Overview
Kimley-Horn's community planning team is growing and has a rewarding opportunity for a motivated Senior Planner, Practice Builder, to join our team in Northeast Ohio. The successful candidate will be a leader in a practice specializing in urban and regional master planning, land use and zoning, and land planning focused in the Midwest region. This individual will have an entrepreneurial spirit and create a vision for growth for our Land Planning Services practice team while growing their own projects, clients and team around them.
Responsibilities
This position will involve leading business development efforts, developing and managing relationships with key clients, and overseeing all project tasks while mentoring the growth of younger staff. The successful candidate will have a great deal of autonomy to lead, direct, and grow their business.
Project Managers are encouraged to pursue opportunities that fuel their professional passion and contribute to firmwide success. Our system for rewards is designed to recognize staff as they move along a path to success. Bonuses, promotions, path to ownership recognition, and other forms of advancement are performance based, because as a firm we focus on results.
Leadership responsibilities include:
Lead a team while building and managing relationships with key clients.
Operate with integrity and sound business principles.
Provide practice vision, business planning and strategy, establishing goals, building and maintaining positive client relationships.
Open communication with partners and team, along with growing and directing a Community Planning Services practice.
Manage projects profitably, transition work to qualified staff, grow and mentor staff, help recruit, and be a positive role model.
Management responsibilities include but are not limited to:
Meeting or exceeding client expectations.
Identifying and tracking leads.
Making presentations, writing proposals and scopes of work.
Establish budgets, ensuring quality and timeliness of deliverables, and supervising the execution of work.
Accounting, administrative, marketing, recruiting, IT and production support will be provided.
Qualifications
Position Requirements:
Bachelor's Degree or higher in city and regional planning, civil engineering, or related discipline.
Business development and marketing experience including writing proposals, scopes of work, and budgeting for projected work.
Ability to effectively communicate positively at all levels of the organization.
Ability to manage & mentor staff, and direct resources effectively in a positive manner.
Demonstrated ability to manage projects profitably.
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Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
Posted Date12 hours ago(6/29/2026 1:40 PM)
ID2026-24636
EducationBachelor's Degree
Discipline/FocusLand Planning, Planning
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