Planner III

Overview

Position:
Planner III – Yakima County Public Services Planning Division
Type:
Regular Non‑Exempt (eligible for overtime)
Pay Range: $35.83 – $45.44 per hour (CTP Pay Plan, C43 Step 1‑13)
Hiring Range: $35.83 – $38.02 per hour (CTP Pay Plan, C43 Step 1‑4 DOQ)
Closing Date:
June 22, 2026 (weekly reviews)

• Perform planning analyses for routine to complex development project applications.
• Participate in early assistance meetings with customers and provide feasibility, cost, and timeline estimates.
• Represent the Planning Division on Multi‑Disciplinary Teams (MDT) and contribute to project decisions.
• Provide technical guidance to project coordinators and review applications for completeness.
• Prepare SEPA threshold environmental determinations and mitigation measures.
• Evaluate projects and recommend options and conditions ensuring consistency with plans, policies, regulations, and criteria.
• Draft final written analyses, findings, and conditions for MDT decisions.
• Represent the MDT position at hearing bodies as assigned.
• Provide policy and technical assistance on land development, environmental protection, and growth management.
• Develop, coordinate, and participate in public education/outreach efforts and special studies.
• Schedule, coordinate, collect, assemble, and prepare data, projections, and reports.

• Bachelor’s degree in Planning, Environmental Sciences, Natural Resources Management, Geography, Geology, or related field.
• Three (3) years of increasing responsibility in professional planning, including SEPA, transportation, subdivision, zoning, or comprehensive planning.
• Master’s degree may substitute for one year of experience.
• Valid U.S. driver’s license at time of appointment.
• Completed general employment verification.
• Preferred:
  Bilingual in Spanish; experience with Washington State land‑use law; specialized training in SEPA, GMA, critical areas, shorelines; additional degrees, certifications, or licenses.

• Health Care (Medical, Dental, Vision, Basic Life, Basic LTD)
• Retirement
• Paid Vacation, Holidays, and Sick Leave

AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
Minorities, Females, Protected Veterans and the Disabled are encouraged to apply. Yakima County ensures equal employment opportunities regardless of age, color, creed, sensory, mental or physical disability, genetic information, marital status, national origin, political belief, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, and military status, or any other protected status under federal or state statute.