Senior Landscape Architect

This Senior Landscape Architect position 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. The ideal candidate will have experience managing staff, consultants, project teams, client relationships, and projects, with expertise in areas such as open space, parks, plazas, streetscapes, recreation planning, land development, and resilient landscapes.

Requirements

• 8 years minimum of professional experience in L. Architecture or related field
• Professional Degree in Landscape Architecture or Architecture/related field, preferred.
• Licensed Landscape Architect or actively working towards licensure preferred.
• Experience on managing staff, consultants, project teams, client relationships and projects
• Ability to meet with potential clients to develop business
• Exceptional design and technical knowledge; Strong sense of design and detailing; experience in design and construction documentation with quality-built projects
• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work on multiple assignments, with aggressive delivery schedules while mentoring team and balancing project lead responsibilities
• Demonstrated ability to prepare high-quality design work and design presentations using hand graphics and relevant computer software (AutoCAD, SketchUp, Photoshop, InDesign, Microsoft Office Suite)
• Demonstrated experience and design excellence in several core areas of the practice including open space, parks and plazas, streetscapes, recreation and open space master planning and design, trails, greenways and transportation, land development and urban design, naturalized and resilient landscapes, and cultural landscapes.
• Fully competent in all conventional aspects of L. Architecture.
• Team player, thought leader, passionate and self-motivated professional
• Collaborative thinking, Design coordination with internal and external teams and consultants
• Previous landscape architecture office senior role experience that includes project lead design responsibilities.
• Extensive Planting knowledge especially Arizona planting is required
• Site grading and technical detail development are required.