Project Community / Urban Planner - Olsson Studio

We are Olsson, a team-based, purpose-driven engineering and design firm. Our solutions improve communities and our people make it possible.

Our most meaningful asset is our people, and we are dedicated to providing an environment where they can continue to learn, grow, and thrive. Our entrepreneurial spirit is what has allowed us — and will continue to allow us — to grow. The result? Inspired people, amazing designs, and projects with purpose.

Olsson Studio delivers a boutique creative design experience to our clients and our people, backed by the expertise and resources of our whole company.

As a Project Community/Urban Planner within our Studio team, you will apply diversified principles and practices in broad areas of assignments with minimal supervision, often managing small-to-medium sized projects. The project planner’s work requires a mastery of specialized techniques or ingenuity when selecting and evaluating solutions to unforeseen or novel problems. The project planner applies analytical solutions to a wide variety of problems and assimilates details and their significance toward various analyses. The project planner may supervise planners, technicians, and interns.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Develops community master plans, comprehensive plans, and strategic plans.
• Facilitates public meetings and conducts technical research.
• Prepares design and contract documents and handles contract documents, and handles contract administration for planning projects.
• Completes management tasks including the development of the project’s scope of work, the project’s schedule, and the completion of the project’s initial paperwork.
• Assists with budget reviews and schedules progress reports.
• Coordinates with clients and attends client meetings.
• Assists with marketing/business development and helps write proposals.
• Serves as project manager on small to medium projects.
• Trains others on more complex work.

You are passionate about:

• Working collaboratively with others
• Having ownership in the work you do
• Using your talents to positively affect communities
• Pursuing and working on projects that you want to work on.

You bring to the team:

• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to contribute and work well on a team 
• Strong project management skills
• Passion for continued learning and expertise development
• An established professional network
• Proven track record in winning projects and providing excellent client service
• Bachelor’s degree in in urban planning, architecture, public policy, or a related area of study
• Minimum of 6 years of experience in planning or a closely related field
• Certified Planner (AICP) preferred
• Adept in verbal and written communication and presentation skills

Olsson is a nationally recognized, employee-owned firm specializing in planning and design, engineering, field services, environmental, and technology. Founded in 1956 on the very mindset that drives us today, we’re here to improve communities by making them more sustainable, better connected, and more efficient. Simply put, we work to leave the world better than we found it.

As an Olsson Studio employee, you’ll receive our traditional benefits package (health care, vision, dental, paid time off, etc.), plus you’ll:

• Become an owner in the company after your first year through our Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
• Engage in work that has a positive impact in communities
• Receive an excellent 401(k) match
• Participate in a wellness program promoting balanced lifestyles
• Benefit from a bonus system that rewards performance
• Have the possibility for flexible work arrangements

Olsson is an EEO employer. We encourage qualified minority, female, veteran and disabled candidates to apply and be considered for open positions. We do not discriminate against any applicant for employment, or any employee because of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender, disability, age, or military status.

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