Senior Landscape Architect

Overview

This position is 100% onsite, in person.

This role requires a minimum of 8 years of professional experience in Landscape Architecture or a related field, with a professional degree in Landscape Architecture, Architecture, or a related discipline. Licensure or progress toward licensure is . The ideal candidate will have experience managing staff, consultants, project teams, client relationships, and projects. They should be capable of meeting with potential clients to develop business and possess exceptional design, technical knowledge, and construction documentation skills. Strong verbal, written, and interpersonal skills are essential, along with the ability to work on multiple assignments with tight schedules while mentoring the team and balancing project lead responsibilities. The candidate must demonstrate excellence in design and presentation using hand graphics and relevant software (AutoCAD, SketchUp, Photoshop, InDesign, Microsoft Office Suite) and have expertise in areas such as open space, parks, plazas, streetscapes, recreation planning, land development, and resilient landscapes. Extensive knowledge of Arizona planting, site grading, and technical detail development is required. Key responsibilities include providing design solutions for complex projects, leading, and managing project teams, guiding design development and construction phases, mentoring staff, conducting site analysis and concept development, managing project scopes and schedules, producing design reports and master plans, and fostering client relationships and business development.

Duties and Responsibilities

Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide design solutions for moderate to difficult projects including model complexes, open spaces and communities, or projects ranging from 800k and above
• Responsible for leading, executing, and managing a variety of complex landscape architecture projects for clients and for discipline specific projects.
• Work through design development and construction document phases to execute built work.
• Serve as a technical design expert in the office, mentor, and train staff.
• Site analysis and design concept development including digital and hand-illustrated deliverables suitable to communicate design intent to clients and staff.
• Project scoping, scheduling and concept design through construction phase project management.
• Analysis, design reports and master plan preparations and narratives.
• Develop, maintain, and strengthen new and existing client relationships and play a key role in client management and satisfaction.
• Interact with clients and provide representation of our practice for projects, project pursuits, strategic initiatives, promotional events, and business development in collaboration with the practice leader and leadership.
• Provide project development through relationships, vision, and leveraging in-house expertise.
• Lead design project team, and manage project team, or both depending on the project and project team. This will include working closely with the project team to produce project deliverables, develop forward-thinking designs, strategies, and materials to facilitate project meetings
• Produce conceptual exhibits, illustrative graphics, and help in full construction document set production.
• Conduct project research and project reports; prepare design presentations; provide support in developing cost estimates; respond to construction submittals and questions; provide sub-consultant and client coordination; and attend client meetings.

Requirements

Physical Requirements

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