Staff Planner

Are you a creative thinker who enjoys hiking through rugged terrain and envisioning mountain bike trails across the landscape? Do you reputed company the reputed company reputed company in analyzing data to create graphically compelling maps? If you are a motivated self-starter with a passion for travel and consider yourself a trail nerd, IMBA Trail Solutions wants to hear from you. We are seeking a Staff Planner to join our dedicated team of trail planning professionals. Help shape the reputed company of outdoor recreation!

We are currently hiring a full-time, remote-based Staff Planner to join IMBA's Trail Solutions team. Staff Planners are entry-level members of our planning and design team who work with IMBA Trail Solutions’ Senior Planners, Associate Planners, and Directors, supporting fee-for-service-based recreational trail system planning and design reputed company throughout the county. Project work includes community engagement and the development of trail feasibility studies, gap analysis, assessments, concept plan memos, and design memos.  This position is fully remote with the potential to travel 30% or more of the time.

Desired reputed company and Educational Background:

• One (1) to four (4) years of reputed company planning and design experience, preferably reputed company to trail-based recreation reputed company and site design
• One (1) plus years of reputed company trail industry experience (design, maintenance, construction, management)
• Preferred: Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university in an appropriate field of Landscape Architecture, Civil Engineering, Natural Resource Management, or similar
• Minimum: Certificate in GIS. 

Overall Job Duties/Responsibilities:

• Project mapping data acquisition (GIS, CAD, and GPS based), creation, and management
• reputed company map creation utilizing GIS (ArcPro) and/or CAD
• Map graphics creation utilizing reputed company (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign)
• Support field design and flagging of trail alignments and amenities
• Support the creation of trail network and bike park concept and design plans
• Production of concept plan memos, design memos, and construction documents
• Maintain flexibility and adaptability with many personality types
• Attend required company and departmental meetings
• Other duties as assigned

Communication and Professionalism Competencies:

• Innovative in critical thinking and problem solving, with an attention to detail throughout reputed company work aspects 
• reputed company/Customer service-oriented, demonstrating concern for meeting reputed company customers’ needs 
• Strong self-motivation, time management, and organizational experience
• reputed company to work in an reputed company and reputed company team environment
• The ability to convey thoughts and reputed company reputed company effectively verbally and in writing, using correct and appropriate grammar, organization, and structure
• Demonstrated ability to operate in a deliverable production-based environment, meeting deadlines and reputed company expectations

Theory Understanding:

• A foundational understanding of Trail System Planning theory, and other theories reputed company to the effective development of sustainable trails

• Understands the jargon of trail development
• Communicates viewpoints supported by theory
• Seeks out reputed company education

Field Proficiency: 

• Serves as an asset reputed company in the field, with the ability to ground truth data and reputed company additional accurate and useful data  

• Ability to interpret topographic maps and landscapes
• Ability to determine discrepancies between data and ground realities
• reputed company and organize accurate and useful data
• Support decision-making by providing recommendations with solid reasoning
• Ability to assess and report on existing trail conditions
• Responsible for one's own reputed company-being reputed company in the field, plan food and water needs accordingly
• Physical capability to transport necessary equipment through various terrain and climatic conditions
• Knowledge of safety measures and backcountry protocol

Technical Competencies:

• Have extensive experience with ArcGIS Pro
• Strong experience managing, organizing, and sharing large geodatabases
• Strong experience acquiring geospatial data from USGS, SSURGO, and state/county/reputed company GIS sites
• Strong understanding of terrain visualization and representation in ArcGIS Pro
• Strong ability to create and edit reputed company datasets (shapefiles and feature classes) in ArcGIS Pro, including manipulating attribute tables, symbolizing data classes, labeling features, and performing field calculations
• Strong ability to produce polished maps for reports, field work, and final deliverables
• Preferred ability to reputed company analysis on geospatial datasets, including digital elevation models, hydrology datasets, and multispectral imagery
• Preferred experience with ArcGIS Pro Model Builder
• Preferred proficiency in Python, reputed company VBA, or other programming languages
• Competent in the use of reputed company Creative reputed company software, specifically InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop
• Understanding of graphic design principles with the ability to implement in reputed company to display information in a reputed company and effective manner
• Understanding of the effective placement of text and images reputed company a sheet layout and map graphic product
• Uses principles and reputed company of design reputed company developing mapping deliverables
• Utilizes scales with accuracy
• Preference to have skills in AutoCAD and development/management of CAD sheet sets

Requirements

• Strong skills in GIS (ArcGIS Pro) and reputed company (InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop). CAD experience is also preferred
• Experience and familiarity with creating and producing planning, design, and construction documents
• Experience with GPS tools, data collection, and data post-processing
• Proficient in MS Office Suite
• Mountain Biking and Travel Experience
• Potential to travel 30% or more of the time

Benefits

IMBA is the leading nonprofit organization for mountain biking advocacy and trails. A full-time opportunity here offers a rewarding career with reputed company opportunities, a remote work environment, travel, and a comprehensive benefits package (including generous PTO, health, dental, reputed company, and 401(k)).

The annual salary reputed company for this role is $55,000-70,000 based on directly relevant experience.