Urban Planner

**Company Description** Work with Us. Change the World.**

At AECOM, we're delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world’s most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations.

There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world.

We're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us.

Imagine working on rewarding projects alongside passionate colleagues, and helping communities envision their futures. The Buildings and Places team is a vibrant and growing business line. We deliver planning and landscape architectural, architectural, engineering, urban design and project management services across the globe to communities large and small. With us, you may work on projects across a range of sectors, including Recreation, Transit, Environment, Commercial, Institutional, Justice, and Education.

Job Responsibilities
- Manage complex planning and urban design projects for municipalities, Indigenous Communities and private sector clients;
- Collaborate with AECOM specialists (designers, architects, engineers) to develop high-quality site-specific and regional concept plans;
- Analyze, summarize and provide qualified planning advice for urban and regional planning projects, based on review of applicable policy and legislation;
- Prepare Recreation Planning documents including level of service studies, Master Parks Plans and Active Transportation Master Plans.
- Present plans, reports and other findings to communities, public and private clients, advisory boards, representatives of public agencies and elected officials;
- Manage projects, develop and administer work plans, schedules and budgets to advance projects, and coordinate the work of project team members and sub-consultants;
- Design, lead and manage Stakeholder, Public and Indigenous Engagement Programs, prepare and deliver presentations, reports and other project related deliverables;
- Mentor colleagues, develop skills of the existing team and act as a point of reference on technical matters;
- Support client business development, identify opportunities, promote urban and community planning services, develop relationships, and generate business through client development and preparation of proposals.

**Qualifications** Minimum Requirements**:

- Bachelor’s degree in Urban and Regional Planning, Planning, or related field with four (4)+ years’ of relevant experience in planning
- Eligibility for Full membership in the Canadian Institute of Planners (CIP) and the Manitoba Professional Planners Institute (MPPI) or the Ontario Professional Planners Institute (OPPI)

See preferred qualifications below.

**Preferred Qualifications**:

- Master’s degree in Planning or related field;
- Ten (10)+ years’ experience in planning, ideally with both private sector and public sector experience;
- Full membership in the Canadian Institute of Planners (CIP) and the Manitoba Professional Planners Institute (MPPI) or the Ontario Professional Planners Institute (OPPI);
- Strong portfolio of projects demonstrating excellent technical capabilities with a focus on the delivery of high quality planning and urban design projects;
- Demonstrated experience working on First Nations /Indigenous/Northern Community Planning projects, and commitment to engaging with Indigenous ways of knowing;
- Demonstrated record of successful project delivery from proposal development to completion, on time and budget;
- Knowledge, experience and /or passion for climate resilient communities;
- Superior interpersonal skills including relationship building, communication at all levels and an ability to work collaboratively across integrated teams both within the Urbanism + Planning Practice and AECOM business lines and market sectors;
- Demonstrated experience in client relationship management, project management and team management;
- Excellent written and oral presentation skills;
- Knowledge and experience working with MS Office (Project), Primavera P6, AutoCAD, GIS, SketchUp, Adobe Suite (InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop); Experience providing expert testimony and resolving issues through mediation;
- Membership in IAP2.
- A valid driver’s license and willingness to travel out of Manitoba and/or Ontario on project work.

**Additional Information**
Relocation is not available for this position.

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