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This position will support transportation, public works, and federal infrastructure and facility projects through site analysis, conceptual design, planting and irrigation design, technical production, and construction documentation.\nYou will work directly with landscape architects and collaborate with our in-house civil, traffic, structural, and stormwater engineers. This role offers exposure to multiple phases of project delivery, from early studies and design concepts through construction documents and construction-phase support.\nThe ideal candidate combines creative design thinking with technical accuracy, communicates effectively, takes ownership of assigned work, and is eager to grow within a collaborative multidisciplinary environment.\nA Hybrid working arrangement is available.\nWhat You’ll Do:\nPrepare landscape architecture construction documents using AutoCAD for federal and public works projects and MicroStation for Caltrans projects.\nCompile and analyze site information, including land use, site context, soils, vegetation, drainage, utilities, and existing structures.\nDevelop landscape concepts, planting and irrigation plans, grading concepts, technical details, illustrative plans, diagrams, renderings, exhibits, and presentation materials.\nAssist with preparing technical specifications, quantity calculations, and construction cost estimates.\nCoordinate design and production activities with civil, traffic, structural, stormwater, and other technical disciplines.\nCommunicate professionally with clients, agencies, subconsultants, and internal project teams.\nParticipate in project meetings, site visits, agency coordination, and construction-phase services.\nComplete assigned tasks on schedule, within budget, and in accordance with project quality requirements.\nPerform careful self-checks and support ongoing quality assurance and quality control throughout project delivery.\nBalance design quality with constructability, maintainability, schedule, and budget.\nCommunicate progress proactively, ask thoughtful questions, and follow assignments through completion.\nBuild technical knowledge while contributing positively to a collaborative team environment.\nWhat You Need to Succeed:\nBachelor’s or Master’s degree in Landscape Architecture from an accredited program.\nApproximately 3-5 years of professional landscape architecture experience. Strong entry-level candidates with relevant internship experience and a compelling portfolio may also be considered.\nProficiency in AutoCAD.\nWorking knowledge of SketchUp, Bluebeam, Microsoft Office, and Adobe Creative Suite.\nUnderstanding of planting design, irrigation design, grading and drainage fundamentals, construction documents, and technical detailing.\nAbility to collaborate effectively with interdisciplinary teams and respond constructively to redlines and design direction.\nStrong written, verbal, graphic, and visual communication skills with careful attention to detail.\nAbility to organize assignments, manage workload across multiple projects, and meet project deadlines.\nPortfolio or work samples demonstrating both design/presentation graphics and construction-document or technical-detailing capabilities are required.\nPreferred Qualifications\nExperience or demonstrated interest in transportation, public works, federal facilities, civic landscapes, or other complex multidisciplinary projects.\nExperience with MicroStation, particularly on Caltrans projects. 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