What are the responsibilities and job description for the New Grad Landscape/Urban Designer I - Summer 2026 position at HNTB?
What We're Looking For
At HNTB, you can create a career that is meaningful to you while building communities that matter to all of us. For more than a century, we have been delivering solutions for some of the largest, most complex infrastructure projects across the country. With our historic growth, it is an exciting time to join our team of employee-owners.
This opportunity entails being responsible for assisting with landscape, urban, and environmental design services. This position may support a variety of transportation-related design and planning work for major infrastructure projects including roadway, bridge, park, and transit projects. Applies established methodologies and procedures to perform assigned tasks.
Our Central States office seeks a Landscape/Urban Designer I for Summer 2026.
What You’ll Do
Click here for benefits information: HNTB Total Rewards
Click here to learn more about Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran
Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
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Locations:
Des Moines, IA, Kansas City, MO, Oklahoma City, OK, Overland Park, KS (Sprint Parkway), St. Louis, MO
Notice To Third-party Agencies
HNTB does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or agencies. Any staffing/employment agency, person or entity that submits an unsolicited resume to this site does so with the understanding that the applicant's resume will become the property of HNTB. HNTB will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion and without any fee owed to the submitting staffing/employment agency, person or entity. Staffing/employment agencies who have fee agreements with HNTB must submit applicants to the designated HNTB recruiter to be eligible for placement fees.
Job Type: Regular
Full/Part Time: Full time
Job Category: Planning Group
ReqID: R-27406 #college
At HNTB, you can create a career that is meaningful to you while building communities that matter to all of us. For more than a century, we have been delivering solutions for some of the largest, most complex infrastructure projects across the country. With our historic growth, it is an exciting time to join our team of employee-owners.
This opportunity entails being responsible for assisting with landscape, urban, and environmental design services. This position may support a variety of transportation-related design and planning work for major infrastructure projects including roadway, bridge, park, and transit projects. Applies established methodologies and procedures to perform assigned tasks.
Our Central States office seeks a Landscape/Urban Designer I for Summer 2026.
What You’ll Do
- Conducts basic research and data collection.
- Assist in the development of conceptual, design development and construction-level plans for urban design and landscape architecture (layout plans, planting plans, grading plans and construction details) using CAD software.
- Assists in the development of graphics, presentation materials, and reports.
- Assists in the production of 3D visualizations using the latest software.
- Assists in stakeholder and public participation process.
- Maintains records, collections and files related to specific projects.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
- Bachelor's degree in Landscape Architecture, Planning, Urban Design or related field
- Demonstrates fundamental design and production skills with attention to detail, with direction from more experienced staff.
- Coordinates with team members and personnel within the firm on a regular basis to complete assigned tasks.
- Compiles estimating and take-offs (i.e., area, quantities, costs, compliance) as requested from more experienced staff.
- Checks calculations and drawings, reviewing the checklist of typicals. Performs updates based on the review of more experienced staff.
- Performs specific short-term design applications.
- Maintains a working understanding of one or more CAD software (i.e., AutoCAD, MicroStation, etc.), 3D visualization software (i.e., Sketchup, Rhino, Lumion, etc.), and graphics software (i.e., Adobe Creative Suite).
- Master’s Degree - Landscape Architecture, Planning, Urban Design or related field.
- Prior internship in Landscape Architecture, Planning, Urban Design or related field
Click here for benefits information: HNTB Total Rewards
Click here to learn more about Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran
Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
\#MZ
\#TransportationPlanning
Locations:
Des Moines, IA, Kansas City, MO, Oklahoma City, OK, Overland Park, KS (Sprint Parkway), St. Louis, MO
Notice To Third-party Agencies
HNTB does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or agencies. Any staffing/employment agency, person or entity that submits an unsolicited resume to this site does so with the understanding that the applicant's resume will become the property of HNTB. HNTB will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion and without any fee owed to the submitting staffing/employment agency, person or entity. Staffing/employment agencies who have fee agreements with HNTB must submit applicants to the designated HNTB recruiter to be eligible for placement fees.
Job Type: Regular
Full/Part Time: Full time
Job Category: Planning Group
ReqID: R-27406 #college
