Project Manager, Landscape Architecture

Duties & Responsibilities

• Lead the client through the entire design process and ensure follow-through until completion.
• Actively listen to the client to understand their goals of the project and clearly provide goals to the design team.
• Lead, delegate, and engage with the design team to ensure client goals are being met on time, on budget, and with high accuracy.
• Consults with and provides guidance to clients and staff regarding requirements for landscape projects.
• Retain and ensure satisfaction of new and existing clients.
• Plans projects based on the analysis of relevant materials such as drawings, blueprints, aerial photography, survey reports, maps, grading plans, and other geologic and topographical data.
• Reviews projects for compliance with regulatory requirements based on knowledge of state and local regulations.
• Collaborates with architects, contractors, subconsultants and other engineers to ensure projects progress properly.
• Monitors project progress and ensures design specifications and standards are met.
• Must be able to complete projects independently with minimal oversight.
• Advanced level of understanding of design tools and landscape architecture practices.
• Complete construction administration responsibilities for projects including, but not limited to addressing contractor questions, lead pre-construction meetings, review substitutions requests and shop drawings, perform site walkthrough, develop punch lists.
• Ability to assign projects and oversee those assigned for accuracy of work, timeliness of completion, with accurate and timely time entry.
• Ability to storyboard out construction documents, presentations etc.
• Develop, mentor, train, evaluate, coach/discipline, and engage with assigned staff.
• Able to teach and explain to others the methodologies used by The Company.
• Actively utilize and update Company accounting software and project metric applications.
• Develops business by selling the Company's services to new and existing clients.
• Provide scope and fee proposals in support of landscape architectural and engineering department project opportunities.
• Coordinates LA qualifications-based proposals.
• Ability to write project approach narrative and detailed scope for LA led project proposals.
• Prepares and Leads interviews to gain new business.
• Ensures projects are communicated to the Project Coordinator and are set up correctly in Unanet throughout all phases of projects.
• Review contract language.
• Ensure financial success of projects.
• Completes billing reports in a timely manner.
• Completes SMRF documentation.
• Responsible for touch base activities with previous/current clients.
• Participate in appropriate meetings, association memberships, and events to establish and build networking contacts.
• Develop and lead project or industry related speaking presentations.
• Daily timekeeping in Unanet for appropriate project billing.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications, Education, & Experience

• Eight (8) or more years of professional experience in the field of Landscape Architecture with client facing responsibilities is preferred.
• Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Landscape Architecture or related field from an accredited program.
• Licensed Landscape Architect, is preferred.
• Advanced level understanding of construction documentation, administration, and specification writing.
• Be able to motivate and lead team members to successful completion of projects on time, on budget, and accurately.
• Review project for compliance with regulatory requirements based on knowledge of state and local regulations.

Required Skills/Abilities

• Advanced understanding of landscape architecture principles, practices, and tools.
• Proficient in AutoCAD and Microsoft.
• Ability to identify and solve complex problems.
• Above average design ability.
• Design and problem solve ‘on the fly’ with clients/ team members.
• Excellent interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills.
• Ability to be both creative and analytical.
• Ability to work on multiple projects with multiple deadlines.
• Extremely detail-oriented and accurate.
• Demonstrated intermediate level of understanding of specifications and construction administration.
• Public speaking ability.
• Manage, mentor, delegate, guide, and engage staff on landscape architecture related projects.

Job Type: Full-time

Schedule:

• Day shift

Work Location: In person