Landscape Architect/Designer

** This position is a regular, full-time position that is temporarily a remote position. The position is to work with our southeast landscape architecture group and be based out of one of our four (4) Southeast Offices. **

– Portfolio of select work is encouraged but not required. Please e-mail HR@tooledesign.com if you have a portfolio bigger than 4MB. You can also just share a link to your portfolio in the application or through e-mailing us. –

Are you fascinated by the built environment? Are you passionate about sustainability and the opportunity to work on challenging projects that make communities more livable? Would you enjoy working on a variety of projects with unique challenges and requirements in communities across North America? If so, we’re looking for someone like you to join our team as a Landscape Architect/Designer in one of our four (4) Southeast Offices Atlanta, GA, Orlando, FL, Raleigh, NC, or Spartanburg, SC.

Why Join Toole Design Group?

At Toole Design, we’re working to create vibrant, equitable, multimodal transportation solutions for people of all ages and abilities. Our staff of 200+ landscape architecture, engineering, and planning professionals are passionate about making a difference in communities large and small. The pace is fast, our team is creative and dynamic, and you will collaborate across disciplines with colleagues on transformative projects throughout the Southeast and across North America.

As a Landscape Architect/Designer, the projects you envision will get built! You will contribute to projects, lead analysis, develop concept designs and construction documents, work directly with our clients, represent Toole Design in project and stakeholder meetings, and reinforce our reputation as trusted experts. You’ll work with other engineers, landscape architects, and urban designers on our team to create inclusive and sustainable public infrastructure such as complex roadways and streetscapes in urban settings, signature trail projects that highlight and enhance the natural environment, and pedestrian plazas and shared streets that celebrate community and serve multiple functions. You’ll also be a part of interdisciplinary teams to deliver a variety of exciting project types focused on making places and travel experiences better for everyone, including local, regional, and state-wide active transportation plans, Vision Zero plans, Complete Street and streetscape guidelines and best practices, and downtown master plans. In an industry that is constantly changing, you’ll be at the forefront of designing and implementing real solutions.

Toole Design is a committed to building a diverse and welcoming team. We have a collaborative culture where people of all backgrounds come together to share ideas and build better, more inclusive communities. We are an equal opportunity, woman-owned business. We’re proud that about half of our managers are female and are committed to achieving racial diversity in our leadership as well. No matter what your background is – we encourage you to apply for this position.

About our Southeast Team

The Southeast Team consists of 21 fun, energetic, and creative interdisciplinary staff members spread out across four offices – Atlanta, Orlando, Raleigh, and Spartanburg – functioning as one team. Our desire is to make a difference in the communities we are privileged to work in by effectively listening to our clients and translating their vision into reality. We work closely together to deliver high quality projects, exceptional outcomes, and constructed projects that exceed our clients’ expectations. Are you ready to be a difference maker?

We’ll offer you:

• The potential to grow as a professional and advance in a company that prefers to promote from within
• The chance to discuss, plan, and design projects that create a sense of place within communities through the public realm (i.e., streetscapes, urban plazas, greenways and trails, multimodal transportation facilities, etc.) and help shape transportation policies, programs, corridors, and networks for communities in the Southeast and throughout North America
• The opportunity to influence how we discuss, develop, and design the largest part of our public realm, our transportation network, in communities across the country.
• An environment that fosters innovative, thoughtful, internationally-aligned and research-based best design practices
• Exceptional opportunities for professional development through internal training and with professional associations
• Competitive salary and benefits
• A workplace that practices what it preaches, with engaged colleagues and financial incentives to bike, walk and use transit on your commute

How to Apply:

If you would like to be considered as a potential candidate for this position, please click “Apply for this Job” below or visit our careers page http://www.tooledesign.com/careers and select the corresponding position. No phone calls, please. For more information about Toole Design Group, visit our website (www.tooledesign.com), follow us on Twitter (@tooledesign), or like us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/TooleDesignGroup).

You’ll be great here if:

• You are passionate about design and how it informs the built environment.
• You are excited about building and creating equitable, healthy, and resilient environments for communities.
• Reimagining cities, green spaces, and public realm through landscape design gets you going every day.
• You want to develop and implement projects that will have an immediate impact on communities.
• You’re a highly motivated, self-driven, detail-oriented person that enjoys solving problems and takes pride in the quality of your own work.
• You enjoy collaborating across disciplines, between offices, and with communities
• You can self-check your work to ensure that our team delivers high-quality design documents on time and on-budget.
• You have a positive attitude, a strong work ethic, and are highly organized.
• You know how to get the message across, whether written, verbally, or graphically.

You’ll need:

• A bachelor’s or master’s degree in landscape architecture or a related field.
• Up to 4 years of experience (recent graduate up to four years).
• A can-do teachable attitude.
• An interest in streetscapes, urban plazas, greenways and trails, and multimodal transportation facilities issues and design.
• A desire to make a difference within the public realm of communities across the Southeast and North America.
• Excellent task and time management skills.
• Excellent communication and strong writing skills.
• Experience with or ability to quickly learn Computer Automated Design (AutoCAD or MicroStation).
• Experience with the Microsoft Office suite of applications.
• Hand graphic skills to quickly and effectively communicate designs with clients and colleagues.

It would be a plus if you have:

• A working knowledge or familiarity with design software (Civil 3D, GEOPAK, or InRoads).
• Licensure, but not required for this position.
• Hands-on design and/or landscape architecture experience.
• A broad knowledge base in street design and urban multimodal planning.
• Knowledge of Land F/X software.
• Experience conducting public outreach and engagement.
• Experience working with multidisciplinary teams and multi-phased projects.
• Experience with bicycle and pedestrian projects.
• Prior experience at a consulting firm, public entity, non-profit or higher learning institution.
• Experience in residential or commercial construction.
• Strong proficiency with hand and digital graphic techniques to communicate design ideas and produce illustrative graphics.
• Experience in graphic production in both 2D and 3D using Sketchup and the Adobe Creative suite (Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop) including data visualization, mapping, and document layout.