Job Type
Full-time
Description
Westwood Professional Services, Inc. is seeking a Manager, Landscape Architecture to join our team in our
Austin office. This position will support a variety of divisions at Westwood, including Public Infrastructure, Land Development, and Renewables. In this role, you will manage multiple projects, lead a team of landscape architects and technical personnel, manage schedules, business development, project utilization, revenue, and yearly projections. Westwood has a highly experienced and dynamic team of individuals dedicated to providing high-level professional services to our clients.
Requirements
- Manager schedules and balances work between teams and shares work between regional teams.
- Build upon business development initiatives and relationships.
- Operations: including project performance metrics, utilization, projections, profits, revenue, etc.
- Uses developed organizational skills to deliver projects efficiently and thoroughly.
- Effectively uses current computer-aided design and production software to maximize project delivery efficiency.
- Takes a proactive role to enhance the training and professional development of assigned team members.
- Creates and maintains a positive environment and team approach for all assignments.
- Actively performs other tasks as assigned or individually identified to benefit the company's overall efficiency and work environment.
- Performs manpower projections and staffing management for multiple tasks and projects to maximize profitability while maintaining the quality of project deliverables.
- Prepare scope/fee proposals and manage contracting processes.
- Maintains effective communications with multiple design teams, other design consultants, the internal engineering and survey departments (re: schedules, deliverables, and billings), and other appropriate parties, both verbal and written.
- Manager relationships with our clients and internal teams to provide the best products and services
- Contribute to the regional landscape architecture practice and strategic initiatives.
- Effectively maintain and grow the team, including landscape architects and technical personnel:
- Manage staffing levels to match available and projected backlog.
- Recruit and interview candidates for open positions.
- Promotes training and professional development.
- Maintains job satisfaction and morale through a positive work culture.
- Performance evaluations and career growth plans for team members.
Required Skills- Demonstrates competence in fundamental landscape architecture, including the ability to prepare a full construction document set for small to large projects with multiple disciplines.
- Ability to manage staff effectively and build a cohesive and people-focused team.
- Ability to prepare proposals and contracts for new projects.
- Ability to manage projects, including budgets, timelines, quality, revenue, and profits
- Can develop cost estimates, specifications, and field reports
- Understands construction administration and general construction methods.
- Demonstrates proficiency with current computer-aided design and production software and the ability to learn new versions or new technology.
Qualifications- Minimum of ten (10) years of experience.
- Registered Landscape Architect in the state of Texas, or ability to obtain within 6 months of hire.
- Graduate from an accredited university or college with a bachelor's degree in landscape architecture or urban planning
- Experience or degrees in other disciplines may be considered at Westwood's discretion.
