Land Planning Manager

Destination Homes•Sandy, UT

10h•Onsite

About The Position

The Land Planning Manager participates on a team of architects, landscape architects, planners, and engineers to implement the real estate development vision through placemaking and quality neighborhood design.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in planning, urban design, or landscape architecture, or a related field plus five years of related experience.
Thorough understanding of urban design principles, particularly as they relate to neighborhood-scale development: the lot, the block, and the street.
Ability to carefully arrange lots on a block in a manner that integrates principles of engineering, architecture, and landscape architecture and creates positive placemaking outcomes.
Strong visual and verbal communication skills, with an emphasis on 3D models and rendering.
Ability to learn quickly and synthesis ideas and constraints from broad set of design disciplines to improve landscape outcomes.
Software knowledge: AutoCAD, Sketch-Up, Rhino, Twin Motion, Adobe suite, and/or other visualization tools, Microsoft Suite, GIS a plus.

Responsibilities

Prepare land use plans for master-planned communities of various scales, integrating local land use code, transportation, engineering, unique site characteristics, and business and placemaking goals.
Prepare design standards and guidelines such as community plans, and pattern books, and modify these tools when necessary.
Coordinate platting of land use plans with engineering teams to ensure placemaking outcomes are achieved in the context of grading, easements, utilities, lot sizes, setbacks, etc.
Define special addresses within land use plans to elevate placemaking outcomes in high visibility and important areas. Articulate special address requirements for affected lots, including architecture, landscape and other parameters, and coordinate with members of the Placemaking Team to ensure the special address outcomes are achieved.
Conduct site visits, as necessary, to ensure planning and placemaking outcomes are achieved.
Create graphics for analysis and presentations, including community and neighborhood designs, open space plans, signage / monumentation.
Transform sketches, diagrams, and site data into 3D models to help internal and external groups visualize preferred outcomes.
Review and approve site plans for residential, commercial, and industrial projects for compliance with design standards and best practices. Meet regularly with internal teams and builder / developer partners regarding design review issues.
Research and analyze precedent projects and places to understand their physical attributes that create strong placemaking.
Research market trends associated with planning, placemaking and urban design and make recommendations on those topics.
Identify strategies for improving community and neighborhood planning quality in the context of market conditions and business objectives.
Coordinate with, train, and educate engineering teams, residential builder partners, and commercial partners—and their subcontractors—to improve planning and design outcomes.
Assist with entitlement related issues related to LHM Communities projects.
Develop constructive relationships with development partners and government staff.
Work with internal and external teams on planning-related issues, such as urban design and placemaking.
Coordinate with outside consultants on planning and design related issues relative to Larry H. Miller Communities projects.