Climate Resilience Planner IV
Job Description
Who We AreDudek is a leading environmental, planning, and engineering firm that help public and private clients plan, design, and build projects that improve communities' built and natural infrastructure. Founded in 1980, Dudek has grown steadily to more than 800 professionals across the U.S. and received the Top Workplace Award for 2024.
As a 100% employee-owned company, Dudek's culture rewards smart, productive team members with ownership, professional development, and financial benefits. We seek creative, pragmatic problem-solvers working at the intersection of science, engineering, regulations, and multiple stakeholders' interest to help clients achieve project goals.
We encourage collaboration, sustainability, and innovation.
At Dudek, we abide by shared values:
Trust: We trust each other to use good judgment.
Respect: We act professionally and treat each other fairly.
Teamwork: We come together, share openly, and apply diverse perspectives.
Fun: We take our work seriously...not ourselves.
Well-Being: We care about each other's health, safety, and total wellness.
Our culture is the foundation of who we are and how we work. We empower our employee-owners to invest in our local communities and themselves through initiatives that make Dudek a great place to work! Our cultural programs include:
- DuGreen: Our sustainability initiative, which works to improve our environmental footprint
- DuGood: Our philanthropic initiative, which seeks to support the communities in which we live and work through fundraising challenges, office based giving and opportunity to take a paid volunteer day each year.
- eDUcate: Our educational outreach program where we aim to foster interest in our work and careers in the environmental and engineering field by participating in educational events in our communities.
- DuWell: Our wellness initiative, aimed at providing education on wellness, benefit resources, and preventive care
- Women at Dudek
- Members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (LGBTQ+) community
- Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) employees
- Disabled employees (all disabilities, seen / unseen)
About The Job
Dudek is seeking a senior climate resilience planner/project manager to join our planning and urban design group, which works collaboratively with experts across all disciplines to provide comprehensive planning and urban design services to public and private-sector clients. The ideal candidate will have strong technical aptitude, keen understanding of sustainability and climate resilience, effective communication skills, proven business development abilities, and thrives in a collaborative working environment. The role will offer the opportunity to be a leader in Dudek's growing climate resilience practice and provide diverse responsibilities in support of our climate resilience, environmental justice, and community planning practice areas.
Learn more about the projects you will have the opportunity to shape.
Who You Are
To thrive at Dudek, you should be comfortable with accountability, collaboration, flexibility while being a resourceful and independent thinker. We look for curious, solution-focused people who can adapt quickly to an ever-changing industry. There is no single way to solve a problem, so we encourage innovation.
Duties and Responsibilities (may include some or all of the below):
- Work with our diverse team of experts to advance the climate resilience practice through effective business development, decision-making and delivering high-quality work.
- Effectively strategize and lead community engagement efforts.
- Lead large, multi-disciplinary project teams, contracts, and budgets, focused on climate resilience plans and related work.
- Demonstrate attention to detail through quality reviews and checks; and commitment to accuracy, correctness, and excellence in work products.
- Provide team support, mentorship and leadership.
- Lead business development efforts and foster client relations, including spearheading conference panels and similar opportunities.
- Bachelor's degree in City and Regional Planning or a related field
- Twelve (12) years of related professional planning experience.
- Experience managing and navigating highly complex and difficult processes, projects, and clients.
- Working GIS knowledge, e.g. experience with Urban Footprint, ArcGIS, Adobe Creative Suite
- Ability to collaboratively work in a team setting, and professionally represent Dudek in client/agency interactions
- Knowledge of California planning and development law, especially as they relate to climate adaptation and resilience.
* As a federal contractor, successful candidates are required to pass the following pre-employment requirements prior to beginning employment: pre - employment drug test and background check.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master's Degree in City and Regional Planning, or related field
- Member of the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP)
- Spanish, Arabic, or Tagalog fluency
- Experience working in under-resourced communities
Working Conditions:
- This job operates in a remote or office-based environment and this role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, printers, etc.
- This job requires occasional project site visits-based outdoors which can include excessive noise, uneven walking surfaces, extreme weather, moving vehicles and equipment.
- This job requires working on a computer, sitting or standing for long periods of time in an office or remote office setting.
- This job requires attending meetings, both in person and virtually as well as speaking on the phone with peers, clients, etc. Speaking, hearing and listening are required.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
- Outdoor activity may involve walking/trekking in uneven terrain over long distances in extreme weather conditions for extended periods of time.
Proposed Salary Range: $120,000 - $160,000 annually*
*Final agreed upon compensation will be based on a variety of factors including but not limited to an individual's related experience, education, certifications, skills, and work location.
Perks of Being a Dudekian
At Dudek we will provide you with a competitive salary in an environment that promotes growth, career development, and a flexible work-life balance. Dudek offers an array of benefits, from medical, dental, and vision coverage, to the discretionary bonuses, based on firmwide, divisional, and individual performance.
We also offer a yearly merit review, an employee stock ownership program, and dog friendly offices! To honor our key value of well-being, Dudek provides a generous vacation package. If you're tired of an overly bureaucratic decision-making process and want to be part of a work culture that puts its employees first, speak with your recruiter to learn more about the great perks of being a Dudekian.
Dudek is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national or ethnic origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or other characteristics protected by applicable law.
Dudek is a U.S.-based employer. All positions are based in the U.S. and require U.S. work authorization.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin.
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