Landscape Architect

Through design, we empower communities and help realize their potential. Our landscape architects create inspired spaces that reflect context and user needs along with our commitment to sustainability. We take a collaborative approach to design and believe that the best solutions are the product of diverse perspectives.

Stantec’s Texas practice is seeking a Landscape Architect to join our Community Development Team. The successful candidate will work as a team member within the Community Development practice, including Planning, Landscape Architecture, and Engineering disciplines.

Your Opportunity

As a Landscape Architect, you will work in a team environment in the planning and design of parks and recreation facilities; bicycle, pedestrian, and multiuse trails; sports and athletic facilities; healthcare, corporate, and educational campuses; as well as master planned communities including mixed-use and transit-oriented developments.

Through demonstrated progressively responsible experience in landscape architecture, you have honed your planning and design-development skills on urban space, commercial, residential, roadway or green space projects. You will establish general landscape requirements; conduct preliminary site studies and assess potential to meet client specifications. As part of our team, you will collaborate with skilled professionals on projects ranging from initial planning to decommission.

Our studio is a fast-paced, client-centered, multi-disciplinary environment combining in-house planners, engineers, and landscape architects. Stantec is the place where opportunity, great ideas and rewarding careers happen.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Produce concept design development and provide cost estimating take-offs and summary, detail design services, contract document preparation and undertake various field services such as site inventories and construction inspection and reports
• Translate concept plans through to design development plans
• Prepare construction documents, using computer aided drafting (CAD), including layout plans, planting plans, irrigation plans, grading plans, design details, construction detailing, cost estimates and specifications
• May be required to develop Sketchup models and rendering
• Prepare presentation, marketing drawings and supporting materials
• Prepare presentation graphics, reports and exhibits for conceptual designs, master plans, client meetings, and workshops
• Assist design team on a variety of design and development related projects, undertaking research and design-based development investigations
• Communicate with other multidisciplinary team members on relevant aspects of projects
• Conceptualize, design, and document landscape architectural designs
• Prepare design documents including reports, drawings, and construction specifications for assigned projects
• Serve as technical design expert for projects and work with other team members to develop and execute design
• Communicate effectively with clients to resolve technical project issues; Present and explain reports and designs, and provide service to meet client’s goals
• Coordinate with other members of the design team to finalize the design of the development
• Effectively communicate with contractors to implement plan design
• Conduct site investigations and construction administration activities
• Assist in preparation of proposals