Project Landscape Architect - Toole Design

Toole Design Group in Boston, MA is looking to hire an experienced and talented full-time Project Landscape Architect. Do you have 8+ years of progressive experience in landscape architecture, including concept through final design, and sound capabilities in business development and project management? Do you desire to work with and lead multidisciplinary teams focused on creating vibrant, active spaces and places for people of all ages and abilities? Would you like to work for a firm that is committed to the well-being of its employees? If so, please consider joining our Boston team.

This Project Landscape Architect position will lead projects with a focus on public realm and active transportation, and earns a competitive salary and great benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability, retirement, a health savings account (HSA), and a flexible spending account (FSA). We practice what we preach and ensure that our employees also have access to transportation by providing them with financial incentives to bike, walk, or use transit for a better quality of life.

About Toole Design

Toole Design is the leading planning, landscape architecture, and engineering firm specializing in multimodal transportation. Since our start in 2003 as a single office in Maryland, we have expanded throughout the United States and Canada. Our talented team of planners, landscape architects, and engineers are committed to delivering quality work that meets the needs of all people, regardless of age, ability, race or gender. We have been named a "best firm to work for" and have one of the lowest staff turnover rates in the industry.

Every project our employees deliver directly and positively affects our communities. We are industry-leading experts, and we work hard to encourage a collaborative and team-oriented environment.

A Day in the Life of a Project Landscape Architect

As a Project Landscape Architect, you'll be working directly with the Boston Leadership Team, including the Office Director and Director of Landscape Architecture. The expectation is for the Project Landscape Architect to hit the ground running, working with existing clients and project teams, and elevate design capabilities in our New England market. Additionally, in collaboration with the other design professionals in the firm, you will help to grow our landscape architecture practice and build our portfolio for landscape architecture as a core Toole Design service practice area influencing how we discuss, develop, and design the largest part of our public realm, our transportation network. In projects, you will often serve as Project Manager or Design Director, establishing the project focus and design direction, leading a team of designers, planners, and engineers to develop successful project solutions.

You will apply your broad knowledge of design technical criteria and methods, spatial design and hands-on management experience to a variety landscape architecture and urban design projects. You will share a commitment to design excellent, and work with a collaborative team. You'll lend your knowledge and experience in project programming, master planning, site design to all design phases. As a part of our landscape architecture practice, you will be at the table with our clients, community members, working collaboratively with our planners, and engineers on projects from start to finish, from stakeholder outreach and design workshops to construction documents and administration.

Your job can sometimes be challenging, but you get to work with a close-knit team that is passionate about the work and the communities that you serve.

Qualifications of a Project Landscape Architect:

• A bachelor's and/or master's degree in landscape architecture
• 8+ years of progressive career experience
• Licensure in MA and/or other New England States
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience in streetscape design, project programming, master planning, site design, and all design phases
• Experience in construction methods and management
• Strong proficiency with hand and digital graphic techniques to communicate design ideas and produce illustrative graphics
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, Sketchup, AutoCAD
• An interest in streetscapes and multimodal transportation design
• A client-service attitude and entrepreneurial spirit
• Strong project management skills including development of project staffing and schedules, developing and monitoring project budgets, cost estimating and specifications

You'll be great here if:

• You're a motivated, self-driven, detail-oriented person that enjoys solving problems and takes pride in the quality of your work
• You have a knack for and interest in business development, including networking and relationship building, as well as crafting proposal messaging, scopes, and fees
• You have strong leadership skills and enjoy participating in multi-disciplinary teams
• You are passionate about sustainability and the opportunity to work on challenging multimodal projects that make communities more livable
• You enjoy producing high-quality work products and seeing your projects get built
• You have strong communication skills, whether written, verbal, or graphically
• You have a positive attitude and are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace culture and community

Work Schedule for a Project Landscape Architect

This full-time position typically works a flexible schedule of 40 hours a week. We also provide employees with the flexibility and necessary equipment to work from home 2-3 days per week. The Boston office of Toole Design is conveniently located in downtown Boston, blocks from multiple MBTA subway lines and walking distance from both North and South stations. The office is easily accessed on foot, by bicycle, and via transit.

Ready to Join our Boston Team?

We understand your time is valuable, so we have a quick and easy application process. If you feel that you would be right for this Project Landscape Architect position, please fill out our application by clicking on the link on this page. Please include a link or attach a portfolio of your work.

At Toole Design, diversity is a necessity, not a nice-to-have. We have a collaborative culture where people of all backgrounds come together to share ideas and build better, more inclusive communities. We encourage those from underrepresented communities - women, people of color, LGBTQIA+, immigrants, those with disabilities and people at all the intersections in between - to apply. Even if you don't think your current skill set checks every box below, but this role seems to align with your strengths, we want to hear from you.

We're proud that about half of our managers are women and we are committed to achieving racial diversity in our leadership as well. Toole Design is a woman-owned business and an equal opportunity employer (EO/AA/VEV/Disabled employer).

Individuals may request accommodations or assistance with the application process by contacting 301-927-1900 and asking for Human Resources or emailing HR@tooledesign.com.

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