Senior Landscape Architect

Job Description

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Are you looking for a position with a work/life balance? Do you want to earn four (4) weeks off during your first year of employment? Do you want low and no cost health insurance options? If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, you need to complete your application now. Work for the city you love!!!

The Public Works Department is actively seeking a Senior Landscape Architect.

Did you know as a City of Jacksonville employee, you would also have twelve (12) paid holidays and a personal leave day as well? In addition to health insurance, dental, vision, life insurance and flexible spending plans are also available. City of Jacksonville employees are also eligible for Federal Student Loan Forgiveness after ten (10) years of public service and on-time payments.

This is technical work managing large-scale and complex City projects. This will include designing, developing, reviewing, inspecting, and overseeing design projects for conformance and adherence to development principles and practices. This position will provide construction inspection, including grading and drainage, hardscape, landscape, utility coordination, City buildings, electrical and plumbing infrastructure. Work requires an understanding and application of the theories, principles and practices of landscape architecture usually gained through degree granting schools or an equivalent level of practical knowledge gained through experience. Work will include oversight and analysis of consulting and contracting budgets to ensure efficient use of government funds. The work is specialized due to changing site conditions, City needs and aging infrastructure. Contacts with others require skills in understanding and/or influencing people and are important in providing client services, including skills of persuasiveness, assertiveness, and sensitivity to others point of view that are required to influence behavior, change an opinion, or turn a situ...