The Town of Erie invites you to join our award-winning Parks & Recreation department as our Senior Parks Planner. Come be a part of one of Colorado’s Top Workplaces for 2024 and help contribute to the vision for our growing community!
The Town of Erie currently maintains 13 parks and over 1,400 acres of Open Space, but that’s sure to change with our flourishing development. We are looking for someone who can be collaborative, flexible and able to effectively manage communication between our partner departments and other stakeholders.
As the Senior Parks Planner, you will:
- Perform development landscape and irrigation review on behalf of the Parks & Recreation Department
- Support the design and construction of Town-maintained landscape areas and capital projects
- Ensure compliance with applicable laws, ordinances, standards, plans and specifications related to parks and landscape projects/improvements.
All staff are expected to adhere to the Town’s mission, vision, and values of PRIDE (professional, respectful, integrity, dedicated, effective).
THIS POSTING WILL CLOSE 11:59PM ON SUNDAY, 11/10/24. PLEASE ENSURE YOUR APPLICATION IS COMPLETE FOR CONSIDERATION.
PAY RANGE:
Hiring Range: $79,797/annually - $95,757/annually
Full Range: $79,797/annually - $111,716/annually
ANTICIPATED WORK SCHEDULE:
Full-time (Monday-Friday) 40 hours per week with some nights and weekends as needed.
This position is eligible to work remotely one-two days per week dependent upon successful completion of the probationary period and supervisor approval. Schedule may vary depending on specific needs.
SUPERVISION EXERCISED:
None.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Administrative Duties
- Review Land Use Applications as assigned for the Department
- Attend development review meetings, coordinate responses, review design proposals for compliance with approved guiding plans and documents
- Act as a subject matter expert for park and trail design, landscape architecture, irrigation standards, and best management practices
- Serve as primary liaison between the Parks and Recreation Department and Planning & Community Development Department, and coordinate with other public and private agencies, property owners and developers to recommend arrangements of public parks, trail corridors, and open space land
- Review and evaluate complex design plan proposals and specifications to ensure compliance with Town Standards & Specifications and applicable regulations, policies and guidelines
- Responsible for the annual review and update of the Landscape, Irrigation, Parks, Open Space & Trails Standards & Specifications
- Research, evaluate, verify and present background information and data pertaining to projects
- Respond promptly and courteously to inquiries from developers, contractors and the general public related to relevant construction, alteration and maintenance projects related to parks and landscape. May assist with providing responses to Open Records Requests
Project Management Duties
- May serve as project manager for assigned annual capital and special landscape projects
- Prepare and administer contracts for assigned design and construction projects
- Develop and manage project budgets for assigned projects
- Represent the interests of Parks & Recreation on projects led by other Town Departments and Divisions
- Assist with construction oversight, site inspections, approval process, warranty reports and ongoing monitoring of park, trail and landscape projects
Town Wide Expectations/Duties
- Serve as a professional ambassador of the Town by maintaining a professional image, a team-based collaborative approach and high ethical standards
- Interpret, communicate and enforce all Department, Town, County, State and Federal policies and procedures within areas of program responsibility
- Complete all required safety trainings in a timely manner
- Develop and accomplish goals and objectives to support the Department and Town mission
Other/Miscellaneous
- Communicate the organization’s Mission, Vision, and Values to staff, volunteers and key stakeholders
- Attend meetings of boards and committees as assigned, attends and participates in relevant professional group meetings
- Serve on Department or Town committees
- Perform related work as required and assigned
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Education and Experience
- A Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in Landscape Architecture, Planning & Urban Design, Community & Regional Planning, Environmental Design or a related field
- Minimum of four(4) years progressively responsible experience in park planning & design, landscape architecture, and/or project management
- A combination of education, experience, or training that demonstrates required knowledge, skills, and abilities may be considered
A combination of education, experience, or training that demonstrates required knowledge, skills, and abilities may be considered
Certificates/Licenses/Registrations
- Ability to obtain CPR, AED and First Aid certifications within three months of hire
- Valid driver’s license and satisfactory driving record
DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS/CERTIFICATIONS
- Licensed Landscape Architect (Colorado) preferred
- Additional certifications related to parks and landscape construction and maintenance preferred
Pre-employment screenings include:
- reference checks
- background checks including national and county criminal scan, sex-offender registry check and driving record check through DMV
Town of Erie Benefits:
Coverage of these benefits begin the 1st of the month following date of hire for benefited employees regularly working an average of 30 hours per week. Each year you will have the option of changing your elections through open enrollment.
Designated full time employees are eligible for the following benefits:
- Robust Medical, Dental and Vision plans including spouse, domestic partner and family coverage options
- Supplemental Accident, Critical Illness and Hospital Plans
- Voluntary Life/AD&D
- Employer paid Basic Life/AD&D
- Employer paid Short and Long Term Disability
- Diagnosis and infertility treatment options via Cigna plans
- Employer paid Employee Assistance Program
- Robust extended sick leave and family sick leave program
- Up to 48 hours of Colorado Sick Leave - 1 hour earned for every 30 hours worked in a pay period
- 3.5 Weeks of Paid Time Off (PTO) per year (increases with years of service)
- 40 hours of pre-loaded Paid Time Off (PTO) to each new employee upon hire
- Fifteen (15) Paid Holidays
- Twenty-Four (24) Hours of Paid Volunteer Leave
- Up to 12 weeks of paid Parental Leave for bonding with a new child
- Option to sell back PTO after two years of continuous employment
- 457 Retirement Plan, with a 5% employer match and immediate 100% vesting in your deferral contributions AND employer contributions
- Education reimbursement up to $2,000 per year
- Individual free membership to the Erie Community Center and steep discounts on couple or family memberships.
- Half-off charging at town-owned EV charging stations
- Pet Insurance
- Employee Discount Program through Benefits Hub
- Eligible for discount Dell Computer program
- Onsite/virtual trainings for growth and development opportunities
We are a Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF)-qualified employer!
EEOC Statement:
The Town is dedicated to the principles of equal employment opportunity in any term, condition or privilege of employment. Applicants, employees and former employees are protected from employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age (40 or older), disability and genetic information (including family medical history), veteran status, marital status or any other status protected by federal, state or local law. This prohibition includes unlawful harassment or discrimination based on any of these protected classes. Unlawful harassment includes verbal or physical conduct, which has the purpose or effect of substantially interfering with an individual’s work performance or creating a severe, intimidating, hostile or offensive work environment. This provision applies to all employees, including directors, supervisors, co-workers, and non-employees such as residents, members of all boards and task force groups, contractors, vendors, consultants, etc.
