Demo

Senior Planner

American Planning Association - Wisconsin Chapter
Columbia, SC Full Time
POSTED ON 7/11/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 8/9/2026
Career Center

  • Job Seekers
    • View All Jobs
    • Launching Your Career
  • Employers
  • Advance Your Career
  • Choosing the Planning Profession
  • Mentoring at APA
  • Consultants / RFP-RFQ
  • 2025 Planners' Salary and Benefits Survey
  • Home
  • Career Center
  • Job Seekers
  • Jobs Search
Employer? Post a Job Now

Senior Planner

BOUDREAUX

Columbia, SC United States

How to Apply

URL: https://boudreauxgroup.com

Email: jointheteam@boudreauxgroup.com

Job Description

BOUDREAUX is seeking an experienced Town Planner/Urban Designer to help advance our commitment to cultivating relationships, designing inspiring places and enriching communities.

We invite you to infuse your design expertise, bold thinking, and passion for placemaking into our award-winning firm as we grow our thriving planning practice with a focus on local governments, higher education and church campuses, preservation, and community building.

We aspire for you to challenge us and share ideas and practices that are innovative while grounded in the needs of our clients and communities. The ideal planner/designer will be a creative and critical thinker, a designer, a team player in an open work environment, and will be enthusiastic about engaging personally with our clients and the communities we serve.

BOUDREAUX has a distinguished history in education, faith based, workplace, and local government projects. We promote design thinking, research and exploration in everything we do.

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree architecture, planning, urban design, landscape architecture or related field;
  • Master's degree in complementary field is highly preferred
  • At least 5-8 years of work experience in the planning and/or architecture
  • Proficiency and experience with the functions and capabilities of Word, Excel and Power Point as well as specialized software used in urban design such as Adobe Creative Suite and SketchUp, Rhino, CAD and/or Revit, and/or rendering software; capabilities in ArcGIS/ArcView, mapping and analysis are strongly preferred
  • Strong portfolio that illustrates personal design abilities, processes and production, writing and presentation samples
  • Highly creative self-starter
  • Strong presentation and written communication skills; experience speaking publicly and making effective presentations
  • Ability to complete tasks in a timely fashion under minimal supervision and to work on multiple projects simultaneously
  • Ability to work well in teams with a diverse mix of community stakeholders, staff, elected and appointed officials
  • A positive attitude and willingness to recalibrate for new project opportunities
  • Demonstrated passion for collaboration and creatively considering different solutions

Icing On The Cake Qualifications

  • Effective visual storytelling skills
  • Experience in managing all phases of planning projects
  • 5-7 years of work experience in the planning and/or architecture
  • Experience as an effective and inclusive facilitator
  • Desire to develop as a leader in the firm and in the profession
  • Experience working with local government
  • Experience in or understanding form-based codes, design guidelines, comprehensive plans, and codes and ordinances
  • AICP Certification (or working toward certification) or is preferred; AIA licensure (or working toward) is acceptable

Responsibilities

  • Work with the Director of Planning and other project managers to support and contribute to the design, planning, documentation, and implementation of planning projects and other projects in the office as needed
  • Help nurture client relationships, existing and new
  • Assist with public meetings, community outreach, charrettes, and client presentations
  • Conduct data research and analysis
  • Travel as needed (driver's license required)
  • Contribute to the esprit de corps, the intellectual energy and the creative culture of BOUDREAUX.
  • Elevate the impact of inspired design and planning with each project.

Benefits

We offer a generous compensation and benefits package, including health care, 401K, profit sharing and opportunities for flexible schedules

Experience Level

AICP Level

Specialty

Salary Range

Experience Level

Mid II (4-8 years)

AICP Level

Preferred

Specialty

Urban Design

Salary Range

Compensation Will Be Based On Experience

Contact Information

Deanna Lucas

Address

1519 Sumter St.

Columbia, SC

29201

United States

Employer URL

https://boudreauxgroup.com/

Phone

8037990247

Career Center

  • Job Seekers
    • View All Jobs
    • Launching Your Career
  • Employers
  • Advance Your Career
  • Choosing the Planning Profession
  • Mentoring at APA
  • Consultants / RFP-RFQ
  • 2025 Planners' Salary and Benefits Survey
  • Home
  • Career Center
  • Job Seekers
  • Jobs Search
Employer? Post a Job Now

Senior Planner

BOUDREAUX

Columbia, SC United States

How to Apply

URL: https://boudreauxgroup.com

Email: jointheteam@boudreauxgroup.com

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree architecture, planning, urban design, landscape architecture or related field;
  • Master's degree in complementary field is highly preferred
  • At least 5-8 years of work experience in the planning and/or architecture
  • Proficiency and experience with the functions and capabilities of Word, Excel and Power Point as well as specialized software used in urban design such as Adobe Creative Suite and SketchUp, Rhino, CAD and/or Revit, and/or rendering software; capabilities in ArcGIS/ArcView, mapping and analysis are strongly preferred
  • Strong portfolio that illustrates personal design abilities, processes and production, writing and presentation samples
  • Highly creative self-starter
  • Strong presentation and written communication skills; experience speaking publicly and making effective presentations
  • Ability to complete tasks in a timely fashion under minimal supervision and to work on multiple projects simultaneously
  • Ability to work well in teams with a diverse mix of community stakeholders, staff, elected and appointed officials
  • A positive attitude and willingness to recalibrate for new project opportunities
  • Demonstrated passion for collaboration and creatively considering different solutions

Icing On The Cake Qualifications

  • Effective visual storytelling skills
  • Experience in managing all phases of planning projects
  • 5-7 years of work experience in the planning and/or architecture
  • Experience as an effective and inclusive facilitator
  • Desire to develop as a leader in the firm and in the profession
  • Experience working with local government
  • Experience in or understanding form-based codes, design guidelines, comprehensive plans, and codes and ordinances
  • AICP Certification (or working toward certification) or is preferred; AIA licensure (or working toward) is acceptable

Responsibilities

  • Work with the Director of Planning and other project managers to support and contribute to the design, planning, documentation, and implementation of planning projects and other projects in the office as needed
  • Help nurture client relationships, existing and new
  • Assist with public meetings, community outreach, charrettes, and client presentations
  • Conduct data research and analysis
  • Travel as needed (driver's license required)
  • Contribute to the esprit de corps, the intellectual energy and the creative culture of BOUDREAUX.
  • Elevate the impact of inspired design and planning with each project.

