What are the responsibilities and job description for the Intern, Planning / Landscape Architecture position at Halff?
Halff, is actively seeking an Intern for our Landscape Architecture team in our Fayetteville, AR office. The selected candidate will work collaboratively with an interdisciplinary team of landscape architects, planners, and others to provide design and production support on a wide variety of public and private landscape architectural projects. Project emphasis includes: park, recreation and trail planning and design; urban park, plaza, streetscape and transportation enhancements; land development; and support for large scale planning projects.
What You Will Do
Halff's Landscape Architecture Services
Halff is a full-service infrastructure consulting firm planned, designed, engineered, constructed — and purposed — for people. Since 1950, we’ve been creating smart solutions that improve lives and communities by turning ideas into reality.
Halff was founded on a core tenet: Focus on people, treat them well, and success will follow. It’s no wonder, then, that our employees and the culture they create result in our firm consistently being named a Top Workplace in America.
Our industry-leading professionals collaborate to meet tough challenges in creative ways. You can view Halff's full complement of services here
Halff has over 30 offices in Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Florida, Arkansas, Georgia and Arizona. For a full list of our locations, click here
We Offer Excellent Benefits, Including But Not Limited To
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected status.
Halff is a drug-free workplace. This offer of employment is contingent upon the receipt of a clear drug screen and background check prior to your first day of employment. This position may be subject to random drug testing pursuant to federal regulations.
Interns are paid hourly and work a range between 16-40 hours per week, typically sometime between 8a-5p Monday through Friday, depending on the candidate’s school schedule.
Halff does not pay for or provide housing for Internships.
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What You Will Do
- Landscape architectural and planning project support;
- Work directly with landscape architects/project managers;
- Participate in site inventory and analysis;
- Assist with project research and data compilation to be used in design process;
- Produce conceptual site planning and graphics (hand and digital), schematic/preliminary design plans and graphics, design development and construction document plans and details;
- Produce quantity take-offs and develop cost estimates;
- Assist with technical specification preparation for bid documents;
- Produce landscape compliance documents for land development projects;
- Produce maps and graphic renderings in support of planning projects.
- Pursing a bachelor’s degree in landscape architecture.
- Interest in preparing site analysis and conceptual design graphics/exhibits.
- Interest in preparing construction documents.
- Great communication skills
- Well organized, detail oriented, and highly motivated;
- Strong design and graphic skills; writing skills a plus;
- Our team gets involved early in the process to develop a plan that seamlessly integrates built elements with the natural environment.
- We understand that a successful design should be driven by how the entity, whether a park, trail or other public area, will be used.
- Halff’s projects and employees are consistently recognized for their excellence.
Halff's Landscape Architecture Services
- Active Transportation Planning
- Land and Site Planning
- Low Impact Development/Green Infrastructure
- Master Planned Communities
- Nature Parks and Greenways
- Neighborhood and Community Parks Planning and Design
- Regional Transportation Management Center (RTMC) Design
- Sport Facilities and Feasibility Studies
- Streetscapes and Gateways
- Urban Design and Placemaking Lift Station Design
- Consult with Landscape Architect/Construction
Halff is a full-service infrastructure consulting firm planned, designed, engineered, constructed — and purposed — for people. Since 1950, we’ve been creating smart solutions that improve lives and communities by turning ideas into reality.
Halff was founded on a core tenet: Focus on people, treat them well, and success will follow. It’s no wonder, then, that our employees and the culture they create result in our firm consistently being named a Top Workplace in America.
Our industry-leading professionals collaborate to meet tough challenges in creative ways. You can view Halff's full complement of services here
Halff has over 30 offices in Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Florida, Arkansas, Georgia and Arizona. For a full list of our locations, click here
We Offer Excellent Benefits, Including But Not Limited To
- Medical, dental, prescription and life insurance
- Long-term and short-term disability insurance
- Paid time off (PTO) and 8 company paid holidays (and Veteran's Day for our veterans)
- Traditional and Roth 401(k) plans
- Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
- Health Savings Account (HSA)
- 529 College Savings Plan
- Flexible spending accounts (FSA)
- Employee Assistance Plan
- Click here for a more comprehensive list of Halff's benefits
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected status.
Halff is a drug-free workplace. This offer of employment is contingent upon the receipt of a clear drug screen and background check prior to your first day of employment. This position may be subject to random drug testing pursuant to federal regulations.
Interns are paid hourly and work a range between 16-40 hours per week, typically sometime between 8a-5p Monday through Friday, depending on the candidate’s school schedule.
Halff does not pay for or provide housing for Internships.
#internopp