Hiring in Detroit, Michigan

Your Responsibilities

Successfully Lead Multi-Disciplinary Landscape Architecture Projects

• Provide project landscape architectural leadership through all phases, including design and technical construction documentation. Familiarity with and ability to oversee the development of phase deliverables, including concept design, technical studies and reports, and construction drawings and specification development, including drawings, specifications, and opinions of probable cost is required.
• Coordinate with other OHM disciplines throughout the project to deliver an integrated design and engineering process.
• Collaborate with allied disciplines, such as planning, community engagement, architecture, and engineering.
• Maintain professional licensure in Michigan.
• Maintain expertise in local, state, and federal regulations for project development while staying abreast of industry best practices.
• Assist with development of proposals, work plans, schedules, and budgets for projects. Expertise in preparing discipline specific, as well as multidisciplinary project proposals at multiple scales desired.
• Coordinate with subconsultants to establish contracts and manage communication and deliverable development.
• Effectively communicate goals, alternatives, recommendations, and designs related to landscape architecture to the project team, client, and the public.
• Manage and deliver both discipline specific and multi-disciplinary projects at a variety of scales, monitoring financial performance, project quality and team workload.
• Perform quality assurance and quality control of project deliverables.
• Work closely with Discipline and Geographic leaders, Clients, and project teams to deliver projects and problem-solve as issues arise.

Personnel Mentorship

• Collaborate with Principals and geographic leadership to manage, mentor, and guide team members to ensure the successful delivery of projects.
• Coordinate across OHM offices to promote a collaborative, creative and engaging firm culture.
• Provide guidance to landscape architecture staff, fostering professional growth and quality work.
• Provide landscape architecture leadership through all project phases, including design and technical construction documentation.
• Work with discipline leadership to staff projects and monitor utilization levels.
• Collaborate with other discipline leaders to continue developing studio best practices and advance landscape architectural practice.

What You’ll Need to Succeed

• Drive to deliver high-quality landscape architecture and multi-disciplinary projects in a collaborative and creative environment.
• Ability to lead project teams through all phases of design.
• Work collaboratively as a member of a team to support project and interpersonal goals.
• Professional licensure in landscape architecture.
• Experience practicing landscape architecture in Michigan and participation in professional organizations.
• Self-directed and able to prioritize, multi-task, and meet deadlines.
• Ability to read and interpret ordinances, statutes, plans, maps, blueprints, contracts.
• Ability to oversee the production of deliverables at all phases of design.
• Expert in AutoCAD, Sketchup, Adobe Suite. Familiarity with Lumion a plus.
• Experience working within financial management software to monitor project performance metrics.

Come work for OHM Advisors, the community advancement firm.

With the singular mission of Advancing Communities, our diverse, 650 member team works collaboratively across multiple service areas including architecture, engineering, planning, surveying, and construction engineering to create better places for people.

We are a team of experts with individual specialties working together, driven to make a difference through people-focused problem solving, design and ideas. In everything we do, we put people first. We create places for communities of people that help solve a problem and drive them forward—advancing the whole community today and well into the future.

Growth at OHM Advisors

Our staff is our greatest asset. We continuously strive to provide tools, mentorship, and resources to help you win at work and life. Read about some of our self-designed career advancement and enrichment programs, like OHM Wellness, OHM Grad School, and OHM University, on our website.  

OHM Advisors is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.

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