Compensation Will Be Based On Experience

Contact Information

Deanna Lucas

Address

1519 Sumter St.

Columbia, SC

29201

United States

Employer URL

https://boudreauxgroup.com/

Phone

8037990247

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree architecture, planning, urban design, landscape architecture or related field;
  • Master's degree in complementary field is highly preferred
  • At least 5-8 years of work experience in the planning and/or architecture
  • Proficiency and experience with the functions and capabilities of Word, Excel and Power Point as well as specialized software used in urban design such as Adobe Creative Suite and SketchUp, Rhino, CAD and/or Revit, and/or rendering software; capabilities in ArcGIS/ArcView, mapping and analysis are strongly preferred
  • Strong portfolio that illustrates personal design abilities, processes and production, writing and presentation samples
  • Highly creative self-starter
  • Strong presentation and written communication skills; experience speaking publicly and making effective presentations
  • Ability to complete tasks in a timely fashion under minimal supervision and to work on multiple projects simultaneously
  • Ability to work well in teams with a diverse mix of community stakeholders, staff, elected and appointed officials
  • A positive attitude and willingness to recalibrate for new project opportunities
  • Demonstrated passion for collaboration and creatively considering different solutions

Icing On The Cake Qualifications

  • Effective visual storytelling skills
  • Experience in managing all phases of planning projects
  • 5-7 years of work experience in the planning and/or architecture
  • Experience as an effective and inclusive facilitator
  • Desire to develop as a leader in the firm and in the profession
  • Experience working with local government
  • Experience in or understanding form-based codes, design guidelines, comprehensive plans, and codes and ordinances
  • AICP Certification (or working toward certification) or is preferred; AIA licensure (or working toward) is acceptable

Responsibilities

  • Work with the Director of Planning and other project managers to support and contribute to the design, planning, documentation, and implementation of planning projects and other projects in the office as needed
  • Help nurture client relationships, existing and new
  • Assist with public meetings, community outreach, charrettes, and client presentations
  • Conduct data research and analysis
  • Travel as needed (driver's license required)
  • Contribute to the esprit de corps, the intellectual energy and the creative culture of BOUDREAUX.
  • Elevate the impact of inspired design and planning with each project.

Benefits

We offer a generous compensation and benefits package, including health care, 401K, profit sharing and opportunities for flexible schedules

Salary.com Estimation for Senior Planner in Columbia, SC
$92,326 to $124,610
If your compensation planning software is too rigid to deploy winning incentive strategies, it’s time to find an adaptable solution. Compensation Planning
Enhance your organization's compensation strategy with salary data sets that HR and team managers can use to pay your staff right. Surveys & Data Sets

What is the career path for a Senior Planner?

Sign up to receive alerts about other jobs on the Senior Planner career path by checking the boxes next to the positions that interest you.
Income Estimation: 
$99,872 - $139,440
Income Estimation: 
$133,494 - $170,282
Income Estimation: 
$131,105 - $151,214
Income Estimation: 
$128,269 - $173,633
Income Estimation: 
$157,111 - $225,157
Income Estimation: 
$92,357 - $117,598
Income Estimation: 
$126,585 - $159,022
Employees: Get a Salary Increase
View Core, Job Family, and Industry Job Skills and Competency Data for more than 15,000 Job Titles Skills Library

Job openings at American Planning Association - Wisconsin Chapter

  • American Planning Association - Wisconsin Chapter Stowe, VT
  • Career Center Job Seekers View All Jobs Launching Your Career Employers Advance Your Career Choosing the Planning Profession Mentoring at APA Consultants /... more
  • 1 Day Ago

  • American Planning Association - Wisconsin Chapter Perry, GA
  • Career Center Job Seekers View All Jobs Launching Your Career Employers Advance Your Career Choosing the Planning Profession Mentoring at APA Consultants /... more
  • 5 Days Ago

  • American Planning Association - Wisconsin Chapter Portland, OR
  • Career Center Job Seekers View All Jobs Launching Your Career Employers Advance Your Career Choosing the Planning Profession Mentoring at APA Consultants /... more
  • 6 Days Ago

  • American Planning Association - Wisconsin Chapter Myrtle, SC
  • Career Center Job Seekers View All Jobs Launching Your Career Employers Advance Your Career Choosing the Planning Profession Mentoring at APA Consultants /... more
  • 6 Days Ago


Not the job you're looking for? Here are some other Senior Planner jobs in the Columbia, SC area that may be a better fit.

  • State of South Carolina Lexington, SC
  • Are you passionate about making a real difference in people's lives? Join our team at the Office of Mental Health where we are dedicated to providing compa... more
  • 8 Days Ago

  • Palmetto State Armory L Columbia, SC
  • JOB PURPOSE The Planner plays a key role in our assembly/daily sales. This position requires exceptional organizational, analytical, and problem-solving ab... more
  • 8 Days Ago

AI Assistant is available now!

Feel free to start your new journey!