Associate Landscape Architect / Landscape Architect II/Landscape Designer II

About the role

The City of Fremont's Community Services Department is recruiting for: Associate Landscape Architect / Landscape Architect II/Landscape Designer II.

Responsibilities

• Landscape Architect/Landscape Designer I: Perform specific and limited portions of a broader assignment of an experienced landscape architect. Apply basic principles of landscape architecture design in specific situations. Follow through on a series of specific tasks. Recognize and evaluate the role of work tasks in accomplishing a larger project. Prepare plans for planting, irrigation, site plans, grading, and layout for parks and median projects. Design and draft details for planting, irrigation, paving, walls, fences, drainage, site furnishings, and play areas. Prepare graphics for presentations or reports. Make quantity and cost estimates. Research materials and products for suitability in landscape architecture projects. Use appropriate manual and automated design tools to perform job tasks. Provide information to the public on City landscape requirements.
• Landscape Architect/Landscape Designer II: Prepare preliminary and final working drawings of landscape and irrigation designs. Assist the public with questions involving landscape problems. Assist in the preparation and reviews of landscape plans and contract specifications. Assist with conducting field inspections for compliance with landscape and irrigation plans and specifications. Compose correspondence and minor reports as directed by the Senior Landscape Architect and the Associate Landscape Architect. Perform related professional landscape work as required. May be assigned project management duties for projects with small to medium complexity.
• Landscape Architect II: Review and approve minor site development plans submitted for development approval for conformance with plans, specifications, and ordinances.
• Associate Landscape Architect: Perform professional landscape architectural work as project manager in the preparation of landscape design and layout of parks, recreational areas, roadway medians and pedestrian ways. Prepare master park development plans, specifications, contracts, cost estimates and working drawings for assigned projects using manual and automated design tools. Make field inspections to ensure compliance with drawings and specifications. Review and approve site development plans submitted for development approval for conformance with plans, specifications, and ordinances. Use manual and automated design tools to design and/or administer contracts for the design of landscaping for City property, including parks, medians, and building grounds. Serve as technical adviser to customers, City staff, and officials on parks and landscape matters. Respond to customer service requests regarding landscaping of City property. Serve on a team of City staff involved in inspecting developments to resolve problems and effect compliance with City requirements. Maintain records and prepare reports.

Requirements

• Landscape Architect/Landscape Designer I: No experience is required; however, one year of technical-level experience and/or experience as an intern is highly desirable.
• Landscape Architect/Landscape Designer II: Two years of professional experience in landscape architecture or park planning.
• Associate Landscape Architect: Five years of progressively responsible experience in professional landscape architecture and park planning.

Qualifications

• Education: A combination of education and experience equivalent to graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with major course work in Landscape Architecture, Park Planning, Horticulture or a closely related field.
• Knowledge: Knowledge of principles and practices of landscape architecture and urban design; native and exotic plant materials best adapted to the Fremont area; using landscape and site improvements to enhance, beautify, and provide identity in the design of places; basic principles of irrigation design; basic engineering principles in grading, drainage, erosion control and paving design.
• Skills: Skill in using computer-aided design to draft plans and details; preparing graphics for presentation using a variety of media.

Skills and Abilities

• All Levels: Ability to participate as a team member in assigned work; learn and apply information related to the duties and responsibilities routinely assigned other team members; communicate effectively in verbal and written form; operate a personal computer; make independent decisions within the scope of assigned duties and responsibilities; learn and implement City policies, procedures, and codes; develop and maintain effective working relationships with individuals from diverse backgrounds.
• Landscape Architect/Landscape Designer II: In addition to the above, knowledge of City ordinances and regulations relating to landscape development in Fremont; principles of park and recreational development planning; landscape architectural problems encountered in municipal landscape architectural work and their solutions.
• Landscape Architect II: In addition to the above, knowledge of botany, irrigation and drainage systems; preparation of construction specifications; design and civil engineering as applied to landscape architecture; and basic supervisory principles and practices.

Benefits

At the I and II level, incumbents who do not possess a valid Landscape Architect license will use the classification title of Landscape Designer I or II and work under the direct supervision of the City and/or Senior Landscape Architect.

Pay

Salary range: $84,000 - $105,000 annually.

Schedule

Full-time, 40 hours per week.