Senior Landscape Architect | Project Manager

ZGF Architects•Portland, OR

1d•$107,000 - $124,000•Onsite

About The Position

ZGF is seeking a Senior Landscape Architect | Project Manager to join our team in the Portland, OR office with a minimum of 15 years of progressive experience in landscape architecture planning, design and construction, and development of district- and campus-scaled master plans. Based in Portland, OR the successful candidate will lead interdisciplinary teams of landscape architects and urban designers, often including architects, engineers, planners and specialty consultants, to deliver landscape architectural and urban design projects throughout the Pacific northwest. ZGF projects represent the intrinsic values of the people who will occupy them, the institutions they represent, and the communities they serve. The firm’s work is based on a community ethic in which any modification to either the natural or urban landscape must respect, as well as strengthen or heal, the existing fabric of which they become a part. As a Senior Landscape Architecture | Project Manager, you will work in dialog with clients, firm leadership, and project teams to accomplish clients’ goals in pursuit of design excellence. Project managers at ZGF negotiate, plan, and execute our work in the context of reasonable budget and schedule parameters. At ZGF, individual growth is a critical driver of the evolution of the firm as a whole, therefore your development will be encouraged through mentoring, exposure to a variety of landscape architecture and urban design project types and roles and increasing levels of responsibility. .As a Senior Landscape Architect | Project Manager you will… Represent ZGF and function as a primary contact with clients. Deliver successful landscape architecture and urban design projects on behalf of ZGF. Generate positive client feedback while achieving contract and financial performance metrics across the lifespan of multi-year and/or multi-task order contracts. Collaborate with clients and project stakeholders to define project success and develop goals, strategies and approaches to get there. Prepare and manage, or support staff to do so, detailed project approaches, schedules, scopes of work, fee budgets and project execution plans, as well as negotiate contracts. Collaborate with department leadership to manage change, and exercise discretion to escalate issues to firm management when necessary. Lead landscape architecture quality management activities to ensure clear, concise, correct and complete technical documentation of ZGF landscape architecture projects. Establish and maintain business development relationships. Guide and mentor junior staff to develop their careers as designers, leaders and project managers.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in landscape architecture from accredited program.
Minimum 15 years of experience in landscape architectural design, documentation and construction administration, in collaboration on large multidisciplinary projects with architects and engineers.
Licensed to practice landscape architecture in the State of Oregon.
Superior communication, writing, editing and reporting skills for a wide variety of audiences, including graphical presentation of complex project management approaches and processes.
Ability to lead multiple projects in various stages of development simultaneously, and work cooperatively among architecture and landscape architecture leaders to ensure design integrity.
Track record of satisfied clients eager to work with you again.
Familiarity with design software requirements and workflows (Revit, Autodesk 360, Bluebeam, SketchUp, Rhino, etc.)
Proficiency with project management tracking and collaboration tools such as SmartSheet, Bluebeam, MS Project and the MS Outlook suite.
Extensive experience leading multidisciplinary teams on large, multi-year or multi-task order projects.
Experience leading the development and successful permitting of district- and campus-scaled master plans.
Track record of successful coaching, mentoring and development of junior staff.

Responsibilities

Represent ZGF and function as a primary contact with clients.
Deliver successful landscape architecture and urban design projects on behalf of ZGF.
Generate positive client feedback while achieving contract and financial performance metrics across the lifespan of multi-year and/or multi-task order contracts.
Collaborate with clients and project stakeholders to define project success and develop goals, strategies and approaches to get there.
Prepare and manage, or support staff to do so, detailed project approaches, schedules, scopes of work, fee budgets and project execution plans, as well as negotiate contracts.
Collaborate with department leadership to manage change, and exercise discretion to escalate issues to firm management when necessary.
Lead landscape architecture quality management activities to ensure clear, concise, correct and complete technical documentation of ZGF landscape architecture projects.
Establish and maintain business development relationships.
Guide and mentor junior staff to develop their careers as designers, leaders and project managers.