Planning, Design & Development Manager - Parks and Recreation Planning Supervisor

The Parks and Recreation Planning Supervisor – Planning, Design & Development Manager will lead and coordinate daily activities within the Virginia Beach Parks & Recreation Planning, Design & Development Division.

Duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Manage professional and technical staff responsible for development review, parks and recreation facility design, landscape design, CIP project management, and to ensure that City standard are adhered to and that good design and construction practices are followed
• Responsible for the Parks and Recreation department Capital Improvement Program (CIP) project implementation
• Investigate and resolve difficult technical development and operational problems to keep design and project management activities functioning smoothly
• Provide design support including cost estimates for development of capital building projects, supervise project management, design, and inspection activities on complex projects to ensure that the projects meet City and other applicable standards
• Performs conceptual design work for parks and recreation facilities
• Reviews, processes, and manages complex master plans, site plans, studies and other proposals
• Provide technical response to user agencies and customers concerning specific projects to properly inform them as well as incorporate their input
• Review and approve design, consulting and construction contracts, expenditures, City Council agenda items and policy reports related to capital projects.  Manage records and files to provide operational and capital cost accounting
• Assist division administrator with the development, implementation, and coordination of short and long-range strategic goals and objectives for the department
• Perform other job duties requiring skills, knowledge and physical requirements as demanded by those duties described or less. Individual assignments will be determined by the supervisor based on then current workloads and department needs.

MINIMUMS:
Requires any combination of education (above the high school level) and/or experience equivalent to ten (10) years in fields of planning, engineering, architecture and/or landscape architecture, utilizing the required knowledge, skills, and abilities and with significant applications of all phases of design and construction including project implementation.

Must possess certification as a Certified Planner, Professional Architect, Professional Engineer or Certified Landscape Architect.

Must have a current and valid drivers license.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:
All employees may be expected to work hours in excess of their normally scheduled hours in response to short-term department needs and/or City-wide emergencies.

This position is being advertised as a pool, and applications may be used to fill current vacancies and any other similar Parks & Recreation Planning Supervisor positions that become available within six (6) months from the closing date of this posting.

The City offers a generous benefits package, which includes health, dental and life insurance, retirement and savings plans, maternity/paternity and parental leave, holidays, and leave.

This is an Alpha I position, which requires reporting to work during periods of emergency or inclement weather, regardless of the City’s operational status.

Requires a current and valid Driver’s license in accordance with Virginia or North Carolina DMV driver’s license eligibility requirements.

As a condition of employment, all employees must attend P&R Connection (Department Orientation). If selected for the position, you will be provided an approximate training date at the time of hire. Training is held from 8:30am-5:00pm, every other Friday, at the Parks & Recreation Administration Building. When an exemption is permittable, a hybrid version of the training is available, but will require training attendance on a weekend.