We are an integrated design firm with a promise to elevate the human experience through design. This fuels the work we do around the world and inspires our mission to improve the lives of our clients, our communities, and our planet. If this sparks your interest, you’re in the right place.

DLR Group has an opening for an experienced creative and innovative Landscape Architect

We operate within a hybrid work model, supporting flexibility between office time and work from home.

Location: Overland Park, KS (Kansas City metro area)

As a Landscape Architect, you will be responsible for developing creative, sustainable, and functional site and landscape designs for our diverse group of clients across the United States. As part of our integrated design teams, you will design and create sites integral with the architecture with the goal of elevating the human experience through design.

If you are a collaborative thought leader with a strategic mindset this might be the position for you. DLR Group is 100% employee owned and as such you’ll enjoy the opportunity to have ownership in the Firm. We rely on all our employee-owners to apply their financial acumen to grow the Firm profitably.

Position Summary

You will be responsible for working in a dynamic and multidisciplinary design team to produce site and landscape architecture for: K-12 Educational; Higher Educational, Sports, Hospitality, commercial and municipal projects of all sizes and complexities.

The successful candidate will:

• Experience in managing workflow and projects
• Collaborate with other architects, engineers, and clients as part of our integrated design process.
• Create and coordinate documents using Autodesk’s CAD software.
• Prepare planning and design solutions for sustainable project development and assist through all stages of the design process.
• Write and review site and landscape related specifications.
• Review of Shop Drawings.
• Conduct site visits.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Landscape Architecture.
• Previous experience working in an A/E design firm for six to 10 years.
• Licensed Landscape Architect or currently in the process of completing the L.A.R.E.
• Goal oriented with strong skills in problem solving, graphic communication, and attention to detail.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience and interest in designing sustainable sites, landscape, and irrigation design.
• Project management and construction experience.
• Site Master Planning experience.
• An appreciation and understanding of the integrated design process and a desire to work collaboratively with multiple disciplines.
• Experience with BIM or Autodesk Civil 3D project development and workflow.
• Knowledge of LandFx, ArcGIS and Adobe Creative Cloud software.

DLR Group is an integrated design firm delivering architecture, engineering, interiors, planning, and building optimization for new builds, renovations, and adaptive reuse projects.

We are 100% employee-owned: every employee is literally invested in our clients’ success. At the core of our firm are interdisciplinary teams engaged in every step of project lifecycles. Our teams champion true collaboration, open information sharing, shared risk and reward, value-based decision making, and proficient use of technology to deliver exceptional design. We are pursuing the goals of the 2030 Challenge, the ME2040, and the SE2050, and are an initial signatory of the China Accord and the AIA 2030 Commitment.

Our ambition is to use our collective design voice to bring about a better society and create stronger communities by recognizing and addressing longstanding inequities in our nation. Leading this change – to deliver a more equitable culture – aligns with DLR Group’s Core Values and our brand promise to elevate the human experience through design. By exploring, discovering, sharing, and ultimately resolving inequities identified within our firm and the broader A/E/C industry, we can develop a more diverse and inclusive design culture to better fulfill our brand promise.

Our comprehensive Benefits at DLR Group include medical, dental, vision, disability, wellness programs, flex spending, paid holidays, and paid time off. We also offer a 401(k) plan, employee stock ownership, and bonus opportunities. Compensation considerations are based on location, experience, and skills.

Through our values – commitment, creativity, environmental stewardship, fun, integrity, ownership, sharing, teamwork – we elevate the human experience through design, together.

We are proud to be an EEO/AA employer M/F/D/V

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