Senior Planner

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Full Time Atlanta, GA, US

Salary Range: $74,000.00 To $90,000.00 Annually

Why This Role Matters:

As the Senior Planner at CPL, you will join our Community team and work with a diverse range of clients on planning, zoning, and community development projects. You will help shape vibrant communities through short- and long-range planning initiatives across CPL’s practice areas.

Reporting to a Project Manager or Principal, you will help manage project scopes, budgets, and schedules; develop project deliverables; and coordinate with clients and multidisciplinary teams to achieve successful outcomes.

The ideal candidate brings strong communication skills, planning and zoning expertise, and a passion for helping communities thrive. In this role, you will contribute to moderate- to large-scale, complex projects that create meaningful, lasting impacts.

What You’ll Do:

• Serve as a senior planner for professional planning projects, research, and analysis.
• Provide customer service for planning and zoning matters, both in-person and over the phone.
• Write staff memos for zoning-related applications for city boards and councils.
• Conduct research on planning and zoning-related matters.
• Complete zoning plan reviews for commercial building permits, land disturbance permits, plats and other land development/zoning related applications.
• Present cases to city authorities and commissions.
• Read, interpres, and write zoning and other codes.
• Draft reports for comprehensive and other master plans.
• Organize and attends public input meetings for master planning and other zoning-related projects.
• Attend daytime, nighttime, and occasional weekend public meetings, assisting other planning staff as appropriate.
• Travelto other local offices and clients may be necessary.

What You Bring:

• A bachelor’s or master’s degree in Urban Planning, Urban Design, City Planning, Geography, Public Administration, Public Health, Architecture, Engineering, or related field and a minimum of four (4) years of planning experience in the public or private planning sector is required.
• Membership in the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) is required.
• A thorough understanding of municipal planning issues, principles, methods and techniques.
• Successful implementation of policies and programs using established resources and working within budgetary constraints.
• Ability to read, understand and interpret a variety of written documentation and graphic material, conducting research as necessary.
• Robust interpersonal skills, communicating effectively both verbally and via written correspondence – and dealing courteously with elected officials, clients, and the general public.
• A background in graphic and/or urban design is a major plus.

What We Offer:

Benefits for Regular Full-Time & Part-Time Employees Working 30+ Hours/Week

• Healthcare for you and your family:
  Medical, Dental & Vision insurance
  • Single HDHP Medical plan with 100% paid premium
• Health Savings Account (HSA) with employer match
• Medical and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• FREE Life Insurance and AD&D Insurance
• Voluntary Life Insurance for you and your family
• FREE Short-Term and Long-Term Disability Insurance
• PTO + Sick Time + 8 Holidays per year
• Retirement Savings Plan with contribution from CPL to grow your retirement funds
• Internal Mobility & Career Advancement
• Licensure Assistance

Additional benefits available to FT Employees Working 40+ Hours/Week

• Tuition Assistance:
  You may be eligible for continuing education assistance
• Student Loan Assistance Program: CPL will contribute up to $100/month for 5 years ($6,000 total) toward student loan…