Landscape Architect/Designer

Ardurra is seeking a Landscape Architect/Designer to join our staff in Tampa, FL. 

We design infrastructure and environments that shape communities and enhance quality of life. As a multi-disciplined engineering, planning, landscape architecture, and design firm with deep roots across the Southeast, we’re known for thoughtful, resilient, and cost-effective solutions. We are currently seeking a Landscape Architect or Landscape Designer to join our growing team and lead the delivery of high-impact landscape and site development projects in collaboration with our civil engineering, stormwater, water resources, and planning teams.

Our land development client base includes both the private and public sector. Opportunities exist for the pursuit of individual landscape architecture work with either market sector and for both existing and new projects.

Primary Function

In this role, you will support landscape architecture as part of Ardurra’s Tampa office, which provides all aspects of landscape architecture services for land development, transportation, and municipal projects across Tampa Bay, throughout Florida, and all Ardurra regions nationally. The project scope can range from permit level plan production to detailed landscape architecture including planting, hardscape, irrigation, and custom designed site features.

You will be part of Ardurra’s multi-discipline project design team and participate in general project coordination, design, permit procurement, and construction administration.

Project opportunities in addition to landscape architecture may include land planning, rezoning assistance, conceptual site plan preparation, preparation of support documents & exhibits, and assistance with project site due diligence.  Typical projects include residential, master planned communities, mixed-use, commercial, industrial, urban in-fill, streetscape, and parks & recreation.

Primary Duties

• Experience with planting, hardscape, and irrigation design
• Preparing plans, details, and reports for relevant project design elements
• Utilizing relevant software programs in preparing exhibits and complex working drawings; continue developing skills using software programs for design and drafting
• Communicating design concepts and technical information to internal design team members
• Working in a collaborative interdisciplinary team environment, working closely with engineers, architects, planners, and biologists

Education and Experience Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Landscape Architecture from an accredited program
• Licensure not required immediately, but pursuit of licensure is expected
• 1 to approximately 3 years of experience as a landscape architect and/or landscape designer
• Familiarity with AutoCAD Civil 3D, Land FX, Photoshop, InDesign, Lumion, Revit, Sketchup, and Illustrator
• Strong graphic ability, including hand drawing and digital drawing
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills to work well with co-workers, contractors, and other internal and external associates

Why Ardurra?

While Ardurra offers competitive compensation and rich benefits programs, it is our culture that truly sets us apart from our peers. We nurture a family-like culture, striving to create a work environment that is enjoyable, challenging and rewarding but also fun.  We are acutely focused on developing our staff, whether through our internal Ardurra Academy or through our industry-leading Leadership program. We have made a deliberate and focused commitment to nurture a people-centric culture where people are: valued as individuals; supported in their professional and career development with multiple, varied career paths; provided the tools and resources to be successful, engaged, and satisfied in their work; and positive benefits, time-off programs, and flexibility to help maintain a healthy balance between work and home. 

Ardurra 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.

NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES:

Ardurra does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of a signed Agency Agreement, Ardurra will not consider or agree to payment of any referral compensation or recruiter fee. If a resume or candidate is submitted to any hiring manager without a previously signed agreement, Ardurra reserves the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. These candidates will be considered property of Ardurra. We’re not currently looking to add any more agencies to our list of approved vendors, so please do not contact any of our managers or recruitment team with sales calls or details of your candidates.

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