What are the responsibilities and job description for the Landscape Architecture Area Leader position at Metric Geo?
We are representing a multi-disciplinary planning, design, and engineering firm with a long-standing history and a team of several hundred professionals. We are seeking a mission-driven and dynamic leader to guide a team of intellectually and technically talented colleagues who are innovative and creative.
Our group includes experts in landscape architecture and urban design, master planning, and environmental design. As Practice Area Leader, you will provide strategic leadership, business development, and technical direction, with a strong emphasis on landscape architecture, urban design, and sustainability. Team members hold advanced degrees, professional licensure, registrations, and related credentials. Based in our Midwest headquarters, the team collaborates with colleagues across multiple offices throughout the Midwest and Florida, delivering landscape architecture expertise both regionally and nationally.
The Practice Area Leader will support employees in their personal and professional growth while also expanding the landscape architecture practice locally and across regional offices. The firm values quality, integrity, diversity, and work-life balance, and we seek individuals who embody these principles.
Qualifications you will need:
- Bachelor’s and/or master’s degree in landscape architecture
- Minimum of 8 years of applicable design experience
- Previous project management experience required
- Professional licensure required
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Adobe Creative Suite, SketchUp, AutoCAD Civil 3D or Revit, and/or GIS software preferred
- Experience with business development activities including marketing, proposals, and client development
- Strong communication skills with a proven ability to work effectively with clients and internal teams
- Demonstrated experience leading and mentoring staff for career development and advancement
- Excellence in written communication, quantitative analysis, graphic design, urban design, presentations, and critical thinking
Why Join ?
Offering a comprehensive benefits package that includes:
- Training, mentorship, and leadership development programs
- A collaborative team atmosphere focused on open communication
- Flexible hours and hybrid work options
- Opportunities to engage in and give back to the community
- A vibrant downtown office location with free amenities such as an onsite fitness center, pickleball courts, and more
- Free covered parking
- Paid parental leave
- Paid time off
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Life insurance
- Short-term and long-term disability coverage
- Flexible spending plans
- Retirement savings plan
- Employee stock ownership plan
- Tuition reimbursement