Toole Design Group in Raleigh, NC is looking to hire an experienced and talented full-time
Principal Landscape Architect. This is an opportunity to step into a leadership role with a talented group of designers as we continue to build our team in Raleigh. Do you have 15+ years of progressive experience in landscape architecture, including concept through final design, and sound capabilities in business development and project management? Are you passionate about active transportation projects and re-imagining public spaces that promote livable and equitable communities? Would you enjoy working on a variety of projects with unique challenges that encourage creative and critical thinking? Would you like to work for a firm that is committed to the well-being of its employees? If so, please consider joining our Raleigh team.
This Principal Landscape Architect position will lead projects with a focus on public realm and active transportation, and earns a competitive salary and great benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability, retirement, a health savings account (HSA), and a flexible spending account (FSA). We practice what we preach and ensure that our employees also have access to transportation by providing them with financial incentives to bike, walk, or use transit for a better quality of life.
About Toole DesignToole Design is the leading planning, landscape architecture, and engineering firm specializing in multimodal transportation. Since our start in 2003 as a single office in Maryland, we have expanded throughout the United States. Our talented team of planners, landscape architects, and engineers are committed to delivering quality work that meets the needs of all people, regardless of age, ability, race or gender. We have been named a "best firm to work for" and have one of the lowest staff turnover rates in the industry.
Every project our employees deliver directly and positively affects our communities. We are industry-leading experts, and we work hard to encourage a collaborative and team-oriented environment.
A Day in the Life of a Principal Landscape Architect As a Principal Landscape Architect, you'll be working directly with the Raleigh Leadership Team, including the Office Director and Engineering Group Manager. The expectation is for the Principal Landscape Architect to hit the ground running, working with existing clients and project teams, and elevate design capabilities in our North Carolina market along with the larger Southern Region. You will identify and lead project proposals as we pursue new projects and build relationships with new clients. Additionally, in collaboration with the other design professionals in the firm, you will help to grow our landscape architecture practice and build our portfolio as a core Toole Design service practice area. In projects, you will often serve as Project Manager or Design Task Lead, establishing the project focus and design direction, leading a team of designers, planners, and engineers to develop successful project solutions.
You will apply your broad knowledge of design technical criteria and methods, spatial design and hands-on management experience to a variety landscape architecture and urban design projects. You will share a commitment to design excellent, and work with a collaborative team. You'll lend your knowledge and experience in project programming, master planning, site design to all design phases. As a part of our landscape architecture practice, you will be at the table with our clients, community members, working collaboratively with our planners, and engineers on projects from start to finish, from stakeholder outreach and design workshops to construction documents and administration.
Your job can sometimes be challenging, but you get to work with a close-knit team that is passionate about the work and the communities that you serve.
We are targeting a salary range of $95,000 to $115,000 for this position.Qualifications of a Principal Landscape Architect:- A bachelor's and/or master's degree in Landscape Architecture
- 15+ years of progressive landscape architecture experience
- Licensure or ability to complete licensure within one year of employment
- Demonstrated knowledge and experience in streetscape design, project programming, master planning, site design, and all design phases
- Strong proficiency with hand and digital graphic techniques to communicate design ideas and produce illustrative graphics
- Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, Sketchup, AutoCAD
- An interest in streetscapes and multimodal transportation design
- A client-service attitude and entrepreneurial spirit
- Strong project management skills including development of project staffing and schedules, developing and monitoring project budgets, cost estimating and specifications
You'll be great here if:- You're a motivated, self-driven, detail-oriented person that enjoys solving problems
- You have a knack for and interest in business development, including networking and relationship building, as well as crafting proposal messaging, scopes, and fees
- You are team oriented and enjoy working collaboratively
- Re-imagining cities, green spaces, and the public realm energizes you
- You are passionate about sustainability and the opportunity to work on challenging multimodal projects that make communities more livable
- Intermediate to fluent Spanish language proficiency desirable
- You enjoy producing high-quality work products and seeing your projects get built
- You have strong communication skills, whether written, verbal, or graphically
- You have the ability to self-manage time, think critically, and possess a strong work ethic
Work Schedule for a Principal Landscape Architect This full-time position typically works a flexible schedule of 40 hours a week. We also provide employees with the flexibility and necessary equipment to work from home 2-3 days per week. The Raleigh office of Toole Design is conveniently located in downtown Raleigh, just a few blocks from Moore Square and GoRaleigh Station. The office is easily accessed on foot, by bicycle, and via transit.
About our Raleigh TeamWe are an incredibly talented and creative, entrepreneurial, hard-working group. We have planners, landscape architects, and engineers that bring the full range of services Toole Design offers, from innovative design and engineering, to best practices in urban planning, to cutting edge research and analysis. We are a tight-knit team that has fun together and supports each other. Our team enjoys knowledge sharing and creating innovative project deliverables.
Ready to Join our Raleigh Team? We understand your time is valuable, so we have a quick and easy application process. If you feel that you would be right for this Principal Landscape Architect position, please fill out our application by clicking on the link on this page.
Please include a link or attach a portfolio of your work.At Toole Design, diversity is a necessity, not a nice-to-have. We have a collaborative culture where people of all backgrounds come together to share ideas and build better, more inclusive communities. We encourage those from underrepresented communities - women, people of color, LGBTQIA+, immigrants, those with disabilities and people at all the intersections in between - to apply. Even if you don't think your current skill set checks every box below, but this role seems to align with your strengths, we want to hear from you.
We're proud that about half of our managers are women and we are committed to achieving racial diversity in our leadership as well. Toole Design is a woman-owned business and an equal opportunity employer (EO/AA/VEV/Disabled employer).
Individuals may request accommodations or assistance with the application process by contacting 301-927-1900 and asking for Human Resources or emailing .
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