Job Description:

Ragan Smith, a Pape-Dawson company, is seeking a licensed Landscape Architect or LA Project Manager to join our landscape architecture and land planning studio based in our Nashville office. The ideal candidate is creative, collaborative, and has a passion for creating places that are authentic, innovative, and functional. This position will have an opportunity to work on a broad range of projects including master-planned communities, parks, green infrastructure, retail, detailed urban spaces, mixed use spaces, and urban streetscape redevelopment.

This role will have a firm understanding of preparing graphics, design, drawing, and analyze projects in modeling programming software. The Landscape Architect or Project Manager will collaborate in-house with other landscape architects, civil engineers, and land surveyors to assist our clients in developing commercial, residential, mixed-use projects, and park and recreation projects. Working in tandem with our surveyors and engineers allows for seamless design process, learning opportunities, and a better product for both our clients and the users of the spaces we create.

Responsibilities

Develop design concepts using hand graphics and/or computer graphic programs, including SketchUp, Lumion, AutoCAD, and Adobe Suite

Communicate effectively with all levels of management in both written and verbal form

Establish and maintain project structure, budget, and schedule

Solve design problems using experience, judgment, and education

Participate in municipal approval process, including pre-application meetings, responding to staff comments, planning commission meetings, and city council meetings

Participate in construction bid process including pre-bid conferences, interpretations, post-bid evaluations, and contract preparation

Engage in construction administration, field observations, shop drawings, change orders, interpretations, conflict resolution, and close-down processing

Train and mentor more junior staff

Additional related duties as needed

Requirements

RLA or ability to achieve by reciprocity

Bachelor’s degree in Landscape Architecture

4-6+ years of experience in a planning and design firm

Proficiency in SketchUp, Lumion, Civil 3D, and Adobe Suite

Experience creating hand graphics

Interpersonal communication skills

Strong attention to detail

Benefits

Health, dental, vision, and life insurance

Long-term and short-term disability coverage

Generous PTO and paid holidays

401(k) safe harbor contribution plus 10% employer matching

Premium time paid out to eligible salaried employees when over 40 hours are worked in a week

Annual salary review and bonus

Tuition and gym reimbursements

Parental leave

Flexible work environment

Focus on work-life balance

RaganSmith was founded in 1933 as a land surveying company. More than nine decades later, we have grown into an interdisciplinary consulting firm of experienced civil engineers, landscape architects, transportation experts, savvy surveyors, and brilliant land planners serving the private and public sectors. In 2024, RaganSmith joined the Pape-Dawson family of companies. Pape-Dawson is an industry-leading, future-focused civil engineering and professional services firm with nationwide locations.

RaganSmith is an equal opportunity employer recognizing the value of a diverse workforce. All qualified individuals will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, and/or protected veteran status in accordance with governing laws.

EEO Statement:

All qualified applicants for Pape-Dawson Engineers will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.