What are the responsibilities and job description for the Land Planner position at McAdams?
Land Planner - DFW
Planning Design Services
McAdams is proud to be named "Best Places to Work" in 2021 and 2022! This award honors the area's leading employers that go beyond the norm to foster an enjoyable and meaningful work environment their employees value and appreciate.
McAdams is a full-service land planning, landscape architecture, civil engineering and geomatics firm located in North Carolina and Texas. We seek a partnership with our clients to create meaningful experiences through inspired design. Our employees are what makes McAdams different! We bring experiences to the forefront of everything we do, and that takes special people
Position Purpose
To collaborate with the Planning and Design team as well as other market sectors and services within the firm to produce high quality designs, due diligence reports, graphics, and materials related to various projects across multiple markets. To provide support to design team, prepare conceptual design, advanced plans, construction documents, and other efforts for a wide variety of projects, including residential, commercial, mixed-use, public, institutional and healthcare.
Candidates will be asked to provide work samples / portfolio electronically when submitting their resume.
Essential Functions Responsibilities
- Work with design team to develop concept sketches, site designs, land plans and detailed design for a wide variety of project types, including: Due diligence research, site analysis, GIS mapping, master planning, preparation of planning documents, landscape architecture designs, and preparation of graphics and charts.
Qualifications
- Bachelors or Master's degree in Landscape Architecture, Urban Design, Planning or related field from an accredited program
- 1-2 years of land planning and or landscape architecture experience
- Ability to work within a collaborative team environment and communicate effectively with project team and manager
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, critical thinking skills, problem solving skills
- Strong interest in design of the built environment and placemaking for different land uses
- Be committed to team success as well as personal career growth
- Possess excellent organizational and time management skills
- AutoCAD, Adobe Suite software and Microsoft Office Suite experience
Preferences
- Experience in the development of project planning documents and or construction documents.
- Working towards obtaining AICP or RLA licensure
All applicants must be authorized to work in the US. McAdams does not sponsor applicants for employment-based visas.
We participate in E-Verify. Information from all employees Form I-9 is used to confirm work authorization.
EOE: Minorities/Women/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities. We are equal opportunity employers. Decisions regarding hiring, promotions and terminations are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age (over 40), disability, genetic information, veteran status or any other legally protected status.
