Planning Manager

Planning Manager

Allen, TX

Join the City of Allen—a vibrant community of over 100,000 residents where strong economic growth, excellent schools, and an exceptional quality of life make it a great place to live, work, and play.

Our mission is simple: “To achieve excellence in managing community development and city services, continually enhancing the quality of life and public confidence.”

• People First
  – Prioritizing others
• Respect – Treating everyone with courtesy and dignity
• Integrity – Serving with honesty and trust
• Deliver – Following through and exceeding expectations
• Excel
  – Driving innovation and continuous improvement

We do Work that MATTERS! Join a team that serves our community and makes a real impact every day. Learn more about the City of Allen .

• Manages professional and technical personnel by instructing, assigning, reviewing, and planning the work of others, monitoring standards, coordinating activities, allocating resources, recommending promotions and salary increases as appropriate, interviewing, selecting, and hiring new employees, and providing training and development for employees.
• Oversees department activities by assisting in the preparation and maintenance of the annual department budget, including projections, fiscal responsibilities, and resource management, establishing goals and objectives, identifying programs and projects, assisting in resolving problems and issues, and preparing reports.
• Manages the planning process by overseeing staff review, providing support to boards and commissions, coordinating the development review process for internal and external customers, overseeing special projects, assigning cases and inquiries to planners, identifying policy directions, and interpreting the zoning and subdivision regulations.
• Conducts development review activities, including platting and zoning requests by meeting with developers and citizens, responding to inquiries, and making presentations to Planning and Zoning Commission and City Council.
• Ensures ordinances are up to date by coordinating and revising development standards in the zoning and subdivision ordinances and presenting revised standards to boards, commissions, and City Council to implement new or revised standards to meet new regulations at the regional, State, and Federal levels.
• Performs administrative duties by conducting research, compiling staff reports and other case material for timely submission to the Council, overseeing addressing, permit review process, open records requests, and online GIS mapping projects/products.
• Responds to professional and citizen inquiries by responding to inquiries, providing information to developers, citizens, outside organizations, and other employees, meeting with public groups, making presentations, relaying technical information regarding zoning and development applications, and interpreting zoning, subdivision, and development ordinances.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Operates under the City of Allen’s core values of People First, Respect, Integrity, Deliver and Excel.

Education and Experience:

• a Bachelor’s degree in Urban Planning or a related field and five (5) years of progressively responsible relevant experience, including one (1) year of supervisory experience or equivalent

• City rules, regulations, policies, and procedures with particular attention to codes and ordinances.
• Supervisory methods and techniques.
• Principles and practices of project management.
• Urban planning and development and local government policies and procedures.
• Housing, zoning, and economic development.
• Research methods and statistical principles related to urban growth and development.
• Modern office practices, procedures, and equipment.

• Establishing and maintaining working relationships with professional and support staff, vendors, the public, and City employees.
• Assessing and prioritizing multiple tasks, projects and demands.
• Providing outstanding customer service and conflict resolution.
• Identifying opportunities to improve customer service and satisfaction.
• Operating highly technical computer applications, such as GIS or CAD.
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