Merchandise Planner, Sr. jobs in Arlington, TX

Pay Range: $66,898 - $86,967 annual compensation

Job Posting Closing on: Friday, January 12, 2024

Benefits for this position include: 11 Paid Holidays, Medical, Dental, Vision, Paid Time Off, Pension Plan, Professional Development Opportunities, and much more.

The City of Fort Worth is one of the fastest growing large cities in the U.S. Our employees serve the needs of nearly 1,000,000 residents, promoting our values of exceptional customer experience, mutual respect, embracing our diversity, continuous improvement, ethical behavior, and accountability.

A Sr. Planner – Comprehensive Planning job is available with the City of Fort Worth FWLab Department Land Use Division. The Planning Division prepares long-range and strategic plans for the city’s growth and development, while also serving as a key focal point for plan implementation.  The Division prepares and updates the City’s Comprehensive Plan; conducts long-range planning for Transit-Oriented Development and other target urban areas; implements Fort Worth’s Urban Village Development Program; coordinates City implementation of the Trinity River Vision and Panther Island projects; and supports open space, watershed, public art, and other specific area planning and implementation, including urban design, form-based code development, and streetscape improvement projects. 

In addition to developing long-range plans for the city’s growth and development, the Planning Division works with a variety of City departments and other stakeholders to help coordinate capital projects planning and implementation, including supporting the City’s Capital Improvement Plan.  The Planning & Data Analytics Department works to ensure that long-range plans are implemented through strategic capital investments, effective City budgeting, and implementation performance monitoring.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree with a primary focus in urban or regional planning, urban geography, GIS, public administration, data analytics, civil engineering, urban design, or a closely related field.
• Five (5) years of experience in city planning.
• Valid Texas Driver’s License.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s Degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in Urban or Regional Planning, GIS, Urban Geography, Public Administration, Data Analytics, Civil Engineering, or a related field.
• More than five (5) years of experience in planning with an emphasis on long-range city planning, GIS, and/or municipal data analytics.
• Excellent ArcGIS and data analysis skills.
• Significant experience in long-range planning, including compelling work on municipal comprehensive plans, area plans, and/or urban design for walkable urban districts.
• Demonstrated knowledge of land use, environmental, and/or transportation planning, together with demographic and economic research methods and tools, data analytics, capital projects/CIP planning, and/or urban design.
• Excellent writing skills; graphic document layout and/or graphic design skills; data analysis skills; and project management skills.
• Experience in analyzing and reporting on statistical and/or budget data, capital projects data, maps and/or graphic planning information.
• Experience managing complex long-range planning projects.
• Knowledge and experience in preparing spatial and statistical analyses to evaluate return on public investment.
• Adept at establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with a variety of stakeholders and staff.
• Proficiency in MS Office software and working familiarity with ArcGIS and Adobe InDesign or other document layout and graphic design software.

The Sr. Planner job responsibilities include:

• Preparing and updating the City’s Comprehensive Plan and special purpose or specific area plans.
• Working with stakeholders and community groups to develop corridor plans and neighborhood plans.
• Analyzing and integrating land use, environmental, and transportation planning information for a variety of plans and projects.
• Managing consultant contracts and public participation processes associated with target area planning or capital project planning.
• Completing planning-focused data analytics projects such as return on public investment analyses, data-driven strategic planning, and fiscal impact analyses of plans, capital investments, and development forms and patterns.
• Carry out long-range and strategic planning assignments related to comprehensive planning and specific area planning.
• Prepare high-quality plans, reports, and maps through data gathering and analysis, plan and report writing, document layout and graphics, and presentations.
• Work with team members, other City departments, and partner agencies to support long-range plan development and implementation, with an emphasis on data-driven growth and development decisions and infrastructure investments.