Senior Land Use Planner

As a Senior Land Use Planner , you’ll play a key leadership role in delivering complex planning approvals, advising clients, and representing projects through municipal and regulatory processes. You’ll lead high-profile planning files, mentor junior planners, and act as a trusted advisor to both clients and municipalities. This role is ideal for a planner who enjoys responsibility, values professional judgement, and takes pride in delivering high-quality, defensible planning solutions that shape real communities. What You’ll Do: As a key part of our land development design team, you’ll help bring Alberta’s communities to life by: Lead complex land use planning projects including ASPs, NSPs, Outline Plans, rezonings, and subdivision approvals from initiation through approval. Manage project scope, schedules, and coordination to support timely delivery of concept plans, reports, and approvals. Provide strategic planning advice and navigate Alberta’s planning legislation, municipal policies, and approval processes. Represent clients and Select at municipal meetings, public open houses, council hearings, and appeal boards. Manage approval risks, stakeholder interests, and interdisciplinary inputs to support successful outcomes. Mentor and support junior and intermediate planners, contributing to team capability and quality. Contribute to proposals, business development efforts, and Select’s profile within the planning community. What You Bring: Degree in Urban or Land Use Planning or a related discipline Registered Professional Planner (RPP) designation with APPI (or eligibility). 7+ years of progressive planning experience in consulting and/or municipal environments. Strong knowledge of Alberta planning legislation and municipal approval frameworks. Proven experience representing projects in public and regulatory forums. Excellent communication, professional judgement, and relationship-building skills. A collaborative mindset with interest in mentoring and leadership Familiarity with AutoCAD, SketchUp, or InDesign is considered an asset. Why Join Us? At Select, we’re collaborators, community builders, and creative problem-solvers, and leaders who love what we do. Based in Edmonton and working across Alberta, we’ve earned a reputation for practical, high-quality design, trusted client relationships, and a culture where people love coming to work while being a little obsessed with delivering amazing results. We’re all about collaboration, mentorship, and momentum. Our senior team has deep roots in land development, municipal infrastructure, and planning, and they’re not just leaders, they’re mentors who love passing along what they’ve learned. That means no silos, no egos, just a team that lifts each other up and learns together. Because we have civil engineering, planning, and landscape architecture all under one roof, we solve problems fast and get stuff done without waiting on outsiders. We also have strong relationships with contractors, clients, and sub-consultants, which means when something needs to happen, we make it happen. If you want to be part of an unmatched culture where we work hard and play hard, where smart people are given the autonomy to shine, where your growth is genuinely supported, and your projects make a real impact, then this is the place for you Send an email indicating the position you are applying for along with a resume to Select Engineering Consultants Ltd. Suite 100, 17413 – 107 Avenue NW Edmonton, Alberta T5S 1E5 Thank you for considering a career with Select Engineering Consultants, we truly appreciate your interest. While we wish we could connect with everyone, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. #J-18808-Ljbffr