Craig Walker Email & Phone Number

St. Albert, AB, CA

St Albert, Alberta, Canada

• Concurrently managing unique multidisciplinary projects and providing expert analysis on diverse current and long-range planning matters related to: the municipal development plan, the land use bylaw.
• Streamlining internal procedures to make planning processes easier for all.
• Liaised with over a dozen department managers to identify and address gaps in the application circulation process – to build consensus and improve the content/nature of feedback in an intentional solution-based manner.
• Preparing, evaluating, and managing proposals from consultants.

Parkland County, Alberta, Canada

• Strategically managed a diverse array of long-range planning assignments related to inter-municipal planning, statutory plan updates, policy development, and applications for conceptual schemes and subdivisions.

Morinville, Alberta, Canada

• Supervised team of planning professionals responsible for subdivision, rezoning, and plan amendment applications.

Greater Edmonton Metropolitan Area

• Retained and successfully guided clients concerning various planning matters – including a $70M heavy industrial project in Strathcona County; and persuasively defended development permit applications at Edmonton’s and.

Edmonton, Canada Area

• Managed all aspects of condominium, infill, and major greenfield subdivision applications (up to 30 applications concurrently) from start-to-finish exceeding timelines.
• Supported internal departments by managing redistricting applications and advising on future land use bylaw regulations and municipal development plan policies.

Edmonton, Canada Area

• Efficiently designed / evaluated bus routes as part of Edmonton’s Bus Network Redesign project.
• Developed bus schedules and policies regarding future bus network expansion.

Morinville, Alberta, Canada

• Appointed Acting Senior Planner as required – demonstrating progressively responsible experience.
• Provided leadership and mentoring to development officers and planning technicians regarding interpretation of bylaws and legislation, enforcement, development permits, variances, etc.
• Submitted persuasive reports and made convincing presentations to elected officials on a bi-weekly basis.
• Undertook re-writes of a land use bylaw and municipal development plan – requiring a competitive lens and extensive research skills involving best-practices, legal opinions, and engaging diverse stakeholders with.
• Oversaw hundreds of applications for subdivision, redistricting, and plan amendments from start-to-finish – signifying attention to detail, problem solving competencies, and written / oral / graphical communication.
• Reviewed multi-disciplinary technical reports (e.g. traffic, utilities, geotechnical, environmental, etc).

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

• Developed work plans and business cases for planning proposals across Canada.

Dublin, Ireland

• Independently managed transportation demand management projects for Fortune 500 companies, resulting in a decline of single-occupant car use by as much as 16% in just one year.
• Wrote proposals, conducted site audits, administered employee travel surveys, and formulated creative evidence-based policy recommendations related to parking, bicycles, shuttle buses, etc.
• Trained new hires including more senior consultants.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

• Helped developers to obtain approvals for unique 'mega-developments' via traffic impact assessments and simulation models in THE world’s fastest-paced planning environment.

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

• Created urban design guidelines and built cases for parking requirement variances (up to 33%).

Masters, Planning

Bachelor Of Arts, Geography

Applied Land Use Planning

• Advisory board member (2015 - 2022). • Presenter, Planning Symposium (2020): Edmonton's Bus Network Redesign: Lessons for Planners.