Junior Landscape Designer / Project Manager

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide weekly reports to the Senior Landscape Designer
• Conceptual Landscape Design using AutoCAD
• Site evaluation, measurements and prepare graphic representations or drawings of proposed plans or designs
• Aid in managing and implementing site plans and site evaluations
• Select and arrange plants for design
• Prepare presentations for client meetings, prepare site plans, specifications, or cost estimates for landscape projects
• Analyze data on site conditions such as location, drainage, or structure location for or landscaping plans
• Develop marketing materials, proposals, or presentations to generate new work opportunities
• Inspect landscape work to ensure compliance with specifications and evaluate quality of materials

Project Management

• Review construction documents and specifications, including take-offs to create accurate estimates
• Effectively work, communicate, and follow-up with landscape architects, designers, and builders to clarify construction drawings
• Create construction budgets that detail total costs for approved landscape jobs prior to their commencement
• Using historical data, create man hour budgets for approved landscape jobs prior to their commencement
• Maintain up-to-date set of construction plans for each assigned job and ensure field project manager has a matching set
• Request and review subcontractor and vendor quotes for various work items
• Communicate with Purchasing departments on materials costings and create vendor markups from historic data
• Work closely and delegate tasks to the Landscape construction office team
• Perform site inventories, analyses, and take field measurements as needed
• Create Landscape Management Reports and minutes for site meetings
• Maintain and record "as-builts" for projects
• Verify contract specifications are being met
• Manage and drive the punch list process to ensure each assigned job is thoroughly completed to the highest standards

Qualifications

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite as well as design programs such as AutoCAD
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
• Ability to work independently