Landscape Architect/Urban Designer

At Regional Transportation District (RTD), We make lives better through connections! When you join RTD, you will be among dedicated employees exhibiting RTD's values of passion, respect, diversity, trustworthiness, collaboration, and ownership. RTD is committed to an inclusive and diverse workplace. As part of our diversity value statement, we encourage our employees to honor diversity in thought, people, and experience. Come join RTD on this great journey to be the trusted leader in mobility, delivering excellence and value to our customers and community. RTD Employee Benefits: https://www.rtd-denver.com/careers/benefits (RTD Represented Employee Benefits: Please refer to the Labor Agreement included in the above link for details.) This position develops multi-modal functional and aesthetic requirements for public infrastructure projects such as park-n-Rides, bridges, buildings, stations, and other structures. Evaluates proposals for modification of physical infrastructure, pre-design, programming, and planning. Develop designs, drawings, specifications, cost estimates, bid packages, and other technical submissions, and provides construction management support. DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES: ESSENTIAL: Coordinates functional, urban design and aesthetic considerations in capital improvements with public agencies and private interest groups. Defines requirements (primarily architectural) for stations and transit centers; includes elements such as landscaping, lighting, parking lots and station security. Prepares and facilitates presentations to explain complex issues in a simple manner. Reviews and evaluates the design prepared by other organizations and consultants as well as that of other staff engineers to ensure adequacy, completeness, economy and compliance with applicable design criteria. Designs, specifies and participates in the review and construction management of planted areas, irrigation and hardscape components of pedestrian, parking, bus, rail and other transit facility projects. Manages and administers transit construction contracts involving civil engineering components as well as landscape and urban design, by directing contractors, supervising inspectors, coordinating with affected agencies, exercising quality assurance principles, and administering the budget, schedule and documentation. OTHER: All job-related duties as assigned. QUALIFICATIONS: Bachelor’s degree in Architecture, Urban Design, Landscape Architecture, or related field required. Licensing as an Architect or Landscape Architect by the State of Colorado required. A minimum of ten years of experience in planning, designing and managing construction of major public works projects. A minimum of three years of supervisory experience. A minimum of five years of experience working with general municipal zoning regulations and site approval processes. A minimum of five years of experience designing and implementing Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requirements as they relate to architectural accessibility. Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite. Ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing. Ability to use sound judgment. Ability to manage time and workload effectively which includes planning, organizing, and prioritizing with attention to details. OR: An equivalent combination of education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities. WORKING ENVIRONMENT AND PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: The work environment and physical demands described here are representative of those required by an employee to perform the essential functions of this job with or without reasonable accommodations. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision and color vision. The work environment is a typical office environment with recurrent exposure to excessive noise or adverse environmental issues. CAREER MAP: Based on job performance, experience, education and position availability the next step on the career map for this position may be: Manager, Engineering Design Pay Range: $95,146.00 - $147,475.00 Annual RTD is an Equal Opportunity Employer, please see our EEO policy [ https://www.rtd-denver.com/sites/default/files/files/2022-12/EEO Policy Statement- UPDATED.pdf ] At RTD, we’re more than a rail and bus company. We’re a close-knit transit family that plans, schedules, operates, promotes and maintains the public transportation system throughout the metro area. Our people have passion – about transit, communities, and the region as a whole. People who bring this passion to the workplace and want to make our city a more accessible place to live, work, and play. At RTD, we deliver safe, clean, reliable, and cost-effective service to the millions of people we serve every day. We have over 2,500 employees at RTD in a wide variety of jobs from management, to administrative, to skilled trades. Together, we work hard to keep this city moving day and night. Just take a look at all the jobs we do each and every day. How RTD qualifies relevant work experience and education: https://www.rtd-denver.com/sites/default/files/files/2021-01/Relevant-Work-Experience-and-Education-Qualifications.pdf RTD is an equal employment opportunity employer. RTD is a Drug-Free Workplace. The Immigration Reform and Control Act requires that verification of employment eligibility be documented for all new employees by the end of the third day of work. The Regional Transportation District complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), to provide reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities. RTD participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. If E-Verify cannot confirm that you are authorized to work, this employer is required to give you written instructions and an opportunity to contact Department of Homeland Security (DHS) or Social Security Administration (SSA) so you can begin to resolve the issue before the employer can take any action against you, including terminating your employment. Employers can only use E-Verify once you have accepted a job offer and completed the Form I-9.

Salary : $95,146 - $147,475