Zgf Architects
Designs diverse, high‑performing buildings and communities across civic, healthcare, research, academic, corporate and transit sectors.
Lead landscape design projects & manage teams for large master plans in Portland
15 days ago
$107,000 - $124,000
Expert & Leadership (13+ years), Experienced (8-12 years)
Full Time
Portland, OR
Office Full-Time
Company Size
750 Employees
Service Specialisms
Architectural Design
Interior Design
Urban Design
Planning
Project Management
Sustainable Design
Green Building
Energy‑Efficient Design
Sector Specialisms
Healthcare
Academic Institutions
Urban Design
Laboratories
Hospitals
Learning Spaces
Corporate Headquarters
Institutional
Role
Description
quality management
project planning
landscape delivery
client liaison
mentorship
business development
- Lead landscape architecture quality management activities to ensure clear, concise, correct and complete technical documentation of ZGF landscape architecture projects.
- Prepare and manage, or support staff to do so, detailed project approaches, schedules, scopes of work, fee budgets and project execution plans, as well as negotiate contracts.
- Deliver successful landscape architecture and urban design projects on behalf of ZGF.
- Represent ZGF and function as a primary contact with clients.
- Collaborate with department leadership to manage change, and exercise discretion to escalate issues to firm management when necessary.
- Generate positive client feedback while achieving contract and financial performance metrics across the lifespan of multi-year and/or multi-task order contracts.
- Guide and mentor junior staff to develop their careers as designers, leaders and project managers.
- Collaborate with clients and project stakeholders to define project success and develop goals, strategies and approaches to get there.
- Establish and maintain business development relationships.
Requirements
bachelor's
oregon license
15 years
revit
bluebeam
project management
- Bachelor’s degree in landscape architecture from accredited program.
- Track record of satisfied clients eager to work with you again.
- Superior communication, writing, editing and reporting skills for a wide variety of audiences, including graphical presentation of complex project management approaches and processes.
- Experience leading the development and successful permitting of district- and campus-scaled master plans.
- Ability to lead multiple projects in various stages of development simultaneously, and work cooperatively among architecture and landscape architecture leaders to ensure design integrity.
- Proficiency with project management tracking and collaboration tools such as SmartSheet, Bluebeam, MS Project and the MS Outlook suite.
- Licensed to practice landscape architecture in the State of Oregon.
- Extensive experience leading multidisciplinary teams on large, multi-year or multi-task order projects.
- Minimum 15 years of experience in landscape architectural design, documentation and construction administration, in collaboration on large multidisciplinary projects with architects and engineers.
- Track record of successful coaching, mentoring and development of junior staff.
- Familiarity with design software requirements and workflows (Revit, Autodesk 360, Bluebeam, SketchUp, Rhino, etc.)
Benefits
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Training + Development
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Company
Overview
$245M
Annual Revenue
Reflecting a balance of design ambition and commercial success.
7 Locations
North American Practice
Grown from a regional office into a multi-city practice with global reach.
- Balancing form, beauty, and function through technical solutions and craftsmanship.
- Projects include airport terminals, laboratories, university campuses, hospitals, corporate headquarters, and cultural landmarks.
- Innovative approaches to civic and research buildings, including zero-energy design and advanced mass-timber structures.
- Accolades include the AIA Architecture Firm Award and hundreds of design honors.
- Notable works such as Portland International Airport’s terminal, NIH clinical labs, and Stanford’s energy facility.
- Each project is tailored to its climate, place, and purpose, creating spaces that feel both rooted and visionary.
Culture + Values
- Attention to craft and beauty is elemental to the ZGF culture.
- Our designs reflect a holistic understanding of the relationship between buildings, people, and the environment.
- The instinct to build community, making places where people come together for a common purpose, is central to our work.
- As stewards of the built environment, our applied research and learnings allow us to invent new approaches that address urgent climate challenges…
- Will this leave the world and the communities in which we live and work not only better than we found them but prepared for whatever the future may bring?
Environment + Sustainability
10% by 2030
Near-Zero Emissions Target
Aims to transition 10% of cement and concrete poured to near-zero emissions by 2030.
65% Reduction
Emissions Target
Committed to reducing emissions by 65% by 2030 as a signatory of the COP26 Communiqué.
110% Energy Generated
Energy Efficiency Milestone
PAE Living Building generates 110% of operational energy on-site, showcasing net-positive energy performance.
50% Carbon Reduction
Embodied Carbon Achievement
Achieved a 50% reduction in embodied carbon in a campus modernization project using EC3.
- Goal: net-zero carbon emissions for firm's operations (Scope 1&2 neutral now; Scope 3 targeted by 2023; full Scopes 1-3 by 2030)
- Designed California ARB HQ and PAE Living Building: net-zero energy, LEED Platinum
- Used proprietary Carbon LCA tool to reduce embodied carbon of concrete by 20% at Amazon Metropolitan Park HQ
- PAE Living Building: reduced embodied carbon by 30% via mass timber; uses 100% Red List-free materials, on-site water capture and PV battery storage
Inclusion & Diversity
- Firmwide JEDI Task Force + employee-led DIAG guide measurable actions in recruitment, hiring, employee experience and minority-owned business partnerships
- Scholarships, mentorships and financial/practical support provided to pipeline of minority architects
- Updated JUST 2.0 label in 2022 to evaluate social justice and equity practices firmwide
- No public aggregate gender ratio reported