Landscape Designer

Edgeland Group•Houston, TX

5d•Hybrid

About The Position

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. Edgeland is in search of a Landscape Designer/Architect to contribute 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.

Requirements

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

Nice To Haves

Experience developing construction documentation

Responsibilities

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