Planner

Job Summary

As the City of Mississauga intensifies, planning for, delivering parkland, and protecting City parkland assets becomes increasingly challenging and essential as we strive to create healthy complete communities. 

The Parks Assets, Urban Design team consists of both planners and landscape architects who work together to plan parks, expand the City’s parkland and greenlands, protect park assets; and comment on development applications, and City parkland matters.

Under the direction of the Park Assets Team Leader, the successful applicant will be responsible for representing the departmental interests on development applications and realty matters which include surplus declarations, license/easement agreements, parkland acquisition, as well as parkland planning studies and other technical studies. This position will require the ability to resolve issues within a fast paced environment, manage several projects at one time, have a full breadth of knowledge of the planning process, comment on legal agreements, and have excellent public communication skills.

Duties and Responsibilities

Reporting to the Manager of Urban Design, the successful candidate will:

• Prepare, review and manage comments on all types of Development Applications, Environmental Assessments, Realty Requests and associated Agreements on behalf of Parks Assets, Urban Design
• Coordination, review, and preparation of comments related to license and easement agreements, land acquisition and surplus declarations that impact City owned parkland and greenland
• Liaises and meets with public agencies and departments, professionals, consultants, elected officials, staff, residents and special interest groups as required with respect to the projects and the future development of parks and recreational facilities
• Attend and lead public meetings for presentation as well as provides professional advice and input to the public, Council and other professionals
• Research and prepare reports to  Committees and Council
• Attend and provide evidence at Ontario Land Tribunal hearings
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Skills and Qualifications

• Graduate from a recognized university in Planning or related discipline with a minimum of 5 years of experience in development planning
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience of municipal land development processes including subdivision, rezoning and site plan applications as well as servicing and development agreements
• Ability to liaise with elected officials, other City Departments, federal & provincial authorities, conservation & regional authorities, and other outside agencies as required
• Demonstrated project management and time management skills
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to provide detailed analysis of development applications and to negotiate and advocate for Parks Assets, Urban Design interests
• Ability to work well in a team environment and independently
• Knowledge of related computer applications required including Microsoft Suite software and ePlans
• Eligibility for membership in the Ontario Professional Planners Institute and Canadian Institute of Planners is required
• Must have ability to travel to sites  and provide own transportation and be comfortable working flexible hours