Senior Managing Landscape Architect

Title: Senior Managing / Principal Landscape Architect

Reports to: Anna Spooner

Location: California Irvine/Other in CA

Job Type: Regular Full-Time

Whats the Opportunity

Anchor QEA is seeking a Senior Managing Landscape Architect to help lead and grow our landscape architecture practice in California. This is a senior leadership role for a California-licensed landscape architect who brings strong technical expertise proven business development experience and the ability to win and lead complex multidisciplinary work.

This position offers the opportunity to join a growing firm with a strong foundation in restoration resilience and development. Working alongside Anchor QEAs multidisciplinary teams of landscape architects engineers planners scientists natural resource specialists permitting professionals and construction managers the Senior Managing / Principal Landscape Architect will help expand our design leadership and market presence in California.

The successful candidate will be a strategic client-facing leader who can identify opportunities build relationships develop competitive proposals and help secure landscape architecture and integrated multidisciplinary work. This person will also provide senior leadership for projects involving public access design shoreline resilience habitat restoration parks and recreation climate adaptation and multi-benefit infrastructure.

This is an opportunity to help build something: to shape the direction of landscape architecture at Anchor QEA grow a practice area mentor staff strengthen client relationships and deliver meaningful projects that improve ecological function public access community resilience and environmental outcomes throughout California.

Responsibilities:

Practice Area Growth

• Support the growth and strategic direction of Anchor QEAs landscape architecture practice in California.
• Serve as a senior client-facing leader for landscape architecture restoration resilience public access parks recreation and climate adaptation work.
• Mentor and develop junior and mid-level staff and help identify future staffing needs for the growing practice.
• Collaborate with Anchor QEA leadership on market strategy business planning staffing teaming and long-term practice growth.

Business Development:

• Identify pursue and help win competitive landscape architecture and multidisciplinary consulting opportunities.
• Develop and lead client engagement strategies pursuit planning proposal development interviews scopes of work fee estimates and teaming approaches.
• Build and maintain relationships with public agencies ports municipalities special districts regulatory agencies community organizations and consultant teaming partners.
• Represent Anchor QEA externally with clients agencies professional organizations strategic partners and stakeholders.

Project Execution

• Serve as project director senior technical lead or project manager on complex projects.
• Lead multidisciplinary teams that include landscape architects engineers planners scientists permitting specialists restoration practitioners designers and subconsultants.
• Provide senior design leadership and mentorship from early planning and visioning through design development permitting support construction documents and implementation.
• Guide design strategy for shoreline resilience habitat restoration public access recreation planting irrigation grading coordination materials site furnishings and constructability.
• Oversee the preparation of high-quality plans graphics reports presentations construction documents specifications cost estimates and technical details.
• Facilitate and lead meetings with clients agencies Tribes stakeholders community members and project teams.
• Provide senior review quality assurance and technical guidance for landscape architecture deliverables.
• Support construction administration and implementation of landscape architecture elements.

What Are We Looking For

Ideal candidates will have the following:

• Masters or bachelors degree in Landscape Architecture from an accredited institution.
• Licensed Landscape Architect in California.
• 15 or more years of relevant professional experience in landscape architecture focused on the integration of restoration resiliency and human use with substantial experience in California.
• Demonstrated success capturing new work developing client relationships leading proposals and contributing to business growth with a focus on federal state and local clients.
• Strong understanding of California markets and project types including waterfront coastal riverine habitat restoration public access parks recreation resilience and climate adaptation work.
• Experience serving in senior leadership roles such as principal-in-charge project director project manager or senior technical lead.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams and coordinating closely with engineers planners scientists permitting specialists technical experts and subconsultants.
• Demonstrated ability to lead ecological restoration-based and multi-benefit planning and design projects.
• Strong technical understanding of coastal freshwater estuarine riparian wetland and shoreline systems. This includes experience with federal California state and local environmental regulations and permitting processes particularly for projects involving aquatic resources coastal resources public access habitat restoration or shoreline development.
• Familiarity with AutoCAD ArcGIS Adobe Creative Suite Lumion SketchUp and Microsoft Office Suite with the ability to direct and review work produced using these tools.
• Entrepreneurial mindset and interest in helping grow a landscape architecture practice within a multidisciplinary environmental consulting firm.

What Can You Expect

You can expect a collaborative work environment where we encourage everyone to bring their authentic self. You will work alongside a multidisciplinary to solve complex issues through technical understanding and creative solutions. We offer a competitive salary; bonus program; medical dental and vision coverage; short- and long-term disability programs; flexible schedules; a retirement plan with company match; and paid time off.

Who Are We

Anchor QEA is an environmental science and engineering consulting firm that is focused on improving the environment and our communities by solving challenging problems. We employ more than 500 people in offices around the United States. Our vision is for a growing company that is our clients first choice for solving their most challenging problems and our employees first choice as a company where they want to work. Learn more about Anchor QEA at .

How to Apply

Apply online through Anchor QEAs Open Positions page at Veterans are encouraged to apply.

Additional Information

We work hard to embrace diversity and inclusion. As an equal opportunity employer Anchor QEA is committed to a diverse multi-cultural work environment. Anchor QEA does not discriminate in employment based on age race creed gender religion marital status veterans status national origin disability or sexual orientation.

Salary and Other Compensation:

• Salary Range: $143242 - $162937.50
• Annual Bonus
• Other potential bonus types: Billable Time Bonus Spot Bonus Milestone Anniversary Bonus Receiving Professional License/Certification Bonus Peer-reviewed Publication Bonus Employee Referral Bonus.

Base Level Benefits for Regular Full-Time Positions:

• Healthcare: Medical dental vision basic life and AD&D insurance short- and long-term disability programs.
• Paid Company and Floating Holidays: 7 paid company and 2 floating holidays annually
• Vacation: Minimum 3 weeks accrued paid vacation based on length of service. Vacation may vary by level.
• Sick and Safe Time: 80 hours annually
• Retirement Plan: 401k plan with an employer match
• Further information on benefits: Experience:

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