Associate Landscape Architect at Cumming in Los Angeles, California

Job Description:

Position Title: Associate Landscape Architect

Location: Los Angeles, CA

Req Id: JR100278

Time Type: Full time

Description:

At Cumming Group, you will work on some of the world's most exciting projects in a dynamic environment where your success is measured by the impact you make. We are one of the fastest-growing project and cost management consultancies in the United States, as reflected in our top 20 rankings in ENR. With over 50 offices globally, an extremely diverse project portfolio, and double-digit year-over-year revenue growth, the opportunities to make your mark are limitless!

We are currently looking for a Landscape Architect to be located in the Los Angeles, CA area. This opportunity will have you working within our education project construction sector. The education team provides services to K-12 as well as higher education institutions nationally. You will be teaming with project, program, and client leadership to provide premier educational facilities for our nation’s youth and adults seeking to better themselves through learning.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Provide CAD assistance for in-house landscape design projects and greening projects.
• Provide design assistance for in-house landscape design projects and greening projects.
• Develop and process Design Service Proposals for landscape design projects.
• Project coordination with in-house design managers, engineers, and architects for landscape design projects and greening projects.
• Project coordination with school district technical staff, project planning staff, and maintenance and operations staff for design projects and greening projects.
• Project coordination with school principals, teachers, non-profit groups, and parent groups for landscape design projects and greening projects.
• Project coordination with task order architects, landscape architects, and engineers for landscape design projects and greening projects.
• Organize and maintain all project documents and pictures in project folders.
• Provide technical and project support using project tracking database.
• Pre-design site visits for landscape design projects and greening projects.
• Construction inspection site visits for all landscape design projects and greening projects.
• Deliver project documents to field supervisors.
• Assist in grant applications.
• Assist in compiling information/maintaining & updating greening database of garden projects.
• Performs other relevant duties as assigned

Knowledge & Skills Required:

• Utilize effective written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to communicate with various stakeholders, internal and external to the company.
• Demonstrate an understanding of how project documentation impacts the project flow.
• Ability to read blueprints.
• Extensive experience in AutoCAD and Adobe Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign).
• Revit, Rhino and Lumion experience is preferred.
• Ability to multi-task, prioritize, and work efficiently.
• Demonstrate sound judgement and logical decision making skills.
• Understand how your role contributes to the organization's goals.
• Deliver quality work product by role modeling organizational core values.
• Hold self accountable to individual and team goals.
• Consistently communicate and collaborate with team members and clients.
• Build relationships with peers, leaders, and clients.
• Proactively participate in self-development to continually enhance current skills and build new skills required to excel at current role and prepare for career progression.
• Ability to perform at high levels in a fast paced, ever-changing work environment.
• Rely on instructions and pre-established guidelines to perform the functions of the job.

Preferred Education and Experience:

Education: Graduation from a recognized college or university with a bachelor’s degree in landscape architecture.

Experience: 3+ years of professional experience in landscape architecture design on commercial or public agency projects, preferably school or university projects.

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Cumming Group provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

About_Us:

At Cumming Group, we are passionate about helping our clients execute large-scale, complex projects on-time and within budget. Our project and cost-management services are specifically tailored to each client’s needs and add meaningful value at every step of a project’s development.

Drawing on deep expertise in the communities and sectors we serve, we anticipate and solve problems, deliver solutions, and drive results. Since opening our doors in 1996, Cumming Group has grown to 50+ offices globally, and is now home to more than 1,950 team members – including many of the brightest minds in the industry.

Learn more about what a great organization we are at https://www.linkedin.com/company/cumming-group/about/

Cumming Group provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

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