Back to Nature Home & Garden is hiring: Design Coordinator in Basking Ridge

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We are building the premier outdoor living company in the country by creating a “family of family companies” across the nation. Now you can build your landscaping career with the best, working in one of our many company locations nationwide. Learn from the top experts in the field and work on some of the country’s largest and most complex landscape projects. Take advantage of opportunities to share and exchange best practices across our network. The opportunities are endless.

About Us

At Back to Nature Home and Garden, we transform high‑end residential properties into exceptional outdoor living spaces. We design, build, and maintain customized landscapes that reflect each client’s unique taste and lifestyle. Our team takes pride in delivering a truly bespoke experience—from concept to completion and beyond.

Position Overview

Join Back to Nature Home and Garden as a Landscape Design Coordinator, supporting all aspects of our design studio. This role bridges design, organization, and project coordination—helping transform ideas into inspired outdoor spaces. You’ll assist in the development, documentation, and execution of residential landscape designs while ensuring smooth communication and workflow across teams and clients.

The ideal candidate is detail‑oriented, design‑minded, and thrives in a fast‑paced, creative environment. You are a proactive problem‑solver who helps keep projects on track and brings structure to the creative process.

Job Duties And Responsibilities

• Create detailed plans, drawings, and presentations by hand or using CAD and other design software.
• Select appropriate plants, trees, and materials based on climate, soil conditions, and aesthetic preferences.
• Make design adjustments as needed to accommodate client feedback or site‑specific considerations.
• Act as the first‑level ordinance interpreter, reviewing local regulations and zoning requirements to ensure designs are prepared for successful permit approval, and work closely with the Permit Coordinator to streamline the approval process.
• Support communication between clients, designers, project managers, construction, and maintenance teams to maintain design integrity through implementation.
• Coordinate with landscape architects, contractors, and vendors to source materials and resolve design or site challenges.
• Track project timelines, deliverables, and approvals to help ensure deadlines are met.
• Attend site visits and assist in documenting project progress and as‑built conditions on an as‑needed basis.
• Organize design files, drawings, and materials for efficient workflow and team access.
• Maintain the design library, plant database, and sample inventory.
• Assist in scheduling client meetings, design reviews, and studio activities.
• Support the production of presentation boards, concept packages, and printed deliverables.
• Write proposals.
• Maintain the design studio’s inventory, ensuring all supplies, materials, and resources are available and organized to support smooth workflow and project execution.
• Perform additional administrative tasks and support functions as needed.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of CAD software.
• Familiarity with plants or desire to learn.
• Familiarity with local zoning codes, setback requirements, grading and drainage regulations, tree ordinances, and related construction permitting standards.
• A degree in Landscape Design, Horticulture or a related field is preferred.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and Teams.
• Valid driver’s license and access to a personal vehicle; occasional travel to sites and vendors as required.

Pay Transparency

Mariani Enterprises LLC is committed to pay transparency and equity among all employees and provides employees with an environment where pay transparency and dialogue on compensation are allowed. Mariani Enterprises LLC complies with Equal Employment Opportunity laws as well as federal, state, and local laws on compensation, pay transparency, and pay equity.

Position Range

$20/hr – $25/hr

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

This employer participates in E‑Verify and will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), with information from each new employee’s Form I‑9 to confirm work authorization. Employers can only E‑Verify once you have accepted a job offer and completed the Form I‑9.

A part of the U.S. Immigration laws protects legally‑authorized workers from discrimination based on their citizenship status and national origin. If you have the skills, experience, and legal right to work, your citizenship or immigration status shouldn’t get in the way.

Mariani Enterprises, LLC is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in employment with regard to race, color, religion, national origin, citizenship status, ancestry, age, sex (including sexual harassment), sexual orientation, marital status, physical or mental disability, military status or unfavorable discharge from military service or any other characteristic protected by law.

Seniority level

Entry level

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function and Industries

Design, Art/Creative, and Information Technology; Landscaping Services

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