Landscape Designer

Location: Houston TX

Time Type: Full time

Job Description

Edgeland is an emerging landscape architecture firm and will include building out company standards, creating efficient workflows, and templates to be used by the firm moving forward. As a growing company, Edgeland provides the opportunity to broaden your skill set and exercise creativity. You will be supported by company leadership and play a key role in Edgeland’s development.

Contributes to client projects through conceptual design, urban planning, and construction administration. You will work together with fellow landscape architects to develop sustainable and collaborative outdoor spaces that encourage learning through nature-based play.

 

Your Impact:

• Create interactive outdoor spaces at a variety of scales from ecosystem restoration to intimate learning gardens
• Create innovative designs that can adapt to a variety of materials and situations
• Cross-departmental collaboration with engineers and architects to bond natural and livable systems
• Produce drainage, grading, hardscape, and landscape plans
• Prepare well-designed schematic sketches and concept plans for client evaluation
• Perform site visits to systematize introductory design stages and oversee continued work through construction administration

Here’s What You’ll Need:

• 1+ years of experience in a professional landscape architecture setting
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited landscape architecture program
• Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite, AutoCAD, and MS Office
• Advanced knowledge 3-D modeling program SketchUp
• Strong oral, written, and graphic communication skills
• Excellent time-management and organizational skills
• Ability to self-assess and command a high level of accuracy
• Ability to travel to project sites

How You’ll Stand Out:

• Experience developing construction documentation