Design Workshop is a 100% employee-owned international design studio spanning the fields of landscape architecture, urban design, planning, economics, environmental graphic design, and engagement. Since the first ‘Workshop’ in 1969, the firm continues to innovate with each generation, informed by changing economic context and the natural systems impacting our communities. 

A community of designers, architects, planners, researchers, and economists, we share a a deep commitment to design excellence and a holistic approach to creating places that stand the test of time. We design for people - not just today but for future generations. And in the rapidly changing world we live in, achieving a balance of resiliency and stewardship remains central to our work. We call this process DW Legacy Design®.

Whether designing a private courtyard and garden, a new community within a fragile ecosystem, or transforming a brownfield site into an Innovation District, we strive to foster connections between people while creating meaningful, distinctive places.

We are 100% employee-owned.

Industry: Architecture and Planning
Company Size: 51-200 employees

Design Workshop

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We seek a licensed Landscape Architect with project management experience to join our Lake Tahoe studio team. Design Workshop Inc. is an internationally recognized firm focused on landscape architecture, urban design, community and regional planning, market analysis and strategic services. We believe that when environment, economics, art and community are combined in harmony with the dictates of the land and needs of society, magical places result-sustainable places of timeless beauty, significant value and enduring quality. Through a closely collaborative process at all levels, Design Workshop is dedicated to creating legacy projects for our clients, for society and for the well-being of our planet. Our pioneering efforts have been recognized with hundreds of awards from such organizations as the American Society of Landscape Architects, the American Planning Association and the Urban Land Institute.

- Serve in a firm-wide leadership capacity pursuing and implementating legacy work through exceptional design, project documentation, planning, business development, and/or project management.

- Provide landscape architecture, planning and project management services to a wide variety of private and public clients.

- Perform project manager or lead designer/planner role on projects of various scales.

- Support other project managers or designer/planners on large, complex projects.

Requirements include four years (ideally 5-7 years) of demonstrated skill in site design, technical design documentation and construction observation experience; project management and business development; successful management of projects from conceptual design through completion of construction documents; proven experience producing drawings and specifications from the schematic stage through construction observation. Successful candidates must be self-motivated with the desire and ability to lead others in the design and construction documentation/construction observation process; as well as passionate about engaging and retaining clients. S/he must be ready to mentor less-experienced staff and build a strong studio-based culture. We embrace hybrid work schedules; and to ensure effectiveness in the role, the successful individual should first plan to become an integral part and dedicated presence in the studio as our workshops mean the world to us and help us take our collaborative approach to an award-winning level.

An undergraduate and/or graduate degree from an accredited landscape architecture program is required. Landscape Architecture Licensure is required. Candidates with a master’s degree or dual degrees in both landscape architecture and urban design, architecture or planning are strongly encouraged to apply.

If you are ready to leverage your talent in an exciting environment at an exciting time, submit your application via our online system. **A complete application includes a cover letter, resume and portfolio **. We are reviewing submissions and scheduling interviews for qualified candidates now. Please note that the combined set of documents **uploaded may not exceed 10 Megabytes **. We look forward to talking with you about the next steps in your career plan.

Design Workshop is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of age 40 and over, color, disability, gender identity, genetic information, military or veteran status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation or any other applicable status protected by state or local law. It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions are based on job-related factors.

The Salary range for this role is $75,000 - $95,000 and a final offer to join the firm is based on our review and understanding of your demonstrated professional skills and experience. We are an ESOP company funded entirely by company contributions; our employees participate in ownership. This is designed as a long-term retirement benefit with employees’ accounts increasing as the value of the business increases. Similarly, we expect that as you contribute to growing the firm that you will continue to grow your compensation by qualifying for annual pay-for-performance merit increases, discretionary bonus payouts based on the firm's profitability and professional advancement awards. In addition to pay, we provide comprehensive health, wealth and well-being benefits including employer paid medical plans with health savings account (HSA) options; dental and eyecare coverage; life, disability and pet insurances; a 401K plan with a 5% company match; personal time-off benefits including financial support for volunteer efforts and the pursuit of professional memberships/certifications.

Landscape Architect and Project Manager

The Burks Companies (TBC) provides integrated facilities maintenance services - janitorial, building engineering and maintenance, hvac, project management, aseptic cGMP cleaning, grounds maintenance and other facilities maintenance related services. The company is headquartered at 2780 Bert Adams Road, Suite 225, Atlanta, Georgia 30339, 
Operations currently are throughout the United States.

