Landscape Architecture Associate

Baxter & Woodman•Crystal Lake, IL

6d•Hybrid

About The Position

We are hiring a Landscape Architect to support and contribute to the growth of our Landscape Architecture business throughout Baxter and Woodman’s service area. This role focuses on learning and growing your technical design skills while producing solid, high-quality work. The selected candidate will help create landscape plans at the conceptual and schematic stages, assist in developing construction documents and contribute to delivering great service to our clients. The candidate will help to support team goals, assist with internal coordination, and help facilitate sub-consultant coordination, quality control, and project production (including construction documentation and specifications). They will also support coordination during design and construction activities.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in landscape architecture, land planning, or related discipline is required.
2-5 years of landscape architecture, and/or planning, land development industry experience.
Strong knowledge of AutoCAD, SketchUp.
Proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator), Adobe Acrobat Pro, and Microsoft Office products (Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Excel, Teams, and One Note).
Proven ability to produce high-quality landscape architectural work according to programmatic requirements, within the allocated project schedule and budget.
Excellent technical writing, graphic, and verbal communication skills.
Ability to articulate and explain technical issues to non-technical municipal staff, officials, and the public.
Ability to administer the work of subconsultants.
Ability to work collaboratively with in-house staff, developers, designers, and public officials.
Ability to travel to various sites within the Chicago region as needed.

Nice To Haves

Experience at a professional design or engineering firm preferred.
Landscape Architectural registration (PLA) within the State of IL is a plus.
Knowledge of Land F/X and Microstation are plusses.

Responsibilities

Assist in preparing conceptual, schematic, and detailed landscape plans.
Conduct site analysis, including measuring, photographing, and documenting existing conditions.
Assist with quality control by reviewing drawings for accuracy and consistency.
Assist standards development.
Help create graphics, renderings, and presentation materials for client meetings.
Assist in ensuring internal communication and coordination of design efforts.
Help develop cost estimates for landscape-related improvements.
Support project management efforts.
Assist in making presentations to clients, public officials, and the public.
Participate in professional organizations and support efforts to advance the landscape architecture profession.
Contribute to meeting departmental utilization and project goals.