Principal Landscape Architect

At EXP, we're driven to provide innovative solutions for the world's built and natural environments. As a team of engineers, architects, designers, scientists, creators and a community of professionals, we bring diverse and talented people together to solve the world's most complex challenges. Here, you join a team that leverages differences, harnesses their entrepreneurial spirit in an employee-owned company, that believes diversity is what gives us strength, seeks sustainable results and shares ambitions for each other, our clients and the communities we are part of and serve. To be a part of EXP means to have your own experience, while staying connected to a global network of professionals, who believe we are a part of something bigger. Together, we are EXP.

Are you ready to design your future?

Be our next Principal Landscape Architect

Your work environment at EXP

In this role, you will be a part of the Transportation and Infrastructure Practice within the Central US based in Chicago, IL reporting directly to the Practice Manager. You will have the opportunity to work within a growing team to deliver planning, design and construction oversight support for a wide variety of urban and rural infrastructure projects for roads, bridges, rail, transit and aviation projects. You will also support landscape architecture work for other practices within the Central US and across North America.

What a day at EXP has in store for you

• This is a technical role working to deliver solutions through all project development phases from conceptual/planning, detailed design, construction and close-out.
• Act as a Project Manager from proposal scoping, budgeting, scheduling, and concept design through construction phases. This includes contracting, P & L management, invoicing and accounts receivables.
• Participate in development of construction specifications, contract administration and site review for execution of the built work
• Serve as a senior technical landscape designer, mentor and train junior technical staff
• Develop site design concepts and analyze site layouts in digital and hand-illustrated formats
• Deliver creative solutions and design material that communicate design intent to clients and staff
• Conduct tree inventory and investigations. Develop tree protection plans that include drawings and reports
• Interface directly with internal /external clients and be able to provide clear, well-articulated and solution-based recommendations
• Seek potential opportunities through business and client development activities

What your experience looks like

• 15+ years of professional experience within Landscape Architecture
• Licensed Landscape Architect in IL
• Certified Arborist is preferred, but not required
• Exceptional technical skills and planning, design and construction oversight experience
• Effective verbal, written and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work on multiple projects with aggressive delivery schedules for a wide variety of internal and external clients.
• Demonstrated ability to prepare high-quality design work and design presentations using hand graphics and relevant computer software (AutoCAD, MicroStation, SketchUp, Photoshop, InDesign, Microsoft Office Suite)
• Demonstrated experience and design excellence in several core areas of the practice including open space, infrastructure, site development, parks and plazas, streetscapes, trails, greenways and naturalized and resilient landscapes
• Participation in professional societies is encouraged
• Business development and proposal preparation experience is preferred, but not required

The salary range for this role is $120,000 to $140,000. Actual compensation will be determined based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to the candidate's skill set, experience, certifications, and geographic location. Compensation may vary by location due to differences in the cost of labor.

In addition to competitive pay, we offer a comprehensive benefits package for all full-time employees, including health insurance, vacation time, and 401(k) retirement benefits.