Landscape Architect

Olsson • Full-time • Omaha, Nebraska, United States • $60k - $80k / year • 5d ago

Company Description

We are Olsson, a team-based, purpose-driven engineering and design firm. Our solutions improve communities and our people make it possible.

Our most meaningful asset is our people, and we are dedicated to providing an environment where they can continue to learn, grow, and thrive. Our entrepreneurial spirit is what has allowed us - and will continue to allow us - to grow. The result? Inspired people, amazing designs, and projects with purpose.

Job Description

Olsson delivers a boutique creative design experience to our clients and our people, backed by the expertise and resources of our whole company.

As a Landscape Architect within our team, you will conduct work requiring a mastery of specialized techniques or ingenuity when selecting and evaluating solutions to unforeseen or novel complexities. The associate landscape architect is a problem solver who applies design solutions to various opportunities and issues.

Additional Responsibilities:

Provides basic landscape architecture design.
Performs specific landscape architecture design tasks on the project team and is expected to use education, intelligence, and common sense to perform tasks and resolve problems.
Provides computer-aided design (CAD) drafting. Must have rendering capabilities.
Assists in all phases of design and construction administration.
Creates presentation materials.
Develops schematic designs and/or construction documents; develop cost estimates.
Instruct technicians on how to reduce designs into completed drawings.
Researches and then writes reports and opinions.
May coordinate with clients.
May gain field experience by observing landscape architecture projects.
Assists more experienced landscape architects as work is subject to supervisor approval.
May travel to job sites for observation and to perform fieldwork.

We have one current opening and will consider candidates interested in being located out of our Omaha, NE, Lincoln, NE or Kansas City, MO office location.

Please upload online portfolio or include portfolio link when applying.

Qualifications

You are passionate about:

Working collaboratively with others
Having ownership in the work you do
Using your talents to positively affect communities

You bring to the team:

Excellent communication skills.
Ability to contribute and work well on a team.
Strong project management skills.
Passion for continued learning and expertise development.
Bachelor's degree in Landscape Architecture.
Must be a Registered Landscape Architect
Interpersonal, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
Advanced math skills and the ability to understand abstract principles behind math and physics.
Demonstrates skill with design-based software applications including, but not limited to, CAD, geographic information systems, and graphics programs for laying out projects.

Additional Information

Olsson is a nationally recognized, employee-owned firm specializing in planning and design, engineering, field services, environmental, and technology. Founded in 1956 on the very mindset that drives us today, we're here to improve communities by making them more sustainable, better connected, and more efficient. Simply put, we work to leave the world better than we found it.

As an Olsson employee, you'll receive our traditional benefits package (health care, vision, dental, paid time off, etc.), plus you'll:

Become an owner in the company after your first year through our Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
Engage in work that has a positive impact in communities
Receive an excellent 401(k) match
Participate in a wellness program promoting balanced lifestyles
Benefit from a bonus system that rewards performance
Have the possibility for flexible work arrangements

Olsson is an EEO employer. We encourage qualified minority, female, veteran and disabled candidates to apply and be considered for open positions. We do not discriminate against any applicant for employment, or any employee because of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender, disability, age, or military status.

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