Trilon Group
Landscape Designer III
Trilon Group - Huntsville, Alabama, United States, 35824
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Overview
Landscape Designer III
Department:
Landscape Architecture
Employment Type:
Full Time
Location:
Huntsville, AL
Reporting To:
Will Hargrove
Compensation:
$68,500 - $88,500 / year
Description
Alta Planning + Design seeks a
Landscape Designer III
for our
Huntsville, Alabama
location. Alta's landscape architecture practice is dynamic and diverse, contributing to projects at a variety of scales with a people-centered approach to our work. We consider ourselves connectors of people and place, and we work directly with local communities on data-driven, engagement-centered designs. Through all of our projects at Alta, we aspire to promote environmental harmony and resiliency, social capital, and equity through design excellence. This production-level position is a great opportunity for someone who shares these values and who is interested in an interdisciplinary project environment working on a range of project types, from parks to streetscapes to greenways.
About Alta Alta Planning + Design is a sustainable transportation company dedicated to creating active, healthy communities through planning, landscape architecture, engineering, and education/encouragement programs. Alta was founded in 1996 when communities were calling for safer streets for people walking and bicycling as the non-motorized transportation movement developed into a profession in the United States. We pioneered the field of active transportation, evolving our planning and design work into a visionary global practice that empowers people to live active, healthy lives and gets them to where they need to go.
Our core values and work bring about positive change by creating places that are geared toward moving people rather than cars, connecting community members to daily needs and human experience, and empowering every person to live an active healthy life. As a global leader in mobility innovation for over 27 years with over 225 staff, we are dedicated to connecting people to places by working across disciplines and scale to address social justice, safety, and environmental resilience.
Day to Day
In this role, you'll work on the design of a variety of sustainable transportation and non-motorized recreation projects. This may include concept-level design on efforts such as Complete Streets or greenway corridor studies, to detailed development of construction documents, cost estimates, and specifications. Specific project work may involve shared use path design and feasibility, on-street bikeway design, wayfinding signage design, streetscape design, natural surface trail design, park and open space design, tactical urbanism, and urban design. Designers will be challenged to think at a variety of scales from the systems-level down to specific sites or intersections. Designers who enjoy working closely with other disciplines will appreciate Alta's multi-disciplinary approach that encourages collaboration with our planners, engineers, graphics designers, outreach specialists, and data analysts.
Qualifications
Required This position requires a combination of skills, experience and education including, but not limited to Passion for Alta's mission Bachelor's or Master's degree in Landscape Architecture or related field of study. 4+ years of transportation planning or design experience Desire to collaborate and participate in multidisciplinary teams Adobe Creative Suite proficiency- InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop in particular AutoCAD proficiency Basic knowledge of multimodal transportation planning practices and trail design standards Effective oral, written, and graphic communication skills Ability to lead, prepare, and contribute to the preparation of plans, reports, memos, and presentation materials Proficient with Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint Ability to independently work on multiple projects and complete tasks at a high level of quality Ability to participate in public outreach or conduct site visits There are a number of additional skills, experience, and education that would be beneficial to this position including, but not limited to:
Basic understanding of ArcGIS Pro Digital rendering and hand sketching skills Ability to prepare graphics and maps Master's degree in a related field Consulting experience Interest in business development Membership in a professional practice organization Specific experience planning and designing multimodal transportation projects or trail design What We Offer
Flexible Schedule
Alta offers a flexible, hybrid work schedule where most employees work from home three days per week. In-office days support our collaborative culture, one of our core values.
Compensation
The pay range for this job in
Huntsville
is
$68,500-$88,500
annually. Placement within the range is based upon experience, skill-sets, and qualifications.
Benefits
Alta offers comprehensive benefits to all full-time employees:
Medical : PPO or HSA medical plans Dental/Vision : PPO Life Insurance : Alta pays 100% of the premium for life and AD&D, equal to your base compensation 401(k) : Alta provides a match up to 3% PTO : 21 days accrued annually to start Holidays : 11 total company paid holidays Paid Parental Leave/Short-Term Disability Additional Benefits : Wellness reimbursement up to $800 annually, Alta Gets Around benefit of up to $900 annually, 5-year travel award, and professional development opportunities
Department:
Landscape Architecture
Employment Type:
Full Time
Location:
Huntsville, AL
Reporting To:
Will Hargrove
Compensation:
$68,500 - $88,500 / year
Description
Alta Planning + Design seeks a
Landscape Designer III
for our
Huntsville, Alabama
location. Alta's landscape architecture practice is dynamic and diverse, contributing to projects at a variety of scales with a people-centered approach to our work. We consider ourselves connectors of people and place, and we work directly with local communities on data-driven, engagement-centered designs. Through all of our projects at Alta, we aspire to promote environmental harmony and resiliency, social capital, and equity through design excellence. This production-level position is a great opportunity for someone who shares these values and who is interested in an interdisciplinary project environment working on a range of project types, from parks to streetscapes to greenways.
About Alta Alta Planning + Design is a sustainable transportation company dedicated to creating active, healthy communities through planning, landscape architecture, engineering, and education/encouragement programs. Alta was founded in 1996 when communities were calling for safer streets for people walking and bicycling as the non-motorized transportation movement developed into a profession in the United States. We pioneered the field of active transportation, evolving our planning and design work into a visionary global practice that empowers people to live active, healthy lives and gets them to where they need to go.
Our core values and work bring about positive change by creating places that are geared toward moving people rather than cars, connecting community members to daily needs and human experience, and empowering every person to live an active healthy life. As a global leader in mobility innovation for over 27 years with over 225 staff, we are dedicated to connecting people to places by working across disciplines and scale to address social justice, safety, and environmental resilience.
Day to Day
In this role, you'll work on the design of a variety of sustainable transportation and non-motorized recreation projects. This may include concept-level design on efforts such as Complete Streets or greenway corridor studies, to detailed development of construction documents, cost estimates, and specifications. Specific project work may involve shared use path design and feasibility, on-street bikeway design, wayfinding signage design, streetscape design, natural surface trail design, park and open space design, tactical urbanism, and urban design. Designers will be challenged to think at a variety of scales from the systems-level down to specific sites or intersections. Designers who enjoy working closely with other disciplines will appreciate Alta's multi-disciplinary approach that encourages collaboration with our planners, engineers, graphics designers, outreach specialists, and data analysts.
Qualifications
Required This position requires a combination of skills, experience and education including, but not limited to Passion for Alta's mission Bachelor's or Master's degree in Landscape Architecture or related field of study. 4+ years of transportation planning or design experience Desire to collaborate and participate in multidisciplinary teams Adobe Creative Suite proficiency- InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop in particular AutoCAD proficiency Basic knowledge of multimodal transportation planning practices and trail design standards Effective oral, written, and graphic communication skills Ability to lead, prepare, and contribute to the preparation of plans, reports, memos, and presentation materials Proficient with Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint Ability to independently work on multiple projects and complete tasks at a high level of quality Ability to participate in public outreach or conduct site visits There are a number of additional skills, experience, and education that would be beneficial to this position including, but not limited to:
Basic understanding of ArcGIS Pro Digital rendering and hand sketching skills Ability to prepare graphics and maps Master's degree in a related field Consulting experience Interest in business development Membership in a professional practice organization Specific experience planning and designing multimodal transportation projects or trail design What We Offer
Flexible Schedule
Alta offers a flexible, hybrid work schedule where most employees work from home three days per week. In-office days support our collaborative culture, one of our core values.
Compensation
The pay range for this job in
Huntsville
is
$68,500-$88,500
annually. Placement within the range is based upon experience, skill-sets, and qualifications.
Benefits
Alta offers comprehensive benefits to all full-time employees:
Medical : PPO or HSA medical plans Dental/Vision : PPO Life Insurance : Alta pays 100% of the premium for life and AD&D, equal to your base compensation 401(k) : Alta provides a match up to 3% PTO : 21 days accrued annually to start Holidays : 11 total company paid holidays Paid Parental Leave/Short-Term Disability Additional Benefits : Wellness reimbursement up to $800 annually, Alta Gets Around benefit of up to $900 annually, 5-year travel award, and professional development opportunities