Landscape Architect

About the role

KZF Design is a multidisciplinary architecture, engineering, and planning firm based in Cincinnati, OH. We are proud to be recognized as one of Cincinnati’s Top 100 Places to Work since 2021 and we are passionate about creating spaces that serve, inspire, and strengthen communities. Join a team where your voice matters and your work makes a difference.

Responsibilities

• Keep KZF’s Design for Better Futures
• Help our clients achieve their goals
• Absorb the “day-to-day” responsibility for all Landscape Architecture Design, Production & Management
• Prepare Landscape Architecture design studies, written design narratives, calculations, and analysis
• Conduct field investigations as required to understand project requirements
• Cook up Landscape Architecture work with other discipline work
• Prepare Landscape Architecture design and construction document drawings and direct Landscape Architecture support staff as required
• Prepare outline and final construction document specifications
• Maintain technical accuracy, constructability, code conformance, and appropriate level of detail for project scopes
• Develop, implement, and maintain landscape architecture design quality control process; provide or delegate review of all landscape architecture design for technical accuracy, constructability, code conformance, and appropriate level of detail
• Participate in value engineering; attend project team meetings
• Aid with construction administration, review shop drawings, prepare construction submittals, participate in construction site observation, prepare Request for Information (RFI) responses, work with the construction administration department and other team members to resolve construction issues in a timely manner

Qualifications

• Capable and experienced in all areas of Landscape Architecture with an emphasis on park facilities, urban design, campus planning, public ROW improvements, public facilities, site grading, and site layout and parking improvements
• Experience producing site/landscape documents in an A/E firm
• Proficient using AutoCAD and Revit
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word and Excel
• Experience working in teams
• Comfortable with a wide range of project types
• Proactive and assertive in problem solving
• Comfortable with making group presentations
• Experience providing marketing and project interview support
• Good written and oral communications skills; good client skills; fluent in speaking, reading and writing in English

Preferred Qualifications

• AutoCAD and Revit
• Civil 3D
• Enscape