Senior Landscape Architect

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This position is 100% Onsite. Must live in Arizona.

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 preferred. 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, Sketch Up, 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.

• Provide design solutions for moderate to difficult projects, including model complexes, open spaces, and communities, or projects ranging from 800k and above.
• Lead, execute, and manage a variety of complex landscape architecture projects for clients and 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.
• Conduct site analysis and design concept development, including digital and hand-illustrated deliverables suitable to communicate design intent to clients and staff.
• Manage project scoping, scheduling, and concept design through construction phase project management.
• Prepare 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.
• Lead design project team and manage project team, or both depending on the project and project team.
• 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.

• 8 years minimum of professional experience in Landscape Architecture or related field.
• Professional degree in Landscape Architecture, Architecture, or related field, preferred.
• Licensed Landscape Architect or actively working toward licensure preferred.
• Experience 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, Sketch Up, 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…