Landscape Architect

Dangar Barin Smith is a leading Australian residential and commercial creative landscape practice founded by William Dangar in 1991. With a reputation for responding to the site, whether parkland or urban garden, the practice strives to enhance built form in ways that balance innovation with hard-earned knowledge and an ability to create beautiful enduring outcomes for their clients.DBS is seeking a Landscape Architect with 2-3 years experience in the industry, who is specifically interested in the documentation and multi-residential sector.This role will primarily be based around the management of multiple multi-residential projects and the progression of these projects once they have been submitted for DA. The successful applicant should be comfortable communicating with council, architects, developers and subcontractors, and have a particular interest in seeing projects through the tender and landscape specification stages.About the role

• Manage a projects progression between DA submission - installation
• Answer RFI's from council, architects, other consultants on primarily multi-res projects
• Participate in ongoing project meetings for a variety of projects, primarily online, to manage the progression from DA to tendering of the landscape design
• Prepare landscape specification (tender) documentation sets, primarily for multi-residential projects
• Liaise with architects on specific jobs to gather information on council requirements, council conditions etc
• Attend meetings with council and contractors including ‘Without Prejudice' meetings, possible attendance at Land and Environment Court meetings (more rare)
• Image presentations for client presentation
• General admin duties
• Prepare landscape plans using vectorworks
• Use Indesign and photoshop for client presentations

With the opportunity for future involvement in:

• Amendments to landscape plans using Vectorworks

• Site analysis, including photos of existing site/vegetation and preparation of site analysis plans

• Client consultation and documentation of site and client meetings

• Preparation of concept plans and documentation

• Presentation of concept plans to clients with Director

• Preparation of landscape documentation required for Council for DA, CC and S4.55 submissions

• Preparation of costing documentation for client presentations

• Organisation of sub-contractor quotes (this will include site meetings to discuss the scope with each specific trade)

• Research for specific projects as well as researching for general design and horticultural knowledge

• Report writing

• Preparation of tender documentation

• Management of requests and queries from customers and other consultants

• Council research

• General assistance to directors and associates.

About you

• Bachelor of Landscape Architecture
• 2-3 years experience in the industry
• A detail oriented person
• Ability to effectively communicate and collaborate with both peers and external stakeholders

To apply for this role, please include a cover letter and resume for consideration. We look forward to receiving your application!Applicants must have valid working rights in Australia to apply for this position.For more information on our organisation, please visit https://dangarbarinsmith.com.au