Senior Landscape Architect

EXP • Full-time • Atlanta, Georgia, United States • $70k - $95k / year • 12h ago

Job Description

At EXP, we're driven to provide innovative solutions for the world's built and natural environments. As a team of engineers, architects, designers, scientists, creators and a community of professionals, we bring diverse and talented people together to solve the world's most complex challenges. Here, you join a team that leverages differences, harnesses their entrepreneurial spirit in an employee-owned company, that believes diversity is what gives us strength, seeks sustainable results and shares ambitions for each other, our clients and the communities we are part of and serve. To be a part of EXP means to have your own experience, while staying connected to a global network of professionals, who believe we are a part of something bigger. Together, we are EXP.

Are you ready to design your future?

Be our next Senior Landscape Architect

Your work environment at EXP

In this role, you will be a part of the Land Development team within the Infrastructure and Transportation group, based in Atlanta, Georgia or any of our Florida offices. You will have the opportunity to work within a team that is continuing to grow with the best and brightest, team members who aspire to expand and develop our Landscape Architecture practice throughout the Southeast United States.

In this position, you will be part of an integrated team. You will lead and assist with the design, planning and execution of a variety of landscape architecture, land development, municipal, and infrastructure projects. The successful candidate will possess effective written and digital communication skills and a strategic and design-oriented perspective. You will be expected to take a key role in design and multiple assignments, mentor junior staff and interact with existing and prospective clients and professionals across many disciplines.

What a day at EXP has in store for you

Commence work on projects at the concept design phase, develop creative designs that work well with the clients vision
The role includes working through all development phases; conceptual through approvals, inspection and close out
Participate in development of construction specifications, contract administration and site review for execution of the built work
Serve as a senior technical landscape designer, mentor and train junior technical staff
Develop site design concepts and analyze site layouts in digital and hand-illustrated formats
Deliver creative solutions and design material that communicate design intent to clients and staff
Conduct tree inventory and investigations. Develop tree protection plans that include drawings and reports
Provide project development through relationships, vision, and leveraging in-house expertise
Act as project manager from proposal scoping, budgeting, scheduling, and concept design through construction phases of project management. This includes assisting with fee proposals, qualification packages and terms of reference for potential projects
Interface directly with internal /external clients and able to provide clear, well-articulated and solution-based recommendations
Seek potential opportunities through business development activities

What your experience looks like

Must hold an active ASLA License
Minimum of 5 years of professional experience within Landscape Architecture
Bachelor's degree in Landscape Architecture or similar (as approved by the Landscape Architectural Accreditation Board)
Exceptional design and technical knowledge
Effective verbal, written and interpersonal skills
Ability to work on multiple projects (including Public Agencies, and Private Sector clients) with aggressive delivery schedules
Demonstrated ability to prepare high-quality design work and design presentations using hand graphics and relevant computer software (AutoCAD, SketchUp, Photoshop, InDesign, Microsoft Office Suite)
Demonstrated experience and design excellence in several core areas of the practice including open space, parks and plazas, streetscapes, trails, greenways and transportation, naturalized and resilient landscapes
ISA Certified Arborist would be considered an asset
Land F/X experience would be considered an asset
Business Development experience preferred but not required

About Us

Our story
With a mission to understand, innovate, partner and deliver, EXP provides engineering, architecture, design and consulting services to the world's built and natural environments.

Our heritage dates back to 1906, when the earliest of EXP's predecessor companies started its engineering infrastructure practice. Today, thousands of creative professionals across EXP work together to deliver extraordinary experiences year after year.

What makes us different

The passion, enthusiasm, diversity and industry-leading capabilities of our employees make us who we are. We're committed to providing a challenging work environment that cultivates career growth, encourages creativity and rewards excellence.

Find out more about life at EXP by visiting www.exp.com.

About the Team

EXP is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer who fully and actively supports equal access for all people regardless of Race, Color, Sex, Religion, Gender, Age, National Origin, Veteran Status, Disability, Genetic Information or Testing, Family and Medical Leave, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity or Expression.

Should you need any special accommodations, please feel free to contact us at hrsupport@exp.com and we will arrange for the most suitable accommodations based on your needs.