Landscape Designer I

As a Landscape Designer I at Perkins&Will your role will include the following common and baseline responsibilities:

• Provides assistance throughout the design process under routine guidance; contributes to the overall success of the team by adhering to firm and project goals and standards of excellence in landscape design and living design.
• Assists in preparation of drawings for schematic design design development and construction documents.
• Assists in developing design sketches renderings models and graphics for presentation materials.
• Provides design support to project team members which may include computer modeling model building and renderings.
• Compiles data and performs design computations.
• Uses a creative approach to perform tasks and responsibilities on projects in an organized timely and consistent way.
• Selfchecks work for accuracy omissions legibility and compile data for document compliance in accordance with the Project Delivery Manual.
• Proactively asks questions and expresses curiosity about the world of design and the industry at large.
• Provides support to tasks within project teams (may focus on individual detailed tasks) and studio activities.
• Participates in design reviews charettes and pinups.
• Keeps open communication within team and with designated team leader.
• Communicates ideas and thoughts in a way that inspires others.
• Assists with coordination among partners and consultants.

Highlevel Summary of Critical Baseline Technical Skills and Certifications:

Proficiencies

• BIM
• Building codes
• Site analysis
• Preliminary design studies
• Contract documents
• Field measurements
• Data analytics
• Graphical support

Software

• Functional knowledge of 2D/3D production software
• Basic to Intermediate Revit
• Conceptual modeling tools such as Rhino and Grasshopper
• Microsoft Office / Adobe Suite
• Visualization tools such as Enscape and VRay
• Physical modeling tools such as 3D Printing and Laser cutting
• Presentation tools such as InDesign and Photoshop
• Environmental Analysis software such Ladybug and Climate Studio

Licensure/Certifications/Education

• Bachelors degree in landscape architecture or related field required
• Professional Accreditation in one area of Living Design that interests you: LEED AP with Specialty BREEAM AP WELL AP SITES AP Passive House Institute Certified Passive House Consultant/Designer CPHC/CPHD or ILFI Living Future Accreditation
• Preparing for LARE

Typical Years of Requisite Experience: 13 years

Qualified and interested candidates should submit a resume and work samples. Include your resume and a compact representative sample of your work (no larger than 4MB). Please submit your files in pdf.

Salary and Benefit Information:

We foster a culture that is diverse and inclusive and strive for pay practices that are fair and competitive and reflect our commitment to pay equity. Our compensation decisions include but are not limited to a candidates qualifications including skill sets education experience and training licensure and certifications credentials if applicable and businessrelated factors. This practice extends to all employees including performance considerations for merit increases job promotions and transfer opportunities. We additionally review our pay practices conduct pay equity audits and ensure our managers are trained in our pay practices on an annual basis. At the time of posting this job advertisement commensurate with qualifications the annual pay salary range for this position in Minneapolis is between $53600 and $68300.

Benefits: medical dental vision wellness LTD Life Insurance 401k PTO.

Justice Equity Diversity & Inclusion

At Perkins&Will we believe that inclusion spurs creativity and that innovation is born from an engaged culture of diverse people moving beyond barriers and stereotypes of gender race color religion national origin ancestry age medical condition disability sexual orientation gender identity veteran status; we are committed to building an organization that reflects the diversity of the communities and clients we serve.

Design has the power to inspire joy uplift lives and strengthen the spirit of community.

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Perkins&Will will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about discussed or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge (b) in furtherance of an investigation proceeding hearing or action including an investigation conducted by the employer or (c) consistent with the contractors legal duty to furnish information.