Planner - Penticton, Canada - McElhanney Ltd.

McElhanney Ltd.

Verified Company

Penticton, Canada

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

beBee Recruiter

Description

The Opportunity

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Our teams in the Okanagan Region have a welcoming culture that allows staff to learn, grow, and build meaningful relationships.

Most importantly, we have nurtured a fun and family-like environment making McElhanney a workplace where our staff choose to grow long-term careers.

In addition, our team has industry-leading professionals and mentors and established programs that support the growth of our future leaders.

Our team has a reputation for taking great care in developing our people and fostering a positive, friendly, and rewarding work environment.

What You'll Be Doing

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Supporting and helping build McElhanney's planning practice in the Okanagan valley and coordinating with planning teams in other branches to ensure great project delivery to amaze our clients;
Business development with new, existing, and key clients;
Liaising and developing strategic partnerships with clients, project stakeholders, various levels of government and subconsultants;
Professional project management and execution of planning projects;
Supervise and provide direction to technical and professional staff, as required.

What You'll Bring

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3+ years community planning experience, preferably with a background in consulting;
Master's Degree in urban planning, urban design, or related discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and experience;
Experience in land development approval and municipal development processes;
Experience with local government land use regulatory and procedural policy and bylaw development;
Proven excellence in creative problem solving and solution implementation;
An understanding of provincial planning legislation, and a willingness to learn surrounding local government policies and bylaw requirements.
Strong interpersonal and communication skills;
Technical and policy writing expertise;
Ability to prepare information and host Public Engagement opportunities;
Effective time management skills with the ability to function in a high volume, challenging environment;
CAD experience or ability to use other design software would be an asset.
Eligibility for membership with the Canadian Institute of Planners;
A valid driver's license is required.

What Can We Offer You?

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Locally based offices with strong community ties and very positive working environment.
We are proud to be an employeeowned, multidisciplinary company of technical professionals managed by technical professionals.
Full benefits package, competitive salary, annual bonus eligibility and the potential to become an owner of the company.
Maternity leave topup and parental leave
Employee and Family assistance program, which offers 24/7 support for all employees and their families either online or over the phone
An assortment of companysponsored professional development activities.

About McElhanney

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Based in Western Canada for over 110 years, McElhanney offers innovative and practical engineering, surveying, mapping, planning, landscape architecture, and environmental services.

As a 100% employee-owned and operated firm, with over 1,000 staff members in 33 locations, we are proud to offer qualified staff with shareholding options in our company.

At McElhanney, we work in teams to build strong connections with our staff, clients, and local communities.

Our employees enjoy working here because of our varied projects, high levels of autonomy, opportunities for career development, excellent total compensation, and benefits package, and collaborating with a team of great professionals.

Our Purpose:
Amaze our clients. Care for our communities. Empower our people.

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The Okanagan region of British Columbia has the best climate in Canada as ranked by Environment Canada. The semiarid desert climate provides over 2000 hours of bright sunshine and only 23 cm of rain per year. Average temperatures are 28C in summer and 2C in winter. The region is a haven of recreational pursuits such as skiing and golf, as well as being home to worldclass vineyards and beautiful orchards._