Industry: Facilities Services
Company Size: 501-1,000 employees

The Burks Companies Inc

**HOTEL HOUSEMAN & DRIVER**

**FULL TIME**

**$19.50**

**The Driver/Houseman is a hybrid role responsible for both transportation and housekeeping support. Drivers are responsible for running daily transportation routes, and as Housemen, they assist housekeeping by maintaining floor supplies, collecting linens, and responding to guest requests. ** Key Responsibilities: Driver Duties:

- Drive company vehicles during scheduled morning and evening runs.

- Safely transport supplies and or personnel between designated locations.

- Conduct daily vehicle checks and report maintenance needs.

- Maintain cleanliness of vehicle and the basic upkeep of vehicle(s).

**Houseman Duties**

- Stock housekeeping closets and carts on each floor with necessary supplies.

- Remove unlaundered linen and trash from maid carts.

- Strip linen from rooms as directed by housekeeping staff.

- Respond to guest service calls and requests (e.g., extra towels, amenities).

- Assist in cleaning and maintaining common areas and service zones.

VALID Drivers Licenses is required.

**About The Burks Companies, Inc. (tbc)**

Our clients reside in very high-profile facilities, which rely on making the best first impression to their guests and visitors, requiring the highest standards of cleanliness and appearance. We achieve these standards for our clients by retaining an awesome team. That's why **we offer you ** **competitive wages, a ** **comprehensive benefits program, a positive, respectful work environment and culture **, **opportunities for growth, and ** **more **!

**Job Posted by ApplicantPro **

Experienced Hotel Houseman with driving responsibilities needed

The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency’s vision is for a Lake environment that is sustainable, healthy and safe for the community and future generations. 

Under the its Bi-State Compact, TRPA is directed to “establish environmental threshold carrying capacities and to adopt and enforce a regional plan and implementing ordinances which will achieve and maintain such capacities while providing opportunities for orderly growth and development consistent
with such capacities,” and to “ensure an equilibrium between the region’s natural endowment and its manmade environment." 

As a regional planning organization for Lake Tahoe, TRPA’s most strategic role is as a partnership builder for delivery of environmental gain. TRPA works across a multiplicity of jurisdictions with concurrent responsibility and overlapping authority whose interests differ across legal boundary lines. 

TRPA’s strategic role is to weave together a successful environmental tapestry of interests consistent with competing political demands. Only by building the necessarily broad partnerships that can deliver action needed to achieve tangible environmental gain will the Region ever reach and maintain a sustainable foundation.

TRPA monitors all content to ensure alignment with LinkedIn's community standards.

Industry: Government Administration
Company Size: 51-200 employees

Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA)

**Job Description**

**THE OPPORTUNITY**

For 55 years, TRPA has served as a national leader in innovative environmental planning. The agency's precedent-setting policies, landmark legal decisions, and unique regulatory framework have put Tahoe on the map as a model for balancing environmental protection with community vitality. The next Chief Planning Officer (CPO) will honor that legacy while leading TRPA boldly into the future.

Tahoe is at the forefront of a planning field that is rapidly changing. Wildfire risk, affordable housing, visitor management, and sustainable redevelopment are just some of the challenges that are reshaping what effective regional planning must accomplish. The next CPO is a strategic thinker with the creativity and courage to innovate, the technical understanding to lead science-based policy development, and the communication skills to build public understanding and trust in complex decisions.

The CPO works in a team environment as part of an Executive Leadership Team that fosters the culture and direction of the agency. The CPO will be a skilled relationship-builder and communicator, able to navigate a dynamic political landscape and a 15-member Governing Board with diverse perspectives.

**The CPO Roles And Responsibilities Include**

- Providing effective, inspirational leadership to advance TRPA's mission and oversee the agency's internal operations.

- Developing short and long-range strategies to achieve the vision of the Bi-State Compact and the Lake Tahoe Regional Plan.

- Working with the TRPA Governing Board, Executive Leadership Team, Department Directors, and external partners to set the agency’s annual work plan, strategic priorities, and budget.

- Serving as the lead staff member of the 21-member TRPA Advisory Planning Commission.

- Serving as TRPA’s planning leader and primary liaison to TRPA Governing Board’s Regional Planning Committee, Transportation Committee, and Local Government Committee.

- Representing TRPA effectively at public meetings, professional forums, and community events.

- Fostering a respectful and positive work environment that attracts, retains, and motivates a diverse staff of highly qualified people. Effectively influences agency morale and staff performance.

