Landscape Architect
Burnaby, Calgary, Edmonton
At EXP, we’re driven to provide innovative solutions for the world’s built and natural environments. As a team of engineers, architects, designers, scientists, creators and a community of professionals, we bring diverse and talented people together to solve the world’s most complex challenges. Here, you join a team that leverages differences, harnesses their entrepreneurial spirit in an employee-owned company, that believes diversity is what gives us strength, seeks sustainable results and shares ambitions for each other, our clients and the communities we are part of and serve. To be a part of EXP means to have your own experience, while staying connected to a global network of professionals, who believe we are a part of something bigger. Together, we are EXP.
Are you ready to design your future?
Be our next Landscape Architect!
Your work environment at EXP
In this role, you will be a part of the Landscape Architecture team, based in the Burnaby, Calgary, Edmonton office.
What a day at EXP has in store for you
Responsible for leading client projects and for discipline specific projects for internal clients
Participate on a variety of project types including complex landscape architectural designs
Serve as a technical design expert in the office, mentor and train staff
Site analysis and design concept development including digital and hand-illustrated deliverables suitable to communicate design intent to clients and staff
Project scoping, scheduling and concept design through construction phase project management to execute work
Analysis, design reports and master plan preparations and narratives
Interface directly with clients and able to provide clear, well-articulated and solution-based recommendations
Participate in the preparation of fee proposals, qualification packages and terms of reference for potential projects
Maintain and strengthen client relationships and play a key role in client management and satisfaction
Interact with clients and represent our practice on projects, project pursuits, strategic initiatives, at promotional events and during business development in collaboration with the practice leader and EXP leadership
What your experience looks like
AALA or equivalent registration and BCSLA registration is strongly preferred.
5-10 years of professional design experience
Exceptional design and technical knowledge
Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal skills
Strong client relationship skills
Previous experience working with a variety of clients including municipalities and developers
Public and stakeholder engagement
Ability to work on multiple projects with aggressive delivery schedules
Demonstrated ability to prepare high-quality design work and design presentations using hand graphics and relevant computer software (AutoCAD, SketchUp, Photoshop, InDesign, Microsoft Office Suite)
Demonstrated experience and design excellence in several core areas of the practice including open space, parks and plazas, streetscapes, recreation and open space master planning and design, trails, greenways and transportation, land development and urban design, naturalized and resilient landscapes, and cultural landscapes
Strong communication, negotiation, interpersonal and time management skills
Experience managing staff, consultants, project teams, client relationships and complex projects is considered an asset
LEED Accreditation is considered an asset
Revit / BIM experience is considered an asset
Land F/X experience is considered an asset
ABOUT US
Our story
With a mission to understand, innovate, partner and deliver, EXP provides engineering, architecture, design and consulting services to the world’s built and natural environments.
Our heritage dates back to 1906, when the earliest of EXP’s predecessor companies started its engineering infrastructure practice. Today, thousands of creative professionals across EXP work together to deliver extraordinary experiences year after year.
What makes us different
The passion, enthusiasm, diversity and industry-leading capabilities of our employees make us who we are. We’re committed to providing a challenging work environment that cultivates career growth, encourages creativity and rewards excellence.
Find out more about life at EXP by visiting www.exp.com.
ABOUT THE TEAM
EXP is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer who fully and actively supports equal access for all people regardless of Race, Color, Religion, Gender, Age, National Origin, Veteran Status, Disability, Genetic Information or Testing, Family and Medical Leave, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity or Expression.
Should you need any special accommodations, please feel free to contact us at hrsupport@exp.com and we will arrange for the most suitable accommodations based on your needs.