Job Description

Dewberry has an opportunity for an experienced landscape architect to serve as the Assistant Department Manager of our Planning Department within the Maryland business unit.

We operate in four offices. The assistant department manager may be called upon to visit any of the four offices. This is an excellent career opportunity for an enthusiastic and talented individual to lead a team of professionals.

The successful candidate will be managing a team of landscape architects, planners and CAD techs in the design of site civil facilities, parks, and in support of other projects and departments within Dewberry.

The selected individual will be responsible for providing resource management of the department of about 20 professionals, leading the effort to gain and maintain jurisdictional knowledge of permitting processes, preparation of design and contract documents (including reports, estimates and construction specifications), review of shop drawings, and providing technical support during the construction phase.

Design oversight efforts will include projects being completed for a number of private sector, commercial, federal state and local clients.

Additionally, this individual will be involved in staff recruiting and retention efforts, annual performance reviews, pursuit of new projects and staffing plan development, and assist in development of proposals and project budgets.

The selected individual will significantly contribute to the business development of the department’s and office’s workload as well as client management of one or more clients.

Dewberry is a leading, market-facing professional services firm with more than 50 locations and 2,000 professionals nationwide.

What sets us apart from our competitors are our people. At Dewberry, we seek out exceptional talent and strive to deliver the highest quality of services to our clients.

Whether you’re an experienced professional or a new graduate, you’ll have the chance to collaborate with the best and brightest and work on innovative and complex projects at the forefront of the industry.

Our commitment to excellence stems from our personal integrity and from other defining attributes, which we call Dewberry at Work, that have inspired our employees to be successful for more than a half-century.

Responsibilities

• Supervise a staff of designers, landscape architects and technicians, focusing on their development and utilization to drive business goals.
• Lead design teams in all aspects of a given project to develop detailed design documents for Concept, Schematic, Details, and Construction drawing plans.
• Plan, schedule, and coordinate the preparation of design documents and deliverables for a variety of landscape architecture projects as a Project Manager.

Produce or lead in the production of deliverables including but not limited to :

• Conceptual and schematic design plans and graphics for presentation
• Layout studies, yield studies, and parking studies for various land development projects
• Development plans to support Rezoning and / or Special Exception applications.
• Code research, writing specifications, and coordinate / expediting agency permitting.
• Schematic and detailed grading design, utility design, environmental design, planting, lighting, and irrigation plans.
• Landscape and Hardscape Plans from concept development through construction documents.
• Environmental, tree conservation, and mitigation plans for agency approval.
• Coordinate and communicate with various team members including engineering, surveying, geotechnical, architecture, structural, environmental engineers, designers, and consultants.
• Participate in personnel actions.
• Engage in Business development, proposal writing and oversight; expected to manage one or more clients.

Required Skills & Required Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Landscape Architecture or Urban Planning by an accredited 3rd party (LAAB), required.
• Registered Landscape Architect
• 10 years of experience in landscape architecture and / or planning, required.
• Strong freehand illustration and rendering skills.
• Experience with Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator,) Sketchup, ArcGIS / ArcView
• Strong leadership skills including excellent communication and delegation skills.
• Ability to work in a multifaceted team environment.
• Portfolio, work samples, university / college transcripts will be required if considered for an interview (writing sample, portfolio, grading example)
• At this time, Dewberry will not sponsor a new applicant for work authorization.
• Dewberry is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or sexual orientation.
• Only recipients of an offer of employment from Dewberry, will be required to submit to a background screening which may include, but is not limited to, employment verification, educational and other credential verification, driving record check, criminal background check, and an investigative consumer report.

These screenings will be conducted by Dewberry’s background vendor of choice and will be conducted in compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local law.

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Last updated : 2024-02-23