Team Leader - Landscape Architecture

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Halff is seeking a Team Leader for our Jacksonville, Florida Operations. The selected candidate will lead an existing Landscape Architecture and Planning Team that works collaboratively with other disciplines regularly including planners, engineers, and others to provide management on a wide variety of public and private projects. Project emphasis includes: parks, trails, streetscapes, recreation facilities, trails, sports fields, amenity design for residential and/or multi-family developments, community development plans, and development of comprehensive plans and master planning on public and private sector projects.

This is an exciting opportunity to work in a collaborative environment to help clients plan, design, and implement projects that improve their communities.

• Work with and oversee creative design teams, consultants, and clients through all design stages from concept through construction
• Foster and promote a positive, team-oriented environment and team culture of high performance
• Lead and coach a team while meeting deadlines and budget requirements
• Creating, influencing, and managing the successful financial metrics of a project and the team
• Produce CD sets including hardscape, planting, construction details, specifications, and bidding packages
• Prior experience designing parks, trails, recreation facilities, master-planned communities, etc. for public and private sector clients
• Experience with construction methodologies and implementation
• Well organized, detail-oriented, and highly motivated to lead a high performing team
• Manage multiple projects of various scale and complexity simultaneously
• Able to anticipate the needs of clients and projects and resolve conflicts that arise
• Lead, coach, manage people (Sr. Project Managers to entry level designers)

• Bachelors or Master’s Degree in Landscape Architecture from an accredited university
• Florida registration as a Professional Landscape Architect or can receive this within a 3 month timeframe
• 8+ years of progressively responsible professional experience as a Professional Landscape Architect
• Familiarity with preparing proposals/scope of work documents and associated fees
• Strong knowledge in AutoCAD, Land F/X, Sketch Up, Lumion, Adobe Creative Suite, particularly Photoshop and InDesign, and Microsoft Office
• Strong Site Planning capabilities / knowledge, and excellent design skills
• Experience in planting design, hardscape design and construction document generation is critical
• Excellent communication skills – written, graphical, verbal, and organizational skills
• Ability to travel periodically, primarily within the state, to support project needs
• Interested candidates who meet or exceed the above qualifications are invited to submit a letter of interest, resume, and project portfolio or work samples that demonstrates their abilities. If collaborative work is shown, credit team members and note your role where applicable.

• Our team gets involved early in the process to develop a plan that seamlessly integrates built elements with the natural environment.
• We understand that a successful design should be driven by how the entity, whether a park, trail or other public area, will be used.
• Halff’s projects and employees are consistently recognized for their excellence.

• Active Transportation Planning
• Land and Site Planning
• Low Impact Development/Green Infrastructure
• Master Planned Communities
• Nature Parks and Greenways
• Neighborhood and Community Parks Planning and Design
• Regional Transportation Management Center (RTMC) Design
• Sport Facilities and Feasibility Studies
• Streetscapes and Gateways
• Urban Design and Placemaking Lift Station Design
• Consult with Landscape Architect/Construction

Halff is a full-service infrastructure consulting firm planned, designed, engineered, constructed — and purposed — for people. Since 1950, we’ve been creating smart solutions that improve lives and communities by turning ideas into reality. Halff was founded on a core tenet:
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