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Job Description:

Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented Senior Planning Manager to join our team on Qiddiya!

Specific Responsibilities:

- Plans, schedules, conducts, and/or coordinates detailed phases of planning work in a number of very large and important projects.
- Gathers, compiles, and analyzes data on economic, social, and physical factors.
- Assignments may require both conventional planning expertise and innovative solutions.
- Estimates staffing needs and oversees work assignments of technicians and/or other Planners.
- Confers with local authorities, civic leaders, social scientists, and land planning and development specialists.
- Develops recommendations based on governmental measures affecting land use, public utilities, community facilities, housing, and transportation.
- Prepares, coordinates, and facilitates public involvement and consensus-building meetings and workshops.
- Reviews and evaluates environmental technical reports, and recommends changes to overall project plan as appropriate.
- Represents the Company at conferences, seminars, meetings, etc.
- Performs other responsibilities associated with this position as may be appropriate.

Key Relationships:

- Supervision Received - Manager, Project Manager; Project Planner
- Supervision Given - Technicians; Lower-level Planners
- Internal Contacts - All Employees on Project
- External Contacts - Local government officials; general public

Skills and Competencies

- Thorough knowledge of urban/environmental planning practices and procedures.
- Proficiency in utilizing PC and various software packages typically used in urban/environmental planning assignments.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Thorough understanding of local statutes and environmental rules and regulations,
- Proven ability for performing in a lead capacity on a project.

Education and Typical Experience

- Bachelor's Degree in Urban/Environmental Planning or related field
- 10+ years of related work experience.

Licenses and Certifications

- American Institute of Certified Planners Certification is preferred.

Parsons equally employs representation at all job levels no matter the race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability or genetic information.

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