Landscape Architect​/Project Manager

Position: Landscape Architect / Project Manager
Landscape Architect/Project Manager

This role is in-office in San Francisco, with the option to work at home 1 day/week after a positive 6-month review. For a period of at least 24 months, the position will also require a regular part-time presence in Anaheim, Orange County, CA as defined below.

About Fletcher Studio

Fletcher Studio is an agile, close-knit team working to create satisfying and sustainable landscapes, urban spaces, and living infrastructures. We believe design matters, and that people deserve to find value, meaning, and possibility in the places they encounter and occupy. We work with city makers, communities, and other visionaries to realize evocative and appropriate concepts, designed and constructed to ensure social vitality and integrity.

We leverage technology to work faster and smarter-people, ideas, and culture drive our process. Our small studio offers opportunities for leadership and mentorship.

About the Role

This role of Landscape Architect / Project Manager is a new addition to the team. This position will lead complex landscape architecture projects from conceptual design through construction. This is a hands-on leadership role for a landscape architect who combines strong design sensibility with the technical expertise and project management skills necessary to translate ambitious ideas into successfully built work.

Working closely with Studio Principals, the Landscape Architect / Project Manager will lead project teams; establish and implement design objectives; manage project schedules, budgets, and deliverables; coordinate with clients, consultants, contractors, and other stakeholders; and oversee the preparation of high-quality construction documentation and construction administration.

An important initial assignment for this role will be managing Fletcher Studio's contract, including the implementation of two large 3-5-acre parks, Meadow Park and Neighborhood Park. For a period of at least 24 months, the position will require a regular part-time presence in Anaheim, Orange County, CA to provide on-site project management, coordination, and construction administration for the OCVIBE project. The specific balance of on-site and remote work is still being determined, but will include weekly OAC meetings, twice-monthly site visits, and preparation of field reports.

The successful candidate will be equally comfortable contributing to design discussions, directing production and technical documentation, managing client and consultant relationships, and resolving issues in the field. The role will also help strengthen the studio through mentorship, quality control, technical innovation, and staff development.

Key Responsibilities
Design & Project Leadership

Lead landscape architecture projects through all phases, from site analysis and conceptual design through design development, construction documentation, permitting, and construction administration.
Develop and advance innovative, contextually responsive design solutions that balance creativity, sustainability, functionality, constructability, budget, and client objectives.
Work closely with Studio Principals to establish and maintain the design direction and objectives of assigned projects.
Lead and coordinate project teams to deliver high-quality work consistent with Fletcher Studio's design standards.
Conduct site analysis and research addressing ecological, cultural, technical, and contextual considerations.
Contribute significantly to the design direction of projects of varying complexity, type, and scale.

Project Management

Manage multiple projects concurrently, establishing priorities and maintaining project schedules, budgets, staffing plans, resources, and deliverables.
Serve as the project manager for Fletcher Studio's OCVIBE contract, including regular on-site coordination and project oversight in Orange County for at least the 24 months of the assignment.
Serve as a primary point of contact for clients, consultants, contractors, and other project stakeholders.
Coordinate effectively with multidisciplinary consultant teams and maintain strong working relationships throughout the project lifecycle.
Monitor project scope, schedule, budget, and staffing and proactively identify and resolve issues that could affect successful delivery. Manage monthly client invoicing with bookkeeper and administrative staff.
Lead client and stakeholder meetings, presentations, and project coordination efforts.
Communicate project status, decisions, risks, and next…