Freese And Nichols
Privately owned engineering, planning and consulting firm delivering infrastructure solutions across the U.S.
Urban Planning Project Manager
Lead urban planning projects, manage teams, engage public, and develop client relationships.
Job Highlights
About the Role
As Urban Planning Manager, you will lead comprehensive planning projects across Central Texas and the Western Gulf Coast, overseeing long-range plans, downtown and small-area plans, codes, and ordinances. You will mentor staff, manage project scope, schedules, budgets, and ensure high-quality deliverables while fostering collaboration. • Lead and manage urban planning projects including comprehensive, downtown, small-area plans, and codes/ordinances. • Serve as project manager and technical director, planning schedules, coordinating phases, and ensuring quality. • Facilitate public involvement, stakeholder engagement, and consensus-building workshops. • Produce and quality-check reports and visual planning documents. • Mentor, supervise, and develop planners and technicians within a multidisciplinary team. • Support resiliency, policy, transportation, and parks projects as workload demands. • Assist with marketing, client development, and strategic planning initiatives. • Develop and maintain relationships with key public-sector clients in Central/South Texas or the Western Gulf Coast. • Identify project opportunities and contribute to proposals and qualification statements. • Represent the firm at conferences, seminars, public meetings, and client presentations. • Travel as needed, including evenings and occasional overnight stays.
Key Responsibilities
- ▸project management
- ▸urban planning
- ▸public engagement
- ▸report production
- ▸team mentoring
- ▸client relations
What You Bring
The position requires a bachelor’s degree in urban planning or a related field, AICP certification, and at least 10 years of professional planning experience, including public-sector project management and cross-sector work such as resilience or economic development. Strong facilitation, GIS, Microsoft Office, Adobe Creative Suite skills, and established client relationships in the region are essential; Spanish fluency and professional organization involvement are preferred. • Bachelor’s degree in urban planning, architecture, landscape architecture, or related field. • AICP certification. • 10+ years of professional urban planning experience, including public-sector project management. • Proven experience in cross-sector planning such as community development, economic development, or resilience. • Strong facilitation, stakeholder engagement, and consensus-building skills. • Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Adobe Creative Suite, GIS, and public engagement tools. • Established client relationships within Central or South Texas or the Western Gulf Coast. • Preferred: involvement in professional organizations (APA, ULI) and fluency in Spanish.
Requirements
- ▸aicp
- ▸10+ years
- ▸gis
- ▸adobe
- ▸facilitation
- ▸bachelor’s
Benefits
Freese and Nichols emphasizes its LEADS values and offers a comprehensive benefits package, paid overtime, annual bonus, flexible hybrid work (up to 40% remote), an alternative schedule with every other Friday off, and access to company cabins. The firm has a 130-year history, 1,300+ employees, and a commitment to equal employment opportunity. • Comprehensive benefits package with paid overtime for salaried employees. • Annual bonus and access to company cabins in New Mexico and North Carolina. • Hybrid work schedule with up to 40% remote work and alternate Friday off. • Flexible work environment and alternative work schedule program.
Work Environment
Office Full-Time