Salary: 95030.05 - 129078.73 Annually
Job Category: Planning
Location: San Francisco/Peninsula
Job Type: Full-Time
Close Date: 07/09/2025
The City of Burlingame is accepting applications for the position of Assistant/Associate Planner
Our diverse team of employees welcomes you to apply. We are a small city that gets a lot done, and each member of our team is vital to our success as an organization. We recently asked our employees what they enjoyed most about working for the City of Burlingame, and their responses fell into five general categories:
- Colleagues
- Community
- Location
- The Work
- The Benefits
Browse the Burlingame Welcome Brochure for more information about why employees love working here or view our City of Burlingame is a Great Place to Work Video:
Welcome Brochure
City of Burlingame is a Great Place to Work Video
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
The duties and responsibilities listed below are illustrative only and are not meant to be a full and exhaustive listing of all of the duties and responsibilities of the classification. Duties may include, but are not limited to:
- Participating in implementation of goals, objectives, policies, and priorities of the Planning Division;
- Review and manage current planning applications such as design review, conditional use permits, administrative permits, environment documents of various scales and complexities;
- Able to manage multiple planning projects independently while working effectively with other City departments, developers, and community members;
- Providing technical assistance to the public regarding planning matters, including assisting at the public counter;
- Reviewing architectural and construction plans, development applications, and preparing comprehensive written and oral reports;
- Attending meetings and making presentations before the Planning Commission and/or City Council, as required;
- Perform advance planning assignments such as Zoning code amendments, General Plan amendments, Specific Plans, Housing Element implementation, and various other assignments;
- Establishing good working relationships and working cooperatively with all City departments; and
- Participating in zoning code enforcement as necessary; and other duties as assigned.
