Landscape Architect Trainee, SG/Assistant Landscape Architect, SG-; NY HELPS - NYC
Listed on 2026-06-19
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Design & Architecture
Landscape Architecture, Creative Design / Digital Art, Environmental/ Urban Planning
Location: New York
Duties Description
As an Assistant Landscape Architect / Landscape Architect Trainee, the duties will include but are not limited to the following:
As a Landscape Architect Trainee, SG‑18, you would assist Landscape Architects in planning and supervising the construction and maintenance of landscape architectural projects to achieve maximum usefulness, safety, and appearance consistent with economic and environmental considerations. Depending on the agency where you are employed, you would perform site assessments, prepare designs, select materials, estimate costs, and provide construction supervision for landscape architectural work on highways, buildings, or parks.
You may also prepare erosion and sediment control plans, storm‑water pollution preservation plans, develop pedestrian facility and wetland mitigation designs, and coordinate your work with the architectural, environmental, and engineering aspects of projects with regard to locations, design, construction, historic/cultural preservation, and maintenance of these projects.
As an Assistant Landscape Architect, SG‑20, under general supervision or direction of a higher‑level licensed and registered professional engineer, architect, or landscape architect, you prepare plans and projects, oversee the development of such projects, review and approve the performance of contractors, and may supervise lower‑level professional and technical staff.
Minimum QualificationsIf Civil Service Eligible list(s) exist, they will be canvassed. You may also apply if you are eligible for appointment by one of the following qualifications:
NY HELPS Or 55‑b/c QualificationsThis title is part of the New York Hiring for Emergency Limited Placement Statewide Program (NY HELPS).
To be considered for appointment through NY HELPS, or 55‑b/c, candidates must meet the open‑competitive minimum qualifications for this position. The qualifications are:
Candidates are responsible for the evaluation fee.
Current NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation employees only, with at least one year of permanent or contingent‑permanent qualifying service as an Assistant Landscape Architect or Landscape Architect Trainee (formerly Junior Landscape Architect). If you have less than one year, you must be reachable on the eligible list for this location, if one exists.
Provisional QualificationsIn the absence of an eligible list(s) with three or more candidates willing to accept a position, a temporary provisional appointment may be considered. Candidates must meet the same minimum qualifications as listed under NY HELPS Qualifications.
The appointed candidate would have to take, pass, and be reachable on the next holding of the examination to be appointed permanently.
Candidates may also be qualified for permanent competitive appointment if reachable from the appropriate Civil Service eligible list or eligible for reinstatement or transfer in…
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