Planning and Design Intern

RICK Planning + Design office in Englewood, CO (Denver metro area) is seeking a qualified Planning and Design Intern!

RICK has been completing community and comprehensive plans, neighborhood plans, downtown plans, and similar engagements for public sector clients across Colorado, the Mountain West, and Great Plains for the last six years, and RICK as a company has operated across the western United States for over 65 years. RICK also completes planning and entitlement assignments for private sector clients across the region.

Learn more by visiting www.rickengineering.com.

Qualifications

An ideal candidate for the Part Time Staff Planner position is a planning professional with an undergraduate degree in planning from an accredited program in planning.

The Planner will assist our group with

• Technical analyses (GIS, and analyses of planning metrics for communities)
• The development of materials to be used in community engagement efforts
• Graphical support for the development of community engagement materials as well as preliminary and final versions of documents (to include Comprehensive Plans and General Plans)
• The development of text and other content to be included in documents (such as Comprehensive and General Plans)
• Assistance with review of development applications as part of development review services for a local municipality.

Required Skills

• Fully proficient in the Adobe creative suite (Illustrator, InDesign, etc.) and in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint).
• Strong communication, interpersonal, and writing skills.

This is a part time position (up to 40 hours per week, depending on workload).

***Position location is Englewood, Colorado.

RICK is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer

RICK employees are protected by laws designed to protect employees from discrimination based on race, religion, color, sex, pregnancy, gender identity, sexual orientation, parental status, national origin, age, disability, family medical history or genetic information, political affiliation, military service, or any other non-merit-based factor. These protections extend to all management practices and decisions, including recruitment and hiring practices, appraisal systems, promotions, and training and career development programs. RICK employees are also protected against retaliation if they engage in a protected activity, whistleblowing, or the exercise of any appeal or grievance right provided by law.