Landscape Architect

Olsson; Omaha (NE); On-site; USD 100,000 - 157,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Olsson as a Landscape Architect, where you will contribute to various design solutions while working collaboratively in a creative environment. This role requires strong project management skills, legal qualifications, and a passion for positively impacting communities. You will assist in design phases, CAD tasks, and client coordination, shaping innovative solutions for clients.

Benefits

Health care

Vision and dental coverage

Paid time off

Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)

401(k) match

Flexible work arrangements

Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills and teamwork ability.
• Strong project management and problem-solving skills.
• Passion for continued learning and expertise development.

Responsibilities

• Provide basic landscape architecture design and CAD drafting.
• Assist in all phases of design and construction administration.
• Coordinate with clients and develop presentation materials.

Skills

Communication

Problem Solving

Teamwork

Project Management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Landscape Architecture

Licensed Landscape Architect

Tools

CAD

GIS

Adobe Creative Suite

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Company Description

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

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 Lincoln, NE, Kansas City, MO or Omaha, NE 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 licensed 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. Experience with Autocad, Civil 3d and Adobe Creative Suite preferred.
  
  

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.

Benefits

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 on 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
  
  

Please note: The benefits listed above apply to full-time employees. If you're applying for an internship, you can learn more about internship-specific offerings and experiences at Olsson by visiting https://www.olsson.com/internships.

Olsson is an Equal Opportunity 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, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender, disability, age, military status, or other protected status.

Olsson understands the importance of privacy and is committed to protecting job applicants’ personal information. Pursuant to the California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (collectively, the “CCPA”), this notice explains Olsson’s practices regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of personal information for job applicants residing in California. Please read this Notice carefully to understand our privacy practices.

For more information about the types of information we collect and how we use it in connection with your general access and use of our website, please review our general California Privacy Notice here.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Design, Art/Creative, and Information Technology

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