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Senior Planner

City of El Monte / El Monte, CA
Posted on: November 13, 2024

Application Deadline: December 1, 2024

Job Description

$101,007.19 – $122,774.87 Annually + Generous Benefits 

Under general administrative direction of the City Planner and Community & Economic Development Director, the incumbent within this classification; leads, oversees and performs specified planning activities for current and advanced planning including: administering the Zoning Code, Subdivision Ordinance, and General Plan; performing professional planning activities, such as reviewing development and entitlement applications and serving as project manager for development and land use applications; providing technical planning, information and assistance to the Planning Services Manager, the Director, the Planning Commission, the City Council, developers, contractors ad the general public, performing a variety of environmental and technical studies and preparing and presenting staff reports; conducting CEQA reviews and evaluations and making appropriate findings; and performing related duties as assigned within the scope of this classification.

Required Experience / Skills / Education

Minimum Qualifications:

Any combination of experience and education that would likely provide the required knowledgeable and abilities is qualifying.  A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be:

EDUCATION: Possession of a Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in Urban Planning, Geography, Architecture, or a closely related field is required.

EXPERIENCE: Five (5) years of Planning related experience, which must have included two (2) years of project management or supervisory experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the job as listed above.

LICENSE OR CERTIFICATION:  Possession of, or ability to obtain an appropriate, valid driver’s license, Class C.

Application Instructions

For more information on our generous benefit package please visit our website and to apply please click HERE

City of El Monte is an EOE.

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