Planner II Position – City of Colorado Springs, CO

Full Job Description

Work Location: 30 S Nevada Ave, Colorado Springs, CO 80903

About the Job:

  • In this position, you will perform planning duties in support of the City’s redevelopment and land use entitlement programs while ensuring compliance with professional standards and regulations.
  • With the thriving economic conditions of the Pikes Peak Region, the City of Colorado Springs is experiencing a high pace of development and this position will participate in a higher volume of project management for active entitlements as well as special project assignments.
  • The City is excited to continue utilizing a new Unified Development Code which will continue to shape our growing community.

Minimum Qualifications

  • A bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in planning, geography, public administration, landscape architecture, architecture, or a related field.
  • Three years of full-time experience in planning, civil engineering, development review facilitation, construction management, project management, geographic information system (GIS), landscape architecture, architecture, urban design, or a related field. (Note: Planning is defined as urban, regional, land use, and/or comprehensive long-range planning working with or for a municipal government.)
  • Possess, or obtain upon hire and maintain a valid, non-probationary Colorado driver’s license not subject to restriction related to alcohol and/or drug violations or pending charges.