Senior Urban Planner

Arup’s purpose, shared values, and collaborative approach has set us apart for over 80 years, guiding how we shape a better world. We are a global collective of designers, consultants, and experts dedicated to sustainable development, working across every aspect of the built environment.

Arup is seeking a Senior Urban Planner to join our growing team in our Calgary office.

This role offers the opportunity to lead and contribute to a wide range of innovative and high-impact urban planning and design projects in Calgary, across Canada and around the globe. As a Senior Urban Planner, you will collaborate with other members of Arup’s multidisciplinary Cities, Planning and Design group, as well as with our in-house teams of transportation planners, civil and structural engineers, and others to lead and coordinate the delivery of ambitious, technically informed development concepts and masterplans that balance urgent and often competing challenges.

This job posting represents an active vacancy within our organization and is open for immediate recruitment .

The Opportunity

Arup is helping clients across both the public and private sectors to plan and design projects at the site, transit-station-area, and neighbourhood scale, working on everything from concept plans to fulsome development applications. We are seeking a Senior Urban Planner who has demonstrated experience leading and managing projects, completing design-oriented planning work, securing development approvals and supporting large-scale real-estate projects with the capacity to transform the places Canadians live, work and play.

The ideal candidate will have the ability to pragmatically deploy a solid understanding of development economics and municipal and provincial context to craft practical approaches to improving existing communities and shaping new ones.

At Arup, you belong to an extraordinary collective in which we encourage individuality to thrive. Our strength comes from how we respect, share and connect our diverse experiences, perspectives and ideas. You will have the opportunity to help grow our urban planning business, contributing to the continued growth of the Calgary office by supporting a diverse portfolio of projects and expanding our local presence, while doing socially useful work that has meaning to Arup, to your career, to our members, and to the clients and communities we serve.

Responsibilities

• Lead a mix of small, medium and large multidisciplinary urban planning and design projects under the guidance of project leadership from inception to delivery. This includes actively participating in conceptual design and managing schedules, logistics, and resource allocation.
• Act as a trusted adviser to public and private clients working to realize planning projects, speaking from experience and the collective expertise of Arup’s broad-ranging interdisciplinary teams.
• Facilitate and lead meetings with clients, interest holders and the general public, including presenting at public events and maintaining strong communication with interest holders throughout the project lifecycle.
• Lead contract and budget management, support invoicing and collections and report key project issues, risks and updates to project leadership and business development teams.
• Lead the preparation of responses to requests for proposals, including drafting proposed methodologies that address real client needs and good planning principles, while actively supporting business development.
• Lead the production of planning reports, panels, proposals, presentations, visual materials and other collateral for clients and interest holders. Lead and oversee the analysis of policy documents, zoning-by-laws and evidence studies.
• Work independently in managing projects and delegating tasks to support overall project teams.
• Contribute to business development initiatives that expand the Calgary office, diversify the client base, and enhance Arup’s profile and competitive position in the market.
• Mentor and train junior and intermediate staff.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or master’s degree in urban planning or a related field with a minimum of 7-10 years of professional…