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Explore the exciting career possibilities a multi-disciplinary firm brings while working with a purposeful, goal oriented, close-knit team to improve the quality of life in communities throughout the Central Valley and beyond. QK has been a home for hundreds of people to build their careers over the past 50 years. Join our team of highly experienced, innovative professionals and start elevating your career today in a place built for professionals to flourish and find professional success while building lifelong relationships with our team and our clients. 

• Gather, compile, and analyze data on economic, social, and physical factors affecting land use
• Maintain communication with client and/or other project managers from project conception through completion
• Manage, oversee, and/or train other professional staff
• Formulate and conduct technical planning studies
• Prepare and/or coordinate preparation of winning proposals and lead proposal presentations
• Develop recommendations affecting environmental issues associated with land use
• Research local ordinances, regional and state regulations, transportation studies, and planning issues
• Develop recommendations affecting land use, public utilities, community facilities, housing, and transportation to control and guide development
• Prepare technical studies and documents, with emphasis on NEPA and CEQA documents
• Prepare for, conduct and oversee research, field work, and documentation in support of NEPA and CEQA document preparation, and technical planning studies
• Read, interpret, compose, and review Categorical Exclusions, EAs, EIRs, and other technical documents
• Prepare, coordinate, and facilitate public involvement and consensus-building meetings and workshops
• Visit field sites to gather facts and data, and conduct investigations
• Prepare of technical memoranda, meeting minutes, transmittals, presentations, and other written materials
• Other duties as assigned or as needed in order to successfully complete project deliverables or meet internal goals

• Ability to develop plans for utilization of land and physical facilities of cities, counties, and metropolitan areas, applying planning principles and practices
• Strong technical writing, analytic, and problem-solving skills
• Ability to find creative solutions to complex environmental and planning issues, which may include political and socioeconomic issues, while meeting the needs of the client
• Ability to organize, collect, and analyze data, generate and evaluate alternatives, reach logical conclusions, and formulate consistent recommendations as necessary
• Ability to develop and strengthen project management skills
• Ability to learn to compose project reports and other technical documents
• Quantitative analysis skills
• Ability to work in a team environment
• Critical thinking skills
• Ability to sit and stand for long periods
• Strong ability to communicate well (in writing and verbally) with other staff, clients, and agencies to accomplish team goals
• Visual acuity and manual dexterity
• Ability to perform repetitive wrist and hand motions required
• Ability to travel to field sites and walk long distances may be required on occasion
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in land use, urban, regional, or city planning, environmental planning, community planning, landscape architecture, geography, or related field. AICP strongly preferred
• Minimum of four (4) years of experience in planning, transportation, and/or socioeconomics (or MA/MS plus two (2) years’ experience)

 Benefits

• Health, Vision, Dental Benefits
• 401K (20% employer match)
• PTO and more

 PM22

QK understands that solutions for today’s challenges require innovation created by sharing diverse perspectives openly and safely, which is why we celebrate and cultivate diversity and our inclusive environment.

QK is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination of any kind. QK provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, etc. All employment decisions are based on qualification, merit, and business needs. QK encourages all qualified applicants to apply.

Applicants must be fully authorized to work in the U.S. and physically be in the U.S.

Please no calls, emails, or additional contact for inquiry. Our HR team will be in contact with you if we need additional information or wish to schedule an interview with you.

NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES

Please note that QK does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of a signed Recruitment Fee Agreement, QK will not consider or agree to payment of any referral compensation or recruiter fee. In the event a recruiter or agency submits a resume or candidate without a previously signed agreement, QK explicitly reserves the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of QK.