Freese and Nichols is currently searching for a highly motivated, passionate and energetic Coastal Resiliency Planner and Project Manager to join the Stormwater and Environmental Services group in our Tampa, Florida office.

Our ideal candidate will strengthen our team’s expertise in coastal and climate resiliency planning, stormwater management, floodplain planning, and adaptation strategies for coastal communities. Experience in integrating resiliency into comprehensive plans, master plans, small area plans, and policy frameworks is highly valued.

As part of our interdisciplinary team, you will collaborate with engineers, environmental scientists, and GIS professionals in an environment that fosters creativity and innovation. Together, we tackle complex challenges such as sea level rise, extreme weather events, and infrastructure vulnerability—crafting forward-thinking, equitable, and sustainable solutions for coastal communities across Florida and the Southeast.

This role provides an exciting opportunity to lead and manage multidisciplinary planning and resiliency projects, engage meaningfully with community stakeholders, and advance innovative solutions that make a lasting impact. The ideal candidate combines technical knowledge with leadership, collaboration, and a deep commitment to helping communities thrive in the face of change.

Responsibilities/Accountabilities

• Work in a collaborative environment as part of a multi-discipline team.
• Demonstrate ability to produce well-written reports and highly visual documents.
• Manage personal timeliness and technical correctness of a project to ensure high-quality work that fits within a client’s budget and expectations.
• Work within an established project management plan to achieve specific goals.
• Be willing to travel as needed to meet project commitments, including overnight travel and evening client meeting obligations.
• Prepare and facilitate public involvement and consensus-building meetings and workshops.
• Assist the team manager with related marketing and client development for planning assignments and help support/identify strategic direction to advance practices.
• Represent the company at conferences, seminars, meetings; make presentations to clients, government officials, and industry representatives.
• Plan, schedule, conduct and coordinate detailed phases of planning work in several large and important projects.
• Develop plans for utilization of land and physical facilities of cities, counties, campuses, metropolitan areas, and larger geographies, demonstrating creativity, foresight and mature judgment in anticipating and solving unprecedented planning and design phases of a project.
• Maintain liaisons with individuals inside and outside of the company.
• Draft proposals and statements of qualification within the directives of company policy relating to marketing.
• Delegate to and supervise technicians and other planners when performing project tasks.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of planning-related work experience
• Bachelor’s degree in Urban Planning, Architecture, Landscape Architecture or a related field.
• Proficiency in the Microsoft Office Suite, Adobe Creative Suite, various common graphic design programs, database management and GIS
• Experience in cross-sector planning (community and economic development, resilience, etc.), project management of multiple and complex projects, facilitation and engagement, project and scope development, and other skills necessary to be successful in a government-client focused, high-paced firm.

Preferred Skills and Qualifications

• American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) certification
• 7+ years of planning-related work experience

About Freese and Nichols

At the heart of our culture is our LEADS values (Learn continuously, Engage as family, Act with integrity, Deliver quality, and Serve always).  Each year, our employee engagement survey confirms that our leaders and our employees live our values.

We strive to be the firm of choice for clients and employees through innovative approaches, practical results, and outstanding service.  For more than 130 years, we have been planning and designing the infrastructure our communities need:  developing water supplies, designing roadways and bridges, preparing for natural disasters, and much more.

Besides our comprehensive benefits package (see more at https://www.freese.com/services/benefits-that-work/), we offer paid overtime for salaried employees, an annual bonus, and access to company cabins in Red River, New Mexico.  We are proud of our flexible work environment which includes a hybrid schedule with up to 40% of remote work, and an alternative work schedule program which provides a day off every other Friday.

Join our team of 1,300+ employees as we grow from Virginia to Colorado. Learn more about working here at https://www.freese.com/careers/.

Freese and Nichols is firmly committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and prohibits employment discrimination for employees and applicants based upon race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected category under applicable federal, state, and local laws.

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