Position Overview:
Halff has an immediate need for a competent, dynamic and experienced Senior Resilience Planner to lead climate resilience projects for public sector clients across Florida. The ideal candidate will possess a strong background and familiarity in resilience planning, project management, and team leadership, with a relentless passion in supporting communities adapt to flooding and other environmental challenges.
The Senior Resilience Planner will oversee projects for municipalities, counties, regional planning councils, and/or water management districts. The incumbent will be successful in overseeing the technical development of vulnerability assessments, adaptation plans, floodplain management activities, and stakeholder engagement initiatives. In addition to project management, this role will contribute to business development by cultivating teaming arrangements and preparing proposals.
Key Responsibilities:
- Strategically lead and manage projects, ensuring timely delivery, adherence to budget, and client satisfaction.
- Develop comprehensive project scopes, delegate tasks, and oversee the team's performance to ensure high-quality results.
- Establish, maintain and strengthen client partnerships by conducting regular meetings, providing progress updates, resolving issues, and ensuring alignment with client objectives.
- Supervise the technical development of reports, presentations, and other deliverables, ensuring accuracy and clarity.
- Drive growth in the Resilience Market area for Halff by identifying emerging trends and integrating innovative, forward-thinking solutions for long-term sustainability.
- Support the expansion of the Community Rating System (CRS) and floodplain management services across Florida for Halff.
- Coordinate stakeholder engagement efforts, including public outreach and community meetings, to gather input and align project outcomes with client goals and organizational objectives.
- Contribute to business development by identifying new project opportunities and fostering relationships with current and potential clients.
- Lead and support proposal development, including drafting technical approaches, creating project scopes, and coordinating teaming arrangements.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in community/urban planning, environmental science, or a closely related field.
- At least 7 years of hands-on experience in a planning role, with a minimum of 2 years in project management, demonstrating a proven track record of successful project delivery.
- Strong project management expertise, including targeted experience in scoping, budgeting, scheduling, and team coordination.
- Exceptional ability to articulately communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences, including clients, stakeholders, and the public.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master's degree in community/urban planning, environmental science, or a closely related field.
- Familiarity with Florida's regulatory framework, including Section 380.093, Florida Statutes, and FEMA's Community Rating System (CRS).
- Expertise in community resilience planning frameworks, with experience working alongside regional, state, and federal Agencies, and leveraging various funding sources.
- Professional certifications such as AICP, CFM, PMP, and/or WEDG.
Company Overview:
Halff is a mid-sized, employee-owned, diverse, and multi-disciplined professional services firm designed, engineered, planned, constructed - and purposed - for people. Since 1950, we've been creating smart solutions that improve lives and communities by turning ideas into reality. Halff was founded on a core tenet: Focus on people, treat them well, and success will follow. It's no wonder, then, that our employees and the culture they create result in our firm consistently being named a Top Workplace in America.
Our industry-leading professionals collaborate to meet tough challenges in creative ways. Our services include Construction Services, Energy, Environmental, Geographic Information Systems, Intelligent Transportation Systems, Land and Site Development, Planning and Landscape Architecture, MEP Engineering, Public Works, Right of Way, Structural Engineering, Subsurface Utility Engineering/Utility Coordination, Surveying, Transportation, Water Resources and Water/Wastewater.
Halff has offices in the following locations:
Arkansas: Bentonville, Fayetteville, Fort Smith, Little Rock, and North Little Rock
Florida: Chipley, Crestview, Jacksonville, Orlando, Panama City Beach, Tallahassee, Tampa, Tavares and Temple Terrace and Windermere
Louisiana: Baton Rouge and Shreveport
Oklahoma: Norman and Oklahoma City
Texas: Austin, Brownsville, Conroe, Corpus Christi, Flower Mound, Fort Worth, Frisco, Houston, Lubbock, McAllen, Midland, Richardson, San Antonio, and Tyler
We offer excellent benefits including medical, dental, prescription, life insurance, long-term and short-term disability insurance, paid time off and holiday pay, Traditional and Roth 401(k) plans, Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Health Savings Account, 529 College Savings Plan, Flexible Spending, an Employee Assistance Plan and more.
Salary is competitive and commensurate with experience.
Halff is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, or veteran status.
Halff is a drug-free workplace. This offer of employment is contingent upon the receipt of a clear drug screen and background check prior to your first day of employment. This position may be subject to random drug testing pursuant to federal regulations.
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Halff Associates, Inc.
life insurance, paid time off, 401(k)
Jan 24, 2025