Senior Planner

Job Description

Overview

This role is part of AtkinsRéalis Architecture & Design Canada Inc. bringing together expertise in architectural design and project delivery across Canada.

We are seeking a Senior Planner and Urban Designer to help grow our planning urban design architecture and master planning practice. This role is suited to a high-caliber professional with strong design judgement planning expertise market credibility and the ability to build lasting client relationships. The role is central to design leadership planning strategy client growth and proposal delivery. The successful candidate will bring strong experience in urban planning urban design community engagement and multidisciplinary collaboration with the confidence to lead complex assignments from early visioning through approvals implementation and delivery.

This position can be based in either Vancouver BC or Toronto ON.

Your role

• Lead urban planning urban design and master planning assignments for complex public and private sector clients.

• Develop planning and design strategies that support complete communities transit-oriented development placemaking public realm quality and long-term implementation.

• Prepare and guide planning studies urban design frameworks development concepts policy reviews approvals strategies and implementation plans.

• Lead client and stakeholder engagement including workshops presentations public consultation and coordination with municipal and agency partners.

• Support business development by identifying opportunities building client relationships and leading RFP responses proposals interviews and pursuit strategies.

• Mentor emerging planners and designers and contribute to a strong collaborative and design-focused practice culture.

About you

• A degree in Planning Urban Design Architecture Landscape Architecture Geography or a related discipline and a registered member with the Canadian Institute of Planners and a provincial planning institute.

• 15 years of experience in urban planning urban design master planning or related city-building work with demonstrated leadership on complex assignments.

• Experience working with municipalities public agencies developers institutions and multidisciplinary consultant teams on complex projects.

• Strong knowledge of planning policy development approvals urban design principles public realm design transit-oriented development and implementation strategies.

• Proven success in client development RFP responses proposals interviews presentations and pursuit strategy.

• Excellent written visual and verbal communication skills with the ability to translate complex planning and design ideas into clear compelling narratives.

• Strong leadership facilitation mentorship and relationship-building skills.

• The judgement presence and professional maturity to help shape and grow a respected planning and urban design practice.

Rewards & benefits

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive at every stage of your life and your career at AtkinsRéalis in Canada.

Enjoy competitive compensation employee recognition and a brilliant range of flexible benefits you can tailor to your health wellbeing financial and lifestyle needs.

Make the most of diverse opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise.

And take advantage of our hybrid working culture and generous time-off policies to balance a fulfilling career with your personal life.

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About AtkinsRéalis

Were AtkinsRéalis a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people data and technology to transform the worlds infrastructure and energy systems. Together with our industry partners and clients and our global team of consultants designers engineers and project managers we can change the world. Were committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.

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Additional information

Expected compensation for this role is between $120000 - $145000 annually. Base salaries are determined according to several parameters like skills experience and potential impact on the role. Internal and external competitiveness are also taken into account in our offers.

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At AtkinsRéalis we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender ethnic or national origin sexual identity and orientation age religion or disability but enriches itself through these differences.