AECOM

Urban Designer/Landscape Architecture Leader

AECOM$70K — $95K *
Real Estate & Construction
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Landscape Architecture or Urban Design plus 6 years of relevant experience
  • Professional landscape architecture license in the US
  • Master's degree in landscape architecture or urban design (preferred)
  • Licensed Landscape Architect in Ohio within 6 months of hire (preferred)
  • Ten plus years of relevant experience or equivalent education (preferred)
  • Proficiency in AutoCAD, Adobe Creative Suite, and at least one 3D modeling platform (preferred)
  • Minimum of 5 years in design leadership roles (preferred)

Responsibilities

  • Lead design processes for complex civic projects
  • Foster a collaborative design culture within the practice
  • Articulate design visions clearly to both internal and external stakeholders
  • Work on both local and national design projects
  • Leverage the resources of AECOM for design excellence
  • Integrate with a multi-disciplinary team of professionals
  • Support business development and marketing strategies

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work on transformational community projects
  • Access to industry-leading designers and technical experts
  • Dynamic team collaboration within a multi-disciplinary environment
  • Chance to develop a design studio culture
  • Participation in civic-minded organizations encouraged
Full Job Description
Job Description

Our award-winning urban design, landscape architecture, and planning practice is seeking Urban Designer or Landscape Architecture Design Leader who has a passion for working on complex civic-focused projects. This role is to be based in Cleveland or Columbus, OH.

A key quality of a candidate will be their ability to bring design leadership and foster a culture of design to an established design practice and a diverse set of internal and external collaborators. The successful candidate will work on local projects as we as well as projects in other locales across the country. Regardless of project location, the successful candidate must be a strategic thinker, drive a design process, possess excellent communication and organizational skills, and have a willingness and excitement to collaborate with partners across AECOM's multi-disciplinary platform.

The successful candidate will understand the value of leveraging the design platform that AECOM offers, which is access and collaboration with industry leading designers and technical experts in nearly every design and engineering field. The current and near-term projects that this position would support will be transformational to the communities in which they exist.

Internally, this position will provide the opportunity to serve as an integral part of a planning and design practice that includes planners, landscape architects, architects, interior designers, engineers, and business development professionals. The position will require the ability to present and clearly articulate design visions, concepts, internally and externally, as a function of facilitating the overall design process for complex multi-layered design problems and solutions.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements
  • Bachelor's degree in of Landscape Architecture or Urban Design + 6 years of relevant professional design experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education
  • Professional landscape architecture license within the US

Preferred Qualifications
  • Master's degree in landscape architecture or urban design
  • Licensed Landscape Architect in Ohio (within 6 months of hire)
  • Ten plus years of relevant professional design experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education
  • Proficiency in Autocad, Adobe Creative Suite, and at least one of the following 3D modeling and rendering platforms (revit, rhino, sketchup)
  • Support the further development of a design studio culture
  • Collaborator & Integrator
  • Minimum of 5 years of applicable design leadership experience.
  • Project leadership experience
  • Professional licensure within the state of Ohio
  • Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, Rhino, SketchUp, AutoCAD Civil 3D
  • Proficiency in creating hand sketches for the purpose of facilitating design workshops and quickly communicating design ideas.
  • Familiarity with and past participation with business development activities such as marketing, proposals and client development.
  • Excellent internal and external communication of design vision
  • Excellent written communication, quantitative analysis, graphic design, urban design, presenting, and critical thinking skills.
  • Non-mandatory participation in civic-minded organizations
  • Evidence of third-party recognition of your work or projects you have played a significant role in, e.g., ASLA, AIA, design awards and/or publications and presentations with a focus on design


Additional Information
  • Sponsorship is not available for this role

About AECOM

AECOM is a global provider of professional technical and management support services to a broad range of markets, including transportation, facilities, environmental, energy, water and government. With approximately 45,000 employees around the world, AECOM is a leader in all of the key markets that it serves. AECOM provides a blend of global reach, local knowledge, innovation and technical excellence in delivering solutions that create, enhance and sustain the world's built, natural, and social environments. A Fortune 500 company, AECOM serves clients in more than 150 countries and had revenue of $8.0 billion during the 12 months ended March 31, 2014.

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Size
51,000 employees
Market Cap
$11.8 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$200.8 million
Founded
1990
5 Year Trend
-6.3%
Revenue
$13.3 billion
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