Landscape Architect II

• Analyzes architectural design and site influences for the planning of exterior spaces.
• Assists in the production of design concepts, including diagrams, plans, sections, elevations, and 3D models in support of concept design.
• Independently applies landscape architectural concepts and designs. 
• Prepares site/zoning analysis, research, design studies, and documentation support as required by project managers.
• Prepare presentations for subconsultants and clients to facilitate external project communications. Utilizes office standards and reviews own work before sending.
• Supports and collaborates with project team members in coordinating tasks, timelines, and deliverables. Understands the larger project goals and delegates to junior team members accordingly.
• Participate in project meetings, documenting discussions, and preparing action items.
• Contributes ideas, solutions, and deliverables in team and project environments and does not hesitate to daylight any missing documents or tasks necessary for the work at hand.
• Conducts material and planting research to evolve conceptual ideas to feasible design proposals.

• Self-driven to seek and study potential technical design solutions to share with the larger project team. Works rigorously through drawing and modeling supplementing with verbal communication as necessary.
• Reviews own design work for quality and completeness, compiles in a digital format for review by Senior team members.
• Translate Schematic Design Intent into technical documentation sets, utilizing office standards and resources and knowing when to seek assistance and oversight from Senior team members and the Digital Technology team.
• Prepares construction documents according to office standards, including but not limited to site plans, material plans, planting plans, grading plans, sections and details. Shows initiative in pushing drawings forward to provide senior team members documents to redline.
• Coordinates with project consultants via email, markups and drawing transmittals to keep the project moving as outlined by the project schedule and targeted deliverables. Keeps team members and project managers in the loop while doing so.
• Provides basic technical guidance and drawing redlines to less experienced landscape architectural team members, particularly Junior Landscape Designers and Landscape Designer I’s.
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• With guidance from the project manager, manages both independent and collaborative tasks necessitated by the construction administration process.

• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in landscape architecture or architecture. Dual degrees and experience preferred.
• Minimum 4-6 years of post-grad related professional experience or similar role with equivalent work experience   
• Licensed or in pursuit of acquiring licensure as a Landscape Architect.
• Proficiency in Bluebeam Revu/Studio, ArcGIS, Grasshopper,  AI workflows, Microsoft Office, ERP (Deltek Vision),
• Intermediate proficiency in Rhino 3D, Adobe Creative Suite,  Revit (BIM), AutoCAD, digital sketching apps, Enscape, and Digital File Organization
• Clear verbal, written, and visual communication to express design ideas. An ideal candidate can communicate just as clearly with hand-drawn drawings as with digital tools.
•  Ability curate technical details that tell a design story and convey a general understanding of landscape architectural components in a project.
• Intermediate proficiency of the principles of landscape design, including spatial organization, circulation, grading, and planting design
• Intermediate proficiency in horticultural knowledge of at least one major ecology (temperate, desert, tropical, etc.)
• Ability to collaborate effectively with an interdisciplinary design team of architects, engineers, planners, and other professionals involved in a project.
• Experience working on High-End Residential, Hospitality (Hotels, F&B, and Resorts), and Workplace, as well as a variety of project scales from Master Planning to Detail design
• Membership in professional landscape architectural organizations such as ASLA, IFLA, ULI, or similar is preferred.

• A creative work environment and colleagues who are collaborative, creative, and challenging
• Opportunity to grow professionally 
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All applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship and must already possess long-term work authorization.