Landscape Architect & Recreation Planner (Project Manager)

About the role

SE Group is seeking a Landscape Architect & Recreation Planner to lead, grow, and shape our expanding portfolio of recreation design projects in Utah and the Intermountain West. This is a unique opportunity for a connected and entrepreneurial professional who is ready to take leadership of a line of work and help us bring in the next generation of transformation projects in this recreational mecca.

What You’ll Do

• Lead business development initiatives, including client relationship management, lead generation, strategic positioning, teaming, interviews, and project proposals.
• Bring and cultivate relationships with public agencies, land managers, municipalities, counties, recreation districts, non-profits, developers, resorts, and other potential clients.
• Identify emerging market opportunities and help shape SE Group’s strategy for pursuing recreation planning and design work.
• Lead complex planning and design projects from early visioning and feasibility through conceptual design, master planning, implementation strategy, and, where applicable, construction documentation.
• Facilitate on-site project meetings, design charrettes, stakeholder workshops, public engagement events, and client presentations.
• Manage multiple projects at one time, including scopes, budgets, schedules, deliverables, team coordination, and client communication.
• Collaborate across SE Group’s teams of Landscape Architects, Community Planners, Recreation Planners, to deliver integrated, creative, and implementable solutions.
• Mentor junior and mid-level staff and help build internal capacity around recreation planning, trail planning, and outdoor recreation design.

What We’re Looking For

• Experience: 10+ years of relevant experience in landscape architecture, community planning, regional planning, trail planning and design, or a related field, ideally in a consulting/professional services environment.
• Education: Formal training in Landscape Architecture (Bachelor’s or Master’s).
• Skills & Traits:
• Demonstrated success in winning work, developing client relationships, and contributing meaningfully to business development.
• Strong network within the outdoor recreation, trails, parks, public lands, tourism, or community planning sectors.
• Experience leading trails master plans, trail design projects, parks and open space plans, recreation system plans, or similar outdoor recreation projects.
• Ability to think strategically about market opportunities and help turn ideas into funded projects.
• Experience managing multidisciplinary teams, project scopes, fees, schedules, deliverables, and client expectations.
• Confidence leading public presentations, stakeholder meetings, workshops, and design charrettes.
• Strong writing skills and experience with proposals, scopes of work, reports, plans, and presentations.
• Mastery of design and planning tools (GIS, Adobe Creative Suite, AutoCAD, 3D modeling, etc).
• Professional licensure or certification — such as PLA, AICP, CPRP, or related credentials.

Location

We will be prioritizing candidates that can work from our office in Salt Lake City, Utah.

What’s next?

If you are interested in being considered for this position, please submit a cover letter, resume, and portfolio examples to cdeamer@segroup.com with "Landscape Architect & Recreation Planner (Project Manager)” in the subject line. No phone calls please. Applications received by June 15, 2026 will be given full consideration.