Landscape Design Professional

Reports to: Owner

Purpose:

The Landscape Designer is responsible for preparing accurate, highly creative landscape

design solutions to suit a variety of site conditions and client preferences. The primary focus is on

designing uniquely desirable living spaces, diverse in style, within a rugged, naturalized environment.

Job Summary - THE 3R's

Role:

• Landscape Designer

Responsibility:

• Effectively uncover client needs and provide compelling solutions.

• Thoroughly perform site inventories.

• Efficiently create uniquely desirable, artistic, and inspirational landscape designs.

• Accurately prepare construction drawings and takeoffs.

• Demonstrate and maintain a high knowledge of landscape trends, features, and techniques.

Result:

• The Grounds Guys is recognized as a highly creative, artistic, yet practical company that

provides uniquely desirable landscape design solutions, produces artistic work in a timely

fashion, and maintains a high level of accuracy and creativity.

Metrics to Measure Results:

Success in this position will be measured by:

• Performance Review Score - for design creativity, quality, and accuracy.

• Company CRM - for days spent in progress for design efficiency.

• Client Reviews - for delivering on brand promise, expectations, and ability to problem solve.

• Job Cost Report - for the consistent delivery of buildable projects with complete and accurate information.

Detail Overview of Responsibilities:

1. Effectively uncover client needs and provide compelling solutions

• Maintain effective use of design questionnaire

• Meet with client to understand objectives, needs, wants, and wishes.

• Communicate with highly effective questions and problem-solving skills.

• Provide alternate solutions where required and be open to client preferences.

• Maintain the use of practical, buildable solutions.

• Periodically assist with the sale of final project

2. Thoroughly perform site inventories.

• Visit site to measure existing buildings, features, grades, and elevations, and other critical

dimensions.

• Accurately identify all existing plant material.

• Utilize lot plans, surveys, and interactive online mapping resources to collect additional property

information.

• Demonstrate strong understanding of building regulations, code and bylaws, Conservation

Authority regulations and MNR restrictions.

• Prepare base plans with all relevant information.

3. Efficiently create uniquely desirable, artistic, and inspirational landscape designs.

• Demonstrate a natural ability to hand sketch conceptual plans and hand renderings

• Produce artistic, creative, and attractive designs with appropriate layout and flow.

• Consider highly value engineered solutions, practical in nature where required.

• Demonstrate strong time management and production efficiency throughout creative process.

• Confidently utilize all required technology and software to prepare final landscape drawings.

• Effectively produce 3d renderings of construction details by hand or computer, as required.

• Demonstrate a high level of diversity and flexibility in design style.

• Show a natural interest in connecting living spaces within a rugged environment, using a variety

of materials, textures, features, and layout styles.

4. Accurately prepare construction drawings and takeoffs

• Prepare compelling conceptual plans for budget, including alternate solutions.

• Prepare highly detailed and accurate final construction plans, including site details, base plans,

grading and drainage features, additional overlays such as lighting, etc.

• Prepare full planting plans with appropriate plant specifications.

• Provide thorough quantity takeoffs for estimating.

• Assist with full estimation of project utilizing GGPro software.

5. Demonstrate and maintain a high knowledge of landscape trends, features, and techniques.

• Demonstrate a high working knowledge of horticulture, plant identification and specification.

• Demonstrate a strong understanding of all hard and softscape features found within the

landscape, including but not limited to patios, retaining walls, pools and spas, water features,

decks, pavilions, pergolas, plantings, lighting, etc.

• Demonstrate a strong understanding of current…