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Stantec

Landscape Architectural Designer

Manhattan, NY · On-site

$67K - $94K/yr

Our New York City Landscape Architecture studio is seeking a highly motivated Entry-Level Landscape Architectural Designer to join our team. This role will support design development and collaborate ...

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$21 - $22/hr

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Stantec

Landscape Architectural Designer

Manhattan, NY · On-site

$67K - $94K/yr

Our New York City Landscape Architecture studio is seeking a highly motivated Entry-Level Landscape Architectural Designer to join our team. This role will support design development and collaborate ...

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Landscape Architectural Designer

Landscape Architectural Designer

Stantec

Manhattan, NY • On-site

$67K - $94K/yr

Full-time

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Retirement, PTO

Posted 22 days ago

Stantec rating

8.5

Company rating: 8.5 out of 10

Based on 81 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz

74th of 352 rated engineering

Job description

Job Description
Our New York City Landscape Architecture studio is seeking a highly motivated Entry-Level Landscape Architectural Designer to join our team. This role will support design development and collaborate closely with multidisciplinary teams, including urban designers, engineers, and architects.
Your Opportunity
Working in collaboration with design leadership, you will be an integral member of the project team, contributing to the design and delivery of a wide range of public realm projects.
Your Key Responsibilities
  • Assist with site analysis and contribute to development of design concepts for projects and master plans
  • Translate design ideas into graphic representations, including plans, sections, elevations, and perspectives (digital and hand-drawn)
  • Prepare materials for client presentations and agency meetings
  • Develop renderings and graphics for reports and presentations
  • Support the preparation of design documentation and contract documents
  • Assist with construction administration under the supervision of senior team members

Qualifications
Your Capabilities and Credentials
  • Strong creative thinking and design skills
  • Excellent research, analytical, and problem-solving abilities
  • Excellent verbal and graphic communication skills
  • Proficiency in industry-standard software, including AutoCAD, Adobe Suite, Rhino, Lumion, and ARC GIS.

