Senior Urban Designer
Senior Urban Designer
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Job Description
Salary range is $78k to $170k with a midpoint of $118k. New hires typically receive between minimum and midpoint however we may go slightly higher based on experience internal equity and market.
Sound Transit also offers a competitivebenefits packagewith a wide range of offerings including:
- Health Benefits: We offer two choices of medical plans a dental plan and a vision plan all at no cost for employee coverage; comprehensive benefits for employees and eligible dependents including a spouse or domestic partner.
- Long-Term Disability and Life Insurance.
- Employee Assistance Program.
- Retirement Plans: 401a 10% of employee contribution with a 12% match by Sound Transit; 457b up to IRS maximum (employee only contribution).
- Paid Time Off: Employees accrue 25 days of paid time off annually with increases at four eight and twelve years of service. Employees at the director level and up accrue additional days. We also observe 12 paid holidays and provide up to 2 paid floating holidays and up to 2 paid volunteer days per year.
- Parental Leave: 12 weeks of parental leave for new parents.
- Pet Insurance.
- ORCA Card: All full-time employees will receive an ORCA card at no cost.
- Tuition Reimbursement: Sound Transit will pay up to $5000 annually for approved tuition expenses.
- Inclusive Reproductive Health Support Services.
- Compensation Practices: We offer competitive salaries based on market rates and internal equity. In addition to compensation and benefits youll find that we provide work-life balance opportunities for professional development and recognition from your colleagues.
GENERAL PURPOSE:
Under general direction this position performs a full range of senior technical duties in urban design station area planning and strategic thinking in support of the Service Delivery Department and the ST3 capital project with focus on urban design and station area planning in project development; leads and supports transit corridor studies through leadership of station area planning and corridor land use planning efforts; gathers analyzes and disseminates information to facilitate decision-making; and coordination of activities among Agency staff/consultants other governmental agencies and the public during the various phases of assigned projects.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
The following duties are a representative summary of the primary duties and responsibilities. Incumbent(s) may not be required to perform all duties listed and may be required to perform additional position-specific duties.
- Leads urban design and station area planning activities focusing on integration of access and TOD program goals into the Agencys capital project development process balancing programmatic tradeoffs and meeting schedule milestones.
- Applies principles of urban design to spatial planning issues opportunities and challenges at the site district and transit corridor scale.
- Develops concepts plans and guidelines for the layout programming and design of high-capacity transit station sites and adjacent public real streets and transit-oriented development.
- Leads stakeholder and community engagement events including design charrettes to explore and/or solve complex design problems in dialogue with others.
- Provides design direction to specialized and general design and planning consultants retained by the Agency for capital transit project development transit-oriented development and multimodal access.
- Ability to work independently including the management of project scope and budget while driving collaborative solutions with internal and external partners.
- Collaborates with architects engineers and transportation planners in an interdisciplinary fashion to site high-capacity transit stations and associated facilities following best practices of urban design.
- Uses graphic communication such as standard architectural projection drawings (for example plan section 3D-model) and diagrams to depict concepts and processes of urban design to internal and external stakeholders.
- Contributes to agency- and/or community-led transit-oriented development opportunities to ensure site design achieves agency access operational and station area objectives and priorities.
- Partners with local jurisdictions on project development of corridor level planning projects to identify and nurture transit-oriented development opportunities through station area planning real estate acquisition and construction activities.
- Ability to work independently including the management of project scope and budget while driving collaborative solutions with internal and external partners.
- Devises and implements strategies to advance the Agencys long-term opportunities to expand and enhance urban design station area planning and TOD integration into project delivery.
- Serves on committees at all levels for capital infrastructure projects and transit corridor studies related to station area planning and urban design with work performed by Agency staff and consultants as well as representing Sound Transit in local and regional planning studies.
- Provides support to the Division/Department on matters as directed; serves as staff on a variety of committees; prepares and presents reports and other necessary correspondence as needed; attends and participates in professional group meetings; maintains awareness of new trends and developments in the fields related to urban design and station area planning; incorporates new developments as appropriate; ensures processes policies and practices are interpreted and applied consistently and effectively; ensures accountability and compliance with all current and applicable state and federal laws Agency policies and procedures rules and regulations.
- Champions and models Sound Transits core values and demonstrates values-based behaviors in everyday interactions across the agency.
- Contributes to a culture of diversity equity and inclusion in alignment with Sound Transits Equity & Inclusion Policy.
- It is the responsibility of all employees to follow the Agency safety rules regulations and procedures pertaining to their assigned duties and responsibilities which could include systems operations and/or other employees.
- It is the responsibility of all employees to integrate sustainability into everyday business practices.
- Other duties as assigned.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Education and Experience:Bachelors Degree in Urban Design Architecture Landscape Architecture Urban Planning or related field; Five years of experience in physical spatial planning and urban design roles; Or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Required Knowledge and Skills:
- Planning concepts practices procedures and policy issues.
- Local and national public policies applicable to urban design and station area planning.
- Ability to read conceptual schematic and construction design drawings.
- Ability to generate 2D and 3D conceptual design drawings in the first instance using standard design drafting software such as AutoCAD Revit Rhinoceros and/or SketchUp.
- Comfort and facility with graphic design software such as Adobe Creative Suite and Microsoft PowerPoint to illustrate planning and design concepts and processes.
- Project and contract management skills including preparation of scopes of work schedules budgets public outreach plans and other technical and informational documents.
- Developing project work plans.
- Operational characteristics services and activities of a transit oriented and joint development real estate project transactions real estate acquisition relocation property management and disposition.
- General project coordination techniques and principles.
- Pertinent federal state and local laws codes and regulations.
- Negotiation principles and practices.
- Principles of business letter writing and basic report preparation.
- English usage spelling grammar and punctuation.
- Modern office procedures methods and equipment including computers and computer applications such as word processing spreadsheets and statistical databases.
- Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with other department staff management vendors outside agencies community groups and the general public.
- Interpreting and administering policies and procedures sufficient to administer discuss resolve and explain them to staff and other constituencies.
- Supporting projects and making decisions in fast-paced difficult environments.
- Preparing and analyzing complex data and comprehensive reports.
- Maintaining confidentiality and communicating with tact and diplomacy.
- Responding to inquiries and in effective oral and written communication.
- Researching analyzing and evaluating new service delivery methods and techniques.
- Working cooperatively with other departments Agency officials and outside agencies.
Physical Demands / Work Environment:
- Work is performed in a standard hybrid office environment and field environment.
- Employees working in field shop warehouse and/or transit vehicle environment may occasionally be exposed to dangerous machinery extreme weather conditions physical harm hazardous chemicals and/or extreme noise.
- Subject to standing walking bending reaching stooping and lifting of objects up to 25 pounds.
- The Agency promotes a safe and healthy work environment and provides appropriate safety and equipment training for all personnel as required.
Sound Transit is an equal employment opportunity employer. No person is unlawfully excluded from employment action based on race color religion national origin sex (including gender identity sexual orientation and pregnancy) age genetic information disability veteran status or other protected class.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
