Landscape Architect - Project Manager

Toole Design Group in Columbus, OH is looking to hire an experienced and talented full-time Landscape Architect Project Manager . Do you have 5+ 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 Columbus team.

This 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), a flexible spending account (FSA), and all staff start with at least 24 days PTO. 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. 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. As an Engineering News-Record top 500 design firm, we have also 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 Landscape Architect - PM

Get ready to apply your broad knowledge of design criteria and methods, spatial design and hands-on management experience to a variety landscape architecture and urban design projects for the largest part of our public realm, our transportation network. At Toole Design, you'll team up with our engineers and urban designers across the Midwest, leading exciting landscape and urban design projects from day one. Youll work hands-on with clients, communities, and coworkers to shape great public spaces, on projects from start to finish, from stakeholder outreach and design workshops to construction documents and administration. You'll often take the reins as Project Manager, guiding a passionate crew of designers, planners, and engineers to bring big ideas to life. Along the way, youll help grow our landscape architecture practice and strengthen its role in reimagining the public realm, especially our transportation networks.

Its fast-paced and challenging, but youll be surrounded by a tight-knit, enthusiastic team thats all in for making places better for people.

Work Schedule for a Landscape Architect - PM

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 up to 2 days per week. The Columbus office of Toole Design opened in 2018 and is conveniently located in downtown Columbus on Broad Street, across from Capitol Square. The office is easily accessed on foot, by bicycle, and via transit, or by car.

Ready to Join our Columbus 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 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.

Toole Design, we have a collaborative culture where people of all backgrounds come together to share ideas and build better, more inclusive communities. We encourage everyone, including those from underrepresented communities - women, people of color, LGBTQIA+, immigrants, first-generation college students/graduates, 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 are committed to achieving diversity in our leadership to better represent the communities where we work, as well. Toole Design is a woman-owned business and an equal opportunity employer (EO/AA/VEV/Disabled employer).

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Qualifications of a Landscape Architect - PM:

• A bachelors and/or masters degree in landscape architecture
• 5+ years of progressive career experience
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience in streetscape design, project programming, master planning, site design, and all design phases
• Experience in preparing construction documents
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and AutoCAD
• An interest in streetscapes and multimodal transportation design
• Strong project management skills including development of project staffing and schedules, developing and monitoring project budgets, cost estimating and specifications

It would be a plus if you had any of the following:

• Licensure in OH and/or other Midwest States
• Proficiency in MicroStation
• Strong proficiency with hand and digital graphic techniques to communicate design ideas and produce illustrative graphics
• Exposure to construction management and methods
• Familiarity working with local public transportation agencies and standards