**TEAM LEADERSHIP**

**Role**

The CPO is one of two TRPA Deputy Directors, providing management and oversight of approximately 78 full-time plus seasonal staff. The CPO leads TRPA's planning teams across several departments, with six direct reports. A central part of this role is mentoring staff and building a team culture that embraces innovation, continuous improvement, and a shared sense of mission. The CPO oversees the following departments:

**Long Range Planning**

This department guides the long-term vision of the Tahoe Region through implementation of the Regional Plan and Code of Ordinances. Staff tackle emerging planning issues, ensuring the basin continues to evolve in response to new challenges and opportunities. Supporting housing affordability initiatives in the Tahoe Basin and working with local jurisdictions on local Area Plans are two top priorities of this team.

**Transportation Planning and Implementation**

As the designated Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for the region, TRPA leads the development of the Regional Transportation Plan. This department works closely with the Tahoe Transportation District and local governments to plan and manage a transportation system that serves both residents and visitors, reduces environmental impact, and meets the unique needs of a high alpine mountain environment that spans multiple jurisdictions.

**Permitting and Compliance**

TRPA's largest department is the primary point of contact for property owners, project proponents, and local governments across the basin. A team of more than twenty staff provides responsive customer service, navigates urban, rural, shoreline, and wildland urban interface policy environments, and effectively moves more than 700 projects through review each year.

**Reporting and Accountability**

This team drives agency transparency through data management, performance reporting, and innovative technology. Public-facing dashboards and accountability tools ensure that TRPA's work is visible, measurable, and supports agency decision-making.

**Minimum Qualifications**

- Bachelor’s degree in urban or regional planning, public administration, landscape architecture, environmental studies, or a closely related field from an accredited institution. A master’s degree in urban planning or a related field is preferred.

- At least ten (10) years of progressively responsible experience in urban or municipal planning, including a minimum of three (3) years in a senior leadership or executive role.

- Experience coordinating cross-sector initiatives and leading high-level, multi-disciplinary project teams is highly desirable.

- Certification through the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) preferred.

**Desired Knowledge, Skills And Abilities**

- Demonstrates a strong track record in strategic planning and collaborative leadership.

- Proven experience developing and implementing long-range, comprehensive plans in complex environments.

- Experience in both public and private sector environments, with strong knowledge of municipal systems, intergovernmental funding mechanisms, and community engagement processes.

- Deep understanding of the interconnected nature of land use, transportation, infrastructure, housing, economic development, and environmental resilience.

- Ability to navigate organizational and political dynamics with confidence and diplomacy while engaging stakeholders with integrity and clarity.

- Proven leadership ability to foster a positive and collaborative work environment while developing and mentoring staff.

- Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to translate complex technical concepts for diverse audiences and build consensus through data-informed storytelling.

- Skilled at analyzing complex and often politically sensitive issues and preparing comprehensive reports and recommendations.

- Leads with humility and curiosity, fostering a culture of trust, collaboration, and shared ownership across departments and partner agencies.

- Ability to deliver presentations, facilitate workshops, and lead discussions on a wide range of planning topics.

**THE AGENCY**

The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) was created in 1969 through a bi-state compact between the states of Nevada and California and ratified by the United States Congress. TRPA was established to protect and restore the environment of the Lake Tahoe watershed while supporting responsible development and vibrant communities within the region.

As the first bi-state planning agency of its kind, TRPA is responsible for regional planning, development and redevelopment oversight, regulatory enforcement, and implementation of environmental protection and restoration programs throughout the Lake Tahoe Basin. TRPA is designated as the Water Quality Management Planning Agency for the Tahoe Basin through the Clean Water Act and is also designated as the Metropolitan Planning Organization under both Federal and California law.

**Please see full job brochure posted here: https://www.trpa.gov/contact/employment/ **

Deputy Director, Chief Planning Officer

**Tahoe Regional Planning Agency ** and our dynamic team of professionals seek a motivated **Assistant Planner ** to provide support to the Permitting and Compliance Department.

The Assistant Planner is responsible for providing planning support to the department while maintaining positive customer relations via customer contact over the telephone, and through e-mail to answer questions and provide solution-oriented advice. The Assistant Planner will work with applicants to ensure their projects incorporate adopted plans by meeting code requirements while also helping to guide them effectively and efficiently through the environmental review and permitting processes, and to work directly or through memoranda of understanding with partner organizations to help them implement adopted plans. Extensive contact with the public is required.

**Essential Functions, Roles, And Responsibilities**

- Review plans and ordinances for consistency with the Regional Plan and evaluate potential environmental impacts.

- Directly or through a memoranda of understanding, collaborate with partner organizations to help them implement adopted plans.

- Work with applicants to ensure their projects implement adopted plans by meeting code requirements while also helping effectively and efficiently guiding them through the environmental review and permitting processes.

- Assist customers at the public service counter, over the telephone, and through e-mail to answer questions and provide solution-oriented advice.

- Manage assigned projects, including effectively scoping, scheduling, planning, and executing.

- Act consistently with TRPA’s goals and objectives as developed by the Governing Board while providing service of the highest level to our customers- internal and external.

- Build and maintain strong relationships with local jurisdictions, environmental organizations, business interests, and other agencies.

- Use sound judgment to determine when to make independent decisions and when to seek direction from management or other staff.

- Work on special projects or perform other duties as required.

**Education And Experience**

Bachelor’s degree in urban or regional planning, hydrology, geography, environmental science, natural resources management, or other closely related field and 1-4 years related work experience.

**Desired Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities**

- Ability to interact with the public in a positive, non-confrontational manner. Capacity to manage conflict to an effective and positive outcome.

- Excellent organizational and record-keeping skills. Has oversight and responsibility for project approval of multiple complex projects. Effectively interprets data dealing with complex problems and situations.

- Demonstrates critical thinking and analysis capability, synthesizes complex facts and issues in order to propose successful solutions tailored to competing interests.

- Has the organizational savvy to build allies and relationships across the Permitting & Compliance department, other TRPA departments and programs, and partner agencies.

- Uses allies to build consensus and create results, is appropriately diplomatic, understands others’ roles and perspectives, and promotes projects and ideas across the Division, Agency, and the Tahoe Basin.

- Able to influence and motivate via oral and/or written communication. Demonstrates the willingness and availability to represent the Permitting & Compliance department, and /or the Agency at public events and meetings as needed.

- Demonstrates initiative and personal motivation to be successful in the challenging and stimulating environment of the Tahoe Basin.

- Proficient in Microsoft Office, Outlook and Adobe Acrobat. Working knowledge of GIS and experience with other computer database programs.

**Physical and Mental Demands**

**Physical Demands **: The essential function of the position requires the mobility to work in a standard office setting and use standard office equipment, including a computer, mouse and keyboard; this position also works in the field (outside) and requires walking job sites, inspecting buildings, and other structures. May require **frequent ** sitting, **occasional ** standing and walking between work areas and property inspections may be required; driving to and from job sites; repetitive use of both hands, light grasping with dominant hand, finger dexterity in both hands is needed to access, enter, and retrieve data using a computer keyboard and to operate standard office equipment; visual acuity to read printed materials and a computer screen; hearing and speech to communicate in person and over the phone or computer virtual software platform; **occasional ** bending, stooping, kneel, reach, push and pull drawers open and closed to retrieve and file information; **seldom ** lifting/carrying, pushing/pulling of 25lbs or less.****

**Mental Demands: ** The essential functions of the position requires the ability to read and write both simple and complex material, perform simple and complex math calculations, and the ability to perform simple and complex tasks; complete forms, perform clerical tasks, analyze, synthesize and compile information, supervise, instruct and influence others; work with precision, follow instructions, meet time requirements, memorization and problem solving skills, and use of independent judgment. This position also requires the ability to verbally engage with a variety of individuals in person and/or over the phone and email and may involve heated discussion/disagreements and the ability to resolve conflicts.

**Working Conditions**

Work is performed in both an office environment with moderate noise, lighting and temperature conditions, and outside field work with exposure to heat, cold, wind, sun, uneven surfaces, and slippery surfaces and no direct exposure to hazardous physical substances. Work includes the use of computer equipment. Work may be performed alone, with others, around others, and with verbal and face-to-face contact. Work may include extended days.

**THE AGENCY**

The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA)—created in 1969 by a Compact between the states of Nevada and California, then ratified by the U.S. Congress—protects and restores the environment of Lake Tahoe. The Agency is the nation’s first and oldest Bi-State regional environmental authority. TRPA is a one-of-a-kind organization, not purely federal, state, or local, but a unique hybrid organization. The Agency works at the intersection of private and public interests to protect and restore Lake Tahoe, its environment, and its communities for generations to come.

**APPLICATION PROCESS**

- Please visit our website at https://www.trpa.gov/contact/employment/ to read more about our Agency and to complete an employment application through our Career Center. Within the Career Center site, select the "Apply for Job" link. Please attach a resume of your qualifications, and cover letter describing your interest in the position in one document when you are completing the application.

- RECRUITMENT COMMUNICATION: Human Resources may contact you at various stages of the recruitment process if you meet the qualifications for the position. This contact will be via email or phone only. Please make sure your email address and phone number are accurate.

- We do not accept walk-in or hand delivered application materials nor applicant calls regarding open, pending, or closed positions.

TRPA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We respect and seek to empower each individual and support the diverse cultures, perspectives, skills, and experiences within our workforce.

This agency provides reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities. If you need reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the agency. The decision on granting reasonable accommodation will be on a case-by-case basis.

All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.

Assistant Planner

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