and satisfaction for many years.

Here’s what else you’ll enjoy as part of our team:

• Competitive total compensation package including medical, dental, orthodontia, vision, FSA/HSA, generous PTO accrual, 10 paid holidays, 401(k) retirement account with company matching program, company paid life insurance, short & long term disability insurance, and employee assistance program.

• The salary range for this position is $95,000- $115,000. Final agreed upon compensation will be commensurate with individual education, professional designation, experience, internal parity, and location.

• Full-time, permanent role with opportunities for professional growth and advancement.

Qualifications/Education/Memberships:

• AICP certification required.

• Master’s degree in Planning required; candidates with a Bachelor’s degree in Planning and substantial professional experience demonstrating comparable expertise will also be considered.

• Minimum 6 years of experience in public or private sector planning while demonstrating increasing responsibility.

• Experience with environmental review regulations (NEPA, CEPA, SEQRA, etc.)

• Proficiency in demographic, housing, and economic data analysis.

• Familiarity with Connecticut and New York land use, zoning, and planning policies and programs.

• Excellent writing and communication skills.

• Ability to collaborate with technical staff (engineers, scientists, GIS analysts).

• Valid driver’s license.

• Strong time management skills and ability to manage multiple priorities.

• Familiarity with sustainable development, Smart Growth, and transit-oriented development principles.

• Proficiency in Adobe InDesign, Microsoft Excel and Esri ArcGIS is preferred.

Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) are at the core of who we are and want to be.

SLR is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer.  We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, civil union status, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or expression, genetic information, or veteran status.    

At SLR, we embrace diverse cultures, perspectives, skills, and experiences within and outside our organization. We respect and celebrate differences and want to ensure that we continuously strive to build a place where everyone feels included and is encouraged to be their authentic self.  

We are committed to these values, and our SLR Culture & Diversity Team works to actively promote diversity, equity, and inclusion across our people and talent processes, operations, and client work around the world. If you have a disability and need reasonable accommodations at any point in the application or interview process, please contact us at careers-us@slrconsulting.com.