Senior Landscape Planner/Business Development

Help us build the future and we’ll help you build a rewarding and purposeful career!

Our global network is made up of architects, designers, planners, engineers, and environmental scientists all working towards the same goal.

Join a team that brings inspirational architecture, landscapes, townscapes and places to our world, and we’ll provide you unlimited space to grow.

Who are we looking for?

GHD is seeking a broadly-talented and planning and design-oriented California licensed Sr Landscape Planner/ Business Development consultantto join a small independent design group in Northern or Southern CA – a team consisting of landscape architects, urban designers/planners, arborists, and transportation & urban planning experts.

This role will help grow our planning and design services for projects ranging from community master planning to public and private-realm landscape and urban design projects. You will be responsible for supporting our group through winning work and managing projects, with a focus on expanding our group’s capabilities and project experience in community, park, and/or campus planning. Additional responsibilities may include managing projects that include planting and irrigation design, site planning and design, and graphic-rich presentation material development.

In an ever-changing world, it requires creativity and innovation to stay ahead!

We’re seeking the curious, those who are stimulated by fresh thinking and a desire to shape our communities in new, positive ways.

See what the power of commitment can do for you.

Our Hybrid Work Model  Be part of the dynamic culture! Our workplace thrives on a hybrid model, combining in-office collaboration and flexibility. Join us in office, three days a week to contribute, connect and excel in our vibrant environment.

Responsibilities

• Leadership and Direction: Communicate the actions needed to implement the function's strategy and business plan within the team; explain the relationship to the broader organization's mission, vision, and values; motivate people to commit to these and to do extraordinary things to achieve local business goals.
• Strategic Planning: Develop and/or deliver elements of a strategic planning system with guidance from senior colleagues.
• Engineering Standards Specification: Analyze information, draft engineering standards and specifications, and evaluate the effectiveness of those standards within own engineering discipline to ensure work of the required quality is delivered and to inform engineering work in the organization and/or of its suppliers, contractors, and consultants.
• Improvement/Innovation: Identify shortcomings in existing business practices, then suggest and implement improvements while developing and delivering projects or a work stream within the organization's change management program. Involves working with guidance from senior colleagues.
• Project Management: Manage a portfolio of projects while reporting to senior colleagues.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Develop stakeholder engagement by identifying stakeholders; by finding out their needs, issues, and concerns; and by reacting to these needs, issues, and concerns to support the communication of business information and decisions.
• Budgeting: Develop and/or deliver budget plans with guidance from senior colleagues.
• Performance Management: Manage and report on the performance of a substantial, diverse team; set appropriate performance objectives for direct reports or project/account team members and hold individuals accountable for achieving them; take appropriate corrective action where necessary to ensure the achievement of team/personal objectives.
• Organizational Capability Building: Use the organization's formal development framework to identify the team's individual development needs. Plan and implement actions, including continuing professional development specified by professional or regulatory institutions, to build their professional capabilities. Provide informal training or coaching to others throughout the organization in own area of expertise to enable others to improve performance and fulfill personal potential.

Education

• Professional undergraduate or graduate degree from a program in landscape architecture, architecture, planning, urban design, or related field required

Experience

• 10+ years’ experience in Landscape Architecture
• Project Management experience required
• Park or campus master planning experience required
• Architecture or Urban Design experience a plus

Technical Requirements:

• Autocad required
• Sketchup or equivalent 3D modeling required
• Microsoft Office required
• Adobe Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, and In-design) required
• LandFX a plus
• Lumion or other rendering software a plus
• Revu BlueBeam a plus
• ArcMap or QGIS a plus
• Revit a plus

Professional Requirements:

• Strong planning and project design talent
• Ability to win and manage new project work
• Drafting and digital modeling to a professional level
• Strong graphic design and communication skills
• Strong writing and editing skills for planning documents and reports
• Technical familiarity with processes and workflow for architecture, landscape architecture, and/or urban design

 Application Requirements:

• Personal Portfolio or Project Sheets, minimum 5 projects (20 MB Max PDF or Web-based)
• Resume/CV (PDF)
• Cover Letter

Salary Range: $120,000- $200,000 based on experience

As a multicultural organization, we encourage individual achievement and recognize the strength of a diverse workforce. GHD is an equal opportunity employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants without regard to race, creed, religion, national origin, citizenship, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status or veteran status.

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