What are the responsibilities and job description for the Professional Landscape Architect position at Cole & Associates?
Position: Professional Landscape Architect
St. Louis, MO
Cole is a fast-paced, multi-disciplinary company providing Civil Engineering, Surveying, Landscape Architecture, ADA Transition Planning, and GIS services to our clients. Cole has a national presence with offices in St. Louis, St. Charles, and O’Fallon, MO, and Phoenix AZ.
While our offices and services span the U.S., we take pride in our strong company culture. Cole is a collaborative, entrepreneurial and forward-thinking company, and we believe in providing our employees with an active and fun work environment. Cole provides efficient design solutions for commercial, industrial, institutional and residential projects.
Our robust benefits package includes competitive pay, group insurance including medical, dental and visions plans, paternity leave, 401k, PTO and paid company holidays, flexible spending accounts, life insurance, disability coverage, flexible schedules and we support and encourage training, learning and growth opportunities. Cole also provides a discretionary annual bonus dependent upon company and individual performance.
Responsibilities:
Cole is seeking an experienced and Site Designer to join our Landscape Architecture practice. You will be responsible for working on, collaborating and leading a varied range of efforts throughout all project phases to include proposal support, rendering, design, documentation as well as construction administration.
Cole is searching for a balanced professional who is self-motivated, collaborative, and comfortable delivering projects from concept through construction utilizing a strong level of design quality, curiosity and technical competence.
- Assist with the management and production of plans for various projects from concept through construction drawings.
- Deliver design documents and presentations, including high quality renderings, plans and perspectives.
- Provide critical thinking and problem solving.
- Collaborate with clients and multi-disciplinary project teams including consultants, contractors, builders, sub-contractors and internal professionals.
- Assist in project document reviews and assure adherence to Cole standards, industry best practices and quality requirements.
- Interact with clients in a professional manner.
- Perform site visits to verify field conditions and monitor project progress.
- Assist in supporting proposal development, project pursuits and client presentations.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Landscape Architecture.
- Registered Professional Landscape Architect preferred but not required.
- Minimum 3 years of professional experience in landscape architecture or site design.
- Excellent time management skills, organizational ability, communication skills and attention to detail.
- Proficient in AutoCAD, Revit and Adobe Creative Suite such as Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign.
- Experience with 3-D modeling software such as Sketch-Up preferred.
- Strong verbal, written and presentation skills.
Compensation:
- Salary range for this role shall consider a wide range of factor’s including level of education attained, general qualifications, skills, experience, certifications and location.
It is the policy of Cole & Associates, Inc. a Missouri Corporation d.b.a Cole Design Group, Inc. in Arizona, herein referred to as "Cole" not to discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability or because he or she is a protected veteran.