Portrait of the Head of Urban Development and Environment

Dirk Lange

• born on 05.06.1984 in Bautzen

Studies

• 2004 - 2010: Dipl. Ing. Systems Engineering, Chemnitz University of Technology
• 2010 - 2012 (part-time): MBA Sports Management, Friedrich Schiller University Jena
• 2015 - 2016: Specialist planner for construction project management, Bauhaus University Weimar (part-time)

Professional career

• 2013 - 2023 : Managing partner
• 2013 - 2018 : Construction project manager, Jena city administration
• 2018 - 2024: Head of Central Project and Process Management, Jena City Council
• 2020 - today : IT Officer City Administration Jena
• 2025 - today : Head of Department for Urban Development and Environment, Jena City Council

Memberships

• Kommunalservice Jena: Co-works manager, member of the works committee
• Local transport supervisory board: Member
• Advisory board for allotment gardens: Member
• Advisory board for mobility: Member
• Central Thuringia Transport Association Advisory Board: Member
• Lower Saale water maintenance association: deputy chairman of the association

Focus of work / special projects

• Improving the quality of life in Jena
• Living in JenaInfrastructure and mobility
• Sports infrastructure
• Building planning law

Other aldermen