Landscape Designer​/Architect

Are you highly motivated, hard-working, and seeking to join a growth-focused consulting & engineering firm? Are you looking for a company that will invest in your development and grow your professional skills? If so, consider a career with Apex!

Powered by record sales, extraordinary client retention, strategic acquisitions, and an entrepreneurial spirit, Apex Companies is one of the fastest growing engineering and environmental consulting firms in the US. We were recently recognized by the Zweig Group as one of the fastest growing firms in the AEC industry and have earned numerous awards for project excellence.

We are seeking a full-time landscape designer or landscape architect to join our Portland, OR office and collaborate with a diverse team of multi-disciplinary professionals.

• Degree in Landscape Architecture from an accredited university.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience working in a professional office.
• Highly motivated, well-organized team player with excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong desire to collaborate effectively with engineers, architects, biologists, planners and other practice area specialists to achieve project goals.
• Proficiency in AutoCAD, Land FX planting, Adobe Creative Suite, Bluebeam, Sketch Up and Microsoft Office software.
• Proficient with Pacific Northwest plants, native and ornamental, and planting design.
• Basic experience in building construction drawing packages.
• Basic experience in preparing project specifications and cost estimates.

• Assist landscape architecture team in design, drawing production and project management support.
• Assist landscape architecture team with complex projects from initial concept through to completion.
• Work effectively with multi-disciplinary project teams.
• Prepare effective planting designs and construction documents with minimal oversight and assistance.
• Develop project specific construction details with an understanding of project budget and constructability.
• Perform site analysis, product and plant research and sourcing.
• Integrate sustainable design and construction methodologies into our work.
• Maintain and assist in improving existing company standards, processes and systems.
• Contribute to proposals, presentations, and marketing efforts.

• Prior experience with WSDOT, PBOT, and/or ODOT standards, specifications, and processes, including preparation of plans, specifications and estimates (PS&E) and design-bid-build delivery methods.
• Knowledge of Central/Eastern Washington and Oregon planting design.
• Knowledge of Rocky Mountain states’ planting design.
• Knowledge of irrigation design.

• Company-subsidized medical and dental.
• Company-paid life, short, and long-term disability.
• 401k match, tuition assistance, and more.
• Cross-training and the ability to work on a variety of projects.
• Performance-based bonuses or other incentives.
• Working with the best and brightest in the industry.
• 1,800+ employee national firm with 50+ locations across the US.

The position will be based in our Vancouver, Washington office. Our existing team overlaps in office 3-4 days a week on average. We are flexible with partial hybrid hours but feel that we are most effective when we can collaborate in person.

Annual Expected Pay Range: $70,000 USD - $90,000 USD

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