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Landscape Architect / Project Manager

Company EXP Services Inc.
Location Markham Ontario
Posted Oct 01, 2024
Closing Nov 30, 2024
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At EXP, we know that great experiences start with the right people. We believe that work should be challenging, and the challenge should be fun. We also believe that exponential possibilities are more likely to occur with a respectful, satisfying, and empowering company. We value and respect our employees - their experience and expertise as well as their energy, passion, and diversity - and their innovative approach to work and life.

EXP Services Inc. is looking for a highly motivated Landscape Architect / Project Manager with exceptional design, communication, and organizational skills to join our Landscape Team under the Land Development Group, the office is in Markham. We are looking to grow with the best and brightest team members who aspire to expand and develop our Landscape Architecture practice throughout the GTA area and Ontario.

In this position, you will be part of an integrated team. You will lead and assist with the design, planning and execution of a variety of landscape architecture and infrastructure projects. The successful candidate will possess effective written and digital communication skills and a strategic and design-oriented perspective. You will be expected to take a key role in design and multiple assignments, mentor junior staff and interact with existing and prospective clients and professionals across many disciplines.

Your Responsibilities

  • Commence work on projects at the concept design phase and develop creative designs that work well with the client’s vision. The role includes working through all development phases, conceptual through approvals, inspection and closeout. Participate in development of construction specifications, contract administration and site review for the execution of the built work.
  • Serve as a senior technical landscape designer, mentor and train junior technical staff.
  • Develop site design concepts and analyse site layouts in digital and hand-illustrated formats. Deliver creative solutions and design material that communicate design intent to clients and staff.
  • Provide project development through relationships, vision, and leveraging in-house expertise.
  • Act as the project manager from proposal scoping, budgeting, scheduling, and concept design through construction phases of project management. This includes preparing fee proposals, qualification packages and terms of reference for potential projects.
  • Interface directly with internal /external clients and able to provide clear, well-articulated and solution-based recommendations.

The Skills, Knowledge and Abilities We Seek

  • Minimum of eight years of professional experience in Landscape Architecture
  • Bachelor’s degree in landscape architecture
  • OALA registration or advancement toward OALA registration
  • Exceptional design and technical knowledge
  • Effective verbal, written and interpersonal skills
  • Ability to work on multiple projects (including Public Agencies, and Private Sector clients) with aggressive delivery schedules
  • Demonstrated ability to prepare high-quality design work and design presentations using hand graphics and relevant computer software (AutoCAD, SketchUp, Photoshop, Microsoft Office Suite)
  • Demonstrated experience and design excellence in several core areas of the practice including open space, parks and plazas, streetscapes, trails, greenways and transportation, naturalized and resilient landscapes
  • Demonstrated experience on contract administration for landscape construction projects.

What EXP Can Offer
With a mission to understand, innovate, partner and deliver, EXP provides engineering, architecture, design and consulting services to the world’s built and natural environments.
Our promise is to offer you a challenging career in a positive and dynamic work environment, and it is a promise we take seriously.
Join a dynamic team at EXP that provides you with innovative projects, the capacity to develop your career, a full range of benefits, flexible working hours, and much more! When you explore what EXP has to offer, you’ll find exponential possibilities.

Interested Candidates are welcomed to submit the Resume with a Work Portfolio not exceeding 8MB to EXP Talent Acquisition Specialist, email:  [email protected]    phone: (289) 401-4098

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