Project Landscape Designer

Scope

The Project Landscape Designer 2 will support and collaborate on design and technical efforts as a landscape designer for various project types to assist senior landscape designers and landscape architects. There will be a responsibility for working closely with both internal team colleagues, as well as other IMEG land development professionals that are involved in the land development process to provide design solutions and prepare various technical deliverables for project work. In this position, the expectation is to work with the project’s budget to meet the project goals and client expectations. The role will also involve leading and mentoring the team’s landscape architecture graduate designers and more junior level landscape designers.

Principal Responsibilities

• Completes various exhibits, presentation graphics and renderings
• Completes concept and schematic landscape design
• Completes site visits and tree assessments
• Completes landscape and planting plans, and tree preservation plans
• Review and approve tree preservation plans if the employee is a certified arborist
• Reviews research calculations and data entry for associated plans and reports
• Assists with cost estimating and take offs
• Assists with landscape code research
• Assists with the preparation of construction documents, details and spec writing
• Attends client meetings with senior staff
• Works as part of a project team to meet the scheduled deadlines for completing the various project tasks and client deliverables
• Responsible for managing own time/budgeting
• Provide direction/mentoring the team’s landscape architecture graduate designers more junior level landscape designers, and serves as a resource to them
• Depending on skill level, experience and leadership traits, may act as a project manager on some smaller projects, including preliminary project budgeting and determining project staff needs

Required Skills/Abilities

• Skilled in AutoCAD, Adobe Suite, and SketchUp
• Good graphic skills, and good written and verbal communication skills
• Regional plant knowledge for application in both planting design and field identification
• Developing proficiency of design techniques, tools, and concepts involved in the production of technical design plans
• Attention to detail and developing design problem-solving skills
• Good organizational and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment
• Ability to train and mentor less experienced staff
• Eagerness to learn and adapt to new challenges
• Advanced Proficiency with Microsoft and MS Office Suite including but not limited to Word, Excel, and Outlook
• Ability to travel up to 5% with occasional overnight stays

Education and Experience

• Bachelor of Science (BS) Degree in Landscape Architecture or equivalent required
• ISA Certified Arborist and/or ISA Tree Risk Assessment Qualified
• 5 years of experience minimum required, 6 preferred, in land development

OR

• Associates degree, or certificate, preferred
• ISA Certified Arborist and/or ISA Tree Risk Assessment Qualified
• 9 years of experience minimum required, 10 preferred, in land development

Physical Requirements

• Regularly required to sit, walk, stand, talk, see, hear, and lift objects up to 25 pounds
• Occasionally required to drive, kneel, stoop, crouch, crawl, reach with hands or arms, and grasp or pull
• Will have limited exposure to outside weather conditions and loud noises

IMEG, an employee-owned corporation, is committed to investing in employees’ futures through professional development programs and opportunities for career advancement. We offer a comprehensive benefits package including generous PTO, flexible schedule, and assistance with tuition reimbursement. Additionally, employees are eligible to enroll in health, dental, vision, and life insurance on their first day of employment.

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