Senior Landscape Architect — Campus Leader Flexible Fridays

Sherwood Design Engineers; New York (NY); On-site; USD 124,000 - 158,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working - every other Friday

Health plans including PPO/HMO

Learning and Development stipend

Generous PTO and holidays

401k enrollment and match

Team events and community

Impactful environmental work

Job summary

Sherwood Design Engineers in New York, NY seeks a Senior Landscape Architect to lead design and delivery for a major campus project, coordinating with civil, ecology, water systems and architecture teams. The role combines high-level vision with site-level detail across DD, CD, CA, bidding and construction.

The ideal candidate brings design leadership, strong communication, and experience with multidisciplinary teams, and is willing to travel interstate as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Landscape Architecture from an accredited university.
• Registered Professional Landscape Architect (PLA) license required, or current state registration with ability to obtain Tennessee reciprocity within 1 year.
• 10+ years of progressive landscape architecture experience, including substantial responsibility for complex, multidisciplinary projects and project teams.
• Demonstrated design leadership on large-scale campus, public realm, mixed-use, waterfront, land development, or civil/environmental infrastructure projects.
• Proven ability to lead projects across the full design lifecycle, from master planning and concept design through DD, CD, CA, bidding, construction administration, and field observation.
• Strong technical understanding of site planning, grading and drainage, hardscape, planting, materials, detailing, specifications, constructability, and cost implications.
• Experience managing scope, fees, schedules, staffing, QA/QC, consultant coordination, and client expectations across multiple concurrent workstreams.
• Advanced proficiency in AutoCAD, Adobe Creative Suite, and 3D modeling workflows such as Rhino and/or Revit; working knowledge of Civil 3D, GIS, and project management tools is highly desirable.
• Outstanding written, verbal, facilitation, and executive presentation skills, with the ability to translate complex technical and design issues into clear decisions and compelling narratives.
• Ability to travel periodic to project sites (interstate travel one week per month for the foreseeable future)

Responsibilities

• CD & CA Leadership: Lead the project team through Design Development and Construction Documents, translating design intent into coordinated, technically rigorous, and buildable drawing and specification packages.
• Technical Oversight: Direct and review hardscape, planting, grading, drainage, site furnishings, materials, landscape details, specifications, and interdisciplinary interfaces.
• Construction Administration: Lead landscape architecture services during construction, including RFIs, submittals and shop drawings, design clarifications, field observations, contractor coordination, punch walks, and resolution of unforeseen site conditions.
• Design Intent Through Construction: Protect the quality and intent of the design while responding pragmatically to field conditions, contractor questions, schedule pressures, cost constraints, substitutions, and value-engineering decisions.
• Interdisciplinary Coordination: Proactively identify and resolve conflicts between landscape, civil, architecture, structural, MEP, water feature, ecology, irrigation, lighting, and other specialty systems before they affect construction.
• QA/QC & Issue Resolution: Lead rigorous reviews at major milestones and take ownership of critical technical or coordination issues, ensuring decisions are made quickly and open items are carried through to resolution.
• Complex Project Management & Execution: Translate milestones into clear priorities, responsibilities, decision paths, and actions to move multiple streams in parallel.
• Schedule & Deliverables: Anticipate needs of team, client, consultants, and contractors and keep deliverables moving toward completion.
• Scope, Fee & Resource Management: Manage budgets, staffing, fee burn, consultant scope, and resource allocation while protecting design quality.
• Risk & Decision Management: Identify risks early and facilitate timely decisions to keep project delivery on track.
• Design Vision & Interdisciplinary Systems Integration: Maintain a site-wide landscape vision and integrate ecology, hydrology, green infrastructure, and constructability.
• Client & Partner Leadership: Build confidence with clients and lead executive conversations translating complex design issues into clear narratives.
• Team Leadership & Mentorship: Prioritize, delegate, mentor staff, and maintain accountability for quality and deadlines.
• Practice Growth & Innovation: Contribute to RFQ/RFP responses, grow capabilities, and champion AI-enabled design and emerging tools.

Skills

10+ years of experience

Leadership experience

Communication skills

Senior-level design judgment

Mentorship

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Landscape Architecture

PLA license or license in progress with reciprocity within 1 year

Tools

AutoCAD

Adobe Creative Suite

Rhino

Revit

Civil 3D

GIS

Job description

Sherwood Design Engineers in New York, NY seeks a Senior Landscape Architect to lead design and delivery for a major campus project, coordinating with civil, ecology, water systems and architecture teams. The role combines high-level vision with site-level detail across DD, CD, CA, bidding and construction.

The ideal candidate brings design leadership, strong communication, and experience with multidisciplinary teams, and is willing to travel interstate as needed.