What are the responsibilities and job description for the Land Planner / Landscape Designer position at ESP Associates?
ESP Associates, Inc. (ESP) is seeking a Land Planner / Landscape Designer to join our Raleigh, NC (Morrisville) Planning & Design Studio. This is an excellent opportunity to grow your career with a well-established, dynamic, and growing multi-disciplinary firm.
This position will assist in providing site analysis, zoning/code research, master planning/site planning, hardscape and landscape construction documents, illustrative graphic exhibits, and presentations for a variety of projects including residential, commercial, parks and rec, mixed-use, along with various amenities and other recreational project components.
This is an excellent career opportunity for an enthusiastic and talented individual to join a team of outstanding professionals and apply the latest technology to help our clients solve their most challenging projects!
Responsibilities:
- Provide site analysis and research including code requirements.
- Prepare conceptual designs, site layouts, yield, and parking studies.
- Prepare development plans to support rezonings and/or entitlements.
- Prepare detailed hardscape and landscape construction documents.
- Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams on a wide range of projects developing detailed designs for construction.
- Assist with specification writing, permitting and construction administration.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Landscape Architecture from an accredited program.
- Experience with Lumion, AutoCAD/Civil 3D, Land FX, Adobe Creative Suites (PhotoShop, InDesign, Illustrator, Sketchup), GIS/ArcView, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Power Point).
- Strong freehand illustration and rendering skills.
- Knowledge of grading, drainage, plant material and planting design.
- Excellent written, verbal, and graphic communication skills.
- Creative design skills for complex project solutions.
- Positive attitude and strong work ethic.
- Organized and ability to manage multiple tasks.
- Self-motivated to produce high quality work in a timely manner.
- Ability to work in a team environment.
- Licensure and/or experience is not required.
- Candidate must be able to pass a drug screen, background check, and have a satisfactory driving record in accordance with the company’s driving (MVR) policy.
Corporate Information:
ESP is a multi-discipline engineering design and consulting firm providing our clients with civil engineering, surveying, planning/landscape architecture, geosciences, environmental, subsurface utility engineering, and construction engineering inspection.
Through years of dedicated service to our clients, ESP has received a designation of 194 on the 2024 ENR Top 500 Design Firm rankings. For the firm's primary territory, the ENR Southeast Top Design Firms, ESP received a 2024 ranking of 30.
ESP offers an excellent employee benefits package including:
- Competitive compensation with yearly performance reviews and discretionary annual bonuses
- 401(k) (Traditional & Roth plans) with a guaranteed employer match of 100% up to the first 3% and 50% on the next 2% (eligibility after 60 days)
- PTO (Paid Time Off) & 10 Paid Holidays
- Tiered Health, Vision & Dental Insurance Options (eligibility after 30 days)
- Behavioral Medicine through Teladoc
- Short-Term Disability Insurance
- Long-Term Disability Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Pet Insurance
- Education Reimbursement Opportunities
- Flexible and Dependent Benefits Plan
- Referral Bonuses
