Senior Landscape Architect

Requirement:
Must live in or relocate to Los Angeles, CA area

Schoolyards are where students play, learn outdoors, and find shade on hot days. As Senior Landscape Architect for the Los Angeles Unified School District, the nation's second-largest public school district, you will lead the Landscape Unit and shape the landscape, greening, and site improvement work delivered across District campuses.

You will serve as Landscape Architect of Record for District-designed projects, direct in-house staff and consultant design teams, and work directly with principals, teachers, parent groups, and community partners. The outdoor spaces you design and approve will serve students and neighborhoods for decades.

• Oversee the staff, projects, programs, and activities of the Landscape Unit, providing professional leadership, technical direction, and guidance in the planning, design, development, and implementation of landscape architecture and greening projects.
• Provide technical direction and professional oversight to consultant landscape architects and other design professionals on District landscape architecture, greening, irrigation, grading, and related projects.
• Direct and supervise the preparation, review, and coordination of landscape architectural drawings, specifications, construction documents, and design revisions for new landscaping and modifications to existing landscapes.

• Serve as Landscape Architect of Record for District-designed projects, with professional responsibility for the preparation, review, coordination, and certification of landscape architectural plans, specifications, and related technical documents.
• Prepare and certify plans, specifications, and other professional documents in accordance with applicable laws, codes, standards, and District requirements.
• Plan, develop, and direct highly complex projects involving landscape design, site planning, greening, irrigation systems, grading, planting, hardscape, and related site improvements.
• Lead the design and development of in-house landscape architecture, greening, and land-use planning projects, applying professional judgment to establish design solutions.
• Review project designs and recommend improvements for constructability, maintainability, lifecycle considerations, sustainability, accessibility, safety, cost effectiveness, and compliance with District requirements.

• Direct the development, review, negotiation, and processing of Design Service Proposals, scopes of work, and related documents for landscape architectural and greening design services.
• Review, negotiate, and approve task orders, scopes of work, proposals, and related consultant documents for landscape architectural and related professional services.
• Prepare and review cost estimates, evaluate materials and equipment, establish installation methods, and assess project delivery methods.

• Conduct site visits and field investigations; evaluate existing site conditions, review construction and installation progress, identify design and technical issues, and provide professional direction to resolve them.

• Lead coordination and community engagement with school principals, teachers, parent groups, nonprofit organizations, and other stakeholders; evaluate input and incorporate appropriate requirements into project development.
• Review and approve technical documentation supporting grant applications for landscape architecture, greening, and sustainability projects, ensuring District and funding-agency requirements are met.
• Advise District management, project teams,…