Landscape Architect

Job Summary

The Landscape Architect will bring outdoor spaces to life by collaborating with team members to provide concept design through technical construction documentation of landscape architecture projects including landscape and hardscape plans, details, and specifications. They provide design, code review, presentation graphics, product research, construction documentation, detailing, specifications, opinions of cost, and construction administration for parks, streetscapes, public space design, development sites, industrial sites, higher education, and master planning, etc.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Consults with and provides guidance to internal landscape designers, management, and clients regarding best practices and requirements for landscape and hardscape design.
• Prioritizes project assignments to meet market/firm expectations.
• Analyze relevant materials such as topographical data, survey, aerial photography, drawings, blueprints, maps, zoning codes, grading plans, and other data as necessary.
• Reviews and redlines landscape architecture drawings and specifications.
• Reviews drawings of other disciplines (electrical, civil, etc.) to ensure effective coordination with landscape improvements.
• Sign and seal landscape construction documents for construction.
• Aids staff on landscape architectural related design and construction documentation and administration.
• Provide quantities and use available benchmarking data and research as necessary to provide an opinion of construction costs for landscape architecture related elements.
• Collaborates with architects, contractors, subconsultants, and other engineers to ensure tightly coordinated drawing sets.
• Collaborates with surveyors (or directs and participates in surveying) to establish installations or reference points, grades, elevations, and other factors that will affect construction.
• Maintains project progress and ensures design specifications, health-safety-welfare, and design standards are met.
• Provides design and efficient plan production on all phases of a project from conceptual design through construction documentation and administration.
• Design in concert with grading plans and understand the elevations to determine if design will function.
• Storyboard out construction documents, presentations, etc.
• Complete construction documentation set independently with minimal oversight.
• Anticipate next steps in the design process to keep documentation progressing.
• Keep project tasks and notes organized to complete all requests asked for by senior staff.
• Meet stated client and team-initiated deadlines.
• Able to teach and explain to others the methodologies used by The Company.
• Intermediate level of understanding of design tools and landscape architectural practices.
• Complete construction administration responsibilities for projects including, but not limited to addressing contractor questions, lead pre-construction meetings, review substitutions requests and shop drawings, perform site walkthrough, develop punch lists, etc.
• Ensure effective communications and a positive work environment with clients and co-workers.
• Attend and/or lead project team meetings with other design professionals and clients.
• Participate and/or lead project related public involvement initiatives, as necessary.
• Provide narrative for landscape architecture projects.
• Participate in public speaking on professional landscape architecture.
• Provide scope and fee proposals in support of landscape architectural and engineering department project opportunities.
• Daily timekeeping in Unanet for appropriate project billing.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications, Education, & Experience

• Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Landscape Architecture or related field from an accredited program.
• Must be a Licensed Landscape Architect.
• Ten (10) or more years' experience preferred.
• Experience with Construction Documents.
• Demonstrated intermediate level knowledge in MS Word, Excel, and AutoCAD.
• Proficient knowledge and clear understanding of technical drawings, plans, details, and specifications.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills.
• Gain continuing education credits as required by the state and renew landscape architecture license.

Required Skills/Abilities

• Intermediate understanding of landscape architecture principles, practices, design, and construction processes.
• Intermediate understanding of materials, methods, and tools involved in the construction of landscape and hardscape improvements, specifications, and construction administration.
• Demonstrated aesthetic and appropriate design ability in landscape architecture related projects including landscape architecture site design, planning, and documentation.
• Proficient in AutoCAD and Microsoft.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent interpersonal, oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to be both creative and analytical.
• Ability to work on multiple projects with multiple deadlines.
• Extremely detail-oriented and accurate.
• Ability and anticipate what to do next in the design process to keep documentation progressing.
• Ability to keep track of requests asked by senior staff.
• Mentor and guide staff on landscape architecture related projects.