Job Title: Assistant Landscape Designer/Project ManagerSummary: This role will primarily support the design and project management team for the Landscape Construction department.Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Design:
- Provide weekly reports to the Senior Landscape Designer
- Conceptual Landscape Design using AutoCAD
- Site evaluation, measurements and prepare graphic representations or drawings of proposed plans or designs.
- Assist Landscape Designers in managing and making sure site plans and site evaluations are implemented correctly and reviewing projects on-site with landscape forepersons.
- Plant selection and arrangements for design
- Assist with preparing presentations for client meetings, preparation of site plans, specifications, or cost estimates for landscape projects
- Analyze data on conditions such as site location, drainage, or structure location for or landscaping plans.
- Assist with the development of marketing materials, proposals, or presentation to generate new work opportunities
- Assist with the inspection of landscape work to ensure compliance with specifications, evaluate quality of materials
Project Management:
- Review construction documents and specifications, including take-offs to create accurate estimates.
- Effectively work, communicate and follow-up with landscape architects, designers, and builders to clarify construction drawings.
- Create construction budgets that detail total costs for approved landscape jobs prior to their commencement.
- Using historical data, create man hour budgets for approved landscape jobs prior to their commencement.
- Responsible for maintaining up-to-date set of construction plans for each assigned job and ensuring field project manager has a matching set.
- Request and review subcontractor and vendor quotes for various work items.
- Communicate with Purchasing departments on materials costings and create vendor markups from historic data.
- Work closely and delegate tasks to the Landscape construction office team.
- Perform site inventories, analyses, and take field measurements as needed.
- Create Landscape Management Reports and minutes for site meetings.
- Maintain and record as-builts for projects.
- Verify contract specifications are being met.
- Manage and drive the punch list process to ensure each assigned job is thoroughly completed to the highest standards.
Qualifications:
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite as well as design programs such as AutoCAD
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
- Ability to work independently.