Park Planner I-IV

About the role

The County of Santa Cruz seeks to fill two vacancies on their Park Planning team. This team is dedicated to developing and managing the County's 70 parks, coastal access points, and open spaces.

Responsibilities

• Oversight of planning studies and capital projects through all phases of development, from property acquisition to design and construction.
• Preparation of grant applications, construction documents, and master plans.
• Administration of grant, design, and construction contracts.
• Conducting park planning and acquisition studies.
• Serving as project leaders or technical specialists.
• Performing other related duties as required.

Qualifications

• Park Planner I: Two years experience in public or private landscape architectural, architectural, or civil engineering practices, plus completion of 12 semester units of college course work in park planning, park management or administration, or civil engineering, landscape architecture, architecture.
• OR Possession of a Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university in parks planning, architecture, civil engineering, landscape architecture or related field.
• OR Possession of a valid Landscape Contractor or Building Contractor License issued by the State of California, plus completion of 12 semester units of college course work in park planning, architecture, civil engineering, landscape architecture, or related field.
• Park Planner II: One year of professional park planning experience equivalent to a Park Planner I at Santa Cruz County.
• Park Planner III: One year of experience that is equivalent to a Park Planner II at Santa Cruz County, or two years of experience in landscape architecture or closely related professional experience with a Bachelor’s Degree in parks planning, architecture, civil engineering, landscape architecture or related field.
• Park Planner IV: One year of park planning experience equivalent to a Park Planner III at Santa Cruz County.

Special Requirements

• Valid California class C driver license, or the ability to provide suitable transportation which is approved by the appointing authority (Additional for Park Planner IV).
• Valid design license or certificate of registration as an architect, civil engineer and/or landscape architect from the State of California.