Senior Landscape Architect/Planner - Chicago, IL

Senior Landscape Architect/Planner
City: Chicago
State: Illinois
Zip Code: 60607
Country:
Category: Landscape Architects
Years of Experience: 6-8 Years

Description:

Senior Landscape Architect/Planner is being sought by a global design practice focused on design and implementation of New Cities.

This is a unique leadership opportunity to join a global practice with offices in Chicago and India that is focused on creating a multi-disciplinary practice to set the global standards for New Cities. The firm goes beyond master planning, with a focus on design and implementing urban infrastructure, urban landscapes, and neighborhood design as well as architecture.

The practice is led by a world class architect who has designed major projects and new cities throughout the world. The growing practice, which invests a portion of their profits in research on sustainable systems for New Cities, is seeking to add a senior landscape architect/urban planner to the leadership team. The multi-disciplinary leadership team is currently working directly with one of India’s largest and most respected companies and largest land holders in India. They are working together to design, build and manage the infrastructure, architecture, parks, schools, hospitals, transportation systems, etc., for a 5,000 acre New City 30 miles south of New Delhi. A significant part of the New City will be built by the end of the year and will be a springboard for several other projects in India and throughout the world. The genius of the practice depends on being on the ground with the client to create an extraordinary bond of trust that fuels innovation in design of New Cities.

Skills Required:

The successful candidate will join the leadership team of the practice in setting the global design strategies and standards of excellence for urban landscapes of New Cities as well as the global practice. The multi-disciplinary leadership is working collaboratively with local architects, landscape architects, engineers, and contractors to leverage the best local talent while ensuring the implementation of the design strategies.

The successful candidate will have demonstrated leadership skills in landscape architecture with the following attributes:

* Portfolio of work that demonstrates conceptual design ability
* Passionate interest in urban scale landscapes
* Capable of defining urban landscape systems
* Ecological approach to landscape design
* Experience in coordinating landscape with urban infrastructure
* Capable of leading landscape development of entire cities
* Demonstrated ability to coordinate design work with other landscape architects
* Minimum of 7 years of experience demonstrating exceptional creativity at a large scale
* Maturity to work in multi-disciplinary leadership environment
* Strong verbal and graphic presentation skills

Education Requirements:

* Education in landscape architecture, urban planning or architecture

Additional Job Requirements/Conditions

The position requires that the successful candidate will spend 8 to 9 months in India with the remaining months work either in Chicago or from their home city. International candidates are encouraged to apply.

A very competitive compensation package includes providing living accommodations in India, four business class trips per year to home city, and other industry standard benefits. Annual bonus will be based on firm and individual performance.

Candidates of the highest caliber are encouraged to respond in strict confidence by sending your resume and project experience to: Douglas R. Parker AIA, Managing Principal | Email: dparker@greenway.us. An electronic portfolio of your work is encouraged, by not initially required.


About The Greenway Group

One of the country's leading strategy consulting and business networking firms for the design and construction industry, Greenway Group focuses on the future of the A/E/C marketplace. Greenway convenes the Design Futures Council and publishes DesignIntelligence.

Greenway gains understanding through working with all components of the marketplace: practitioners (architects, engineers, contractors), owners, suppliers, and related professionals, as well as cultural organizations and foundations. Their resulting ability to "see around the corner" gives them a broad perspective to provide valuable business connections, insights, and strategies that help firms realize greater success.

Greenway has become a leading source of foresight information on the built environment in the United States, called upon by the media for information about issues in the global design arena.

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