Senior Planner

About the role

As the Senior Planner at CPL, you will join our Community team and work with a diverse range of clients on planning, zoning, and community development projects. You will help shape vibrant communities through short- and long-range planning initiatives across CPL’s practice areas. Reporting to a Project Manager or Principal, you will help manage project scopes, budgets, and schedules; develop project deliverables; and coordinate with clients and multidisciplinary teams to achieve successful outcomes. The ideal candidate brings strong communication skills, planning and zoning expertise, and a passion for helping communities thrive. In this role, you will contribute to moderate- to large-scale, complex projects that create meaningful, lasting impacts.

We believe that building a strong community is about establishing a prevailing sense of fellowship among our team members, friends, and neighbors. Collaboration – working with others towards the best solution, placing great emphasis on the collective wisdom of our internal teams. Family – celebrating others’ successes, genuinely caring about the happiness and well-being of our team members and recognizing their own families as extensions of the CPL family. Fun – not taking oneself too seriously, fully understanding that fun at work is conducive to productivity. Inspiration – contributing to an uplifting workplace that facilitates growth and success by maintaining a positive, upbeat attitude. Integrity – doing what is ethically right and providing reliable follow-through on commitments. Ingenuity – seeking new opportunities and consistently identifying unexpected and practical ways to solve problems.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a senior planner for professional planning projects, research, and analysis.
• Provide customer service for planning and zoning matters, both in-person and over the phone.
• Write staff memos for zoning-related applications for city boards and councils.
• Conduct research on planning and zoning-related matters.
• Complete zoning plan reviews for commercial building permits, land disturbance permits, plats and other land development/zoning related applications.
• Present cases to city authorities and commissions.
• Read, interpret, and write zoning and other codes.
• Contribute to internal master planning charrettes.
• Draft reports for