Senior Landscape Architect

EXP.com; Hamilton; Hybrid; CAD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading landscape architecture firm is seeking a Senior Landscape Architect / Project Manager based in Ontario. The ideal candidate will have over 10 years of experience, exceptional design skills, and the ability to manage complex projects. Responsibilities include client management, project execution, and mentorship of junior staff. Competitive package and opportunities for growth.

Qualifications

• Over 10 years of professional experience in Landscape Architecture.
• Exceptional design and technical knowledge.
• Strong client relationship skills.
• Ability to work on multiple projects with aggressive delivery schedules.
• ISA Certified Arborist or LEED Certification would be considered an asset.

Responsibilities

• Participate in business development initiatives and client collaboration.
• Manage project types including complex landscape architectural designs.
• Provide advanced technical landscape design knowledge.
• Act as project manager throughout construction phases.

Skills

Design expertise

Client relationship management

Project management

Public engagement

Communication skills

Education

BLA or MLA degree in Landscape Architecture

OALA full member with stamp

Tools

AutoCAD

SketchUp

Photoshop

InDesign

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

Overview

Senior Landscape Architect / Project Manager

Brampton, Cambridge, Hamilton or Markham, ON, Canada

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 / Project Manager!

Your work environment at EXP

EXP Services Inc. is seeking a highly motivated Senior Landscape Architect to join our dynamic Landscape Team within the Land Development Group. This is an exciting opportunity for a seasoned professional with exceptional design, communication, and organizational skills to contribute to impactful projects across Ontario. Location Options : Brampton, Cambridge, Hamilton, or Markham, ON.

We are looking to grow with talented and committed team members who aspire to expand and develop our Landscape Architecture practice throughout the GTA and Ontario.

What a day at EXP has in store for you

• Participate business development initiatives, and collaborating with clients and professionals across various disciplines.
• 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 EXP leadership.
• Maintain and strengthen client relationships and play a key role in client management and satisfaction.
• Interface directly with clients and able to provide clear, well-articulated and solution-based recommendations.
• Execute and manage a variety of project types including complex landscape architectural designs.
• Analysis, design reports and master plan preparations and narratives.
• 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.
• Provide advanced technical landscape design knowledge, mentor, and train junior technical landscape staff.
• Develop site design concepts and analyse site layouts in digital and hand-illustrated formats. Deliver creative solutions and design material that communicate design intent to clients and staff.
• Act as project manager from scoping, budgeting, scheduling and concept design through construction phases of project management. This includes preparing fee proposals, qualification packages and terms of reference for potential projects.

What your experience looks like

• Over 10 years of professional experience in Landscape Architecture
• Exceptional design and technical knowledge
• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal skills
• Strong client relationship skills
• Public and stakeholder engagement
• 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, Landfx, 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
• Self-motivated, highly collaborative and a strong team player
• Experience in a consulting role with both private and public sector clients / projects and an established network of clients
• BLA or MLA degree in Landscape Architecture
• OALA full member with stamp
• ISA Certified Arborist or LEED Certification would be considered an asset

EXP subscribes to the Workplace Equity Program. Applications from women, members of visible minorities, Indigenous peoples and persons with disabilities are encouraged. Persons with disabilities can obtain accommodation for the selection process by contacting us at the following email address : [e-mail] .

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.