Landscape Designer - Hybrid

About This Role

Designing and shaping landscapes where communities, natural systems, and infrastructure converge is the core of this role. The Landscape Designer will support transportation, public works, and federal infrastructure and facility projects through various design and documentation phases. This position is ideal for a creative designer with technical accuracy, strong communication skills, and a desire to grow in a collaborative, multidisciplinary environment.

Responsibilities

• Prepare landscape architecture construction documents using AutoCAD for federal and public works projects and MicroStation for Caltrans projects
• Compile and analyze site information, including land use, site context, soils, vegetation, drainage, utilities, and existing structures
• Develop landscape concepts, planting and irrigation plans, grading concepts, technical details, illustrative plans, diagrams, renderings, exhibits, and presentation materials
• Assist with preparing technical specifications, quantity calculations, and construction cost estimates
• Coordinate design and production activities with civil, traffic, structural, stormwater, and other technical disciplines
• Communicate professionally with clients, agencies, subconsultants, and internal project teams
• Participate in project meetings, site visits, agency coordination, and construction-phase services
• Complete assigned tasks on schedule, within budget, and in accordance with project quality requirements
• Perform careful self-checks and support ongoing quality assurance and quality control throughout project delivery
• Balance design quality with constructability, maintainability, schedule, and budget
• Communicate progress proactively, ask thoughtful questions, and follow assignments through completion
• Build technical knowledge while contributing positively to a collaborative team environment

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Landscape Architecture from an accredited program
• Approximately 3-5 years of professional landscape architecture experience
• Proficiency in AutoCAD
• Working knowledge of SketchUp, Bluebeam, Microsoft Office, and Adobe Creative Suite
• Understanding of planting design, irrigation design, grading and drainage fundamentals, construction documents, and technical detailing
• Ability to collaborate effectively with interdisciplinary teams and respond constructively to redlines and design direction
• Strong written, verbal, graphic, and visual communication skills with careful attention to detail
• Ability to organize assignments, manage workload across multiple projects, and meet project deadlines
• Portfolio or work samples demonstrating both design/presentation graphics and construction-document or technical-detailing capabilities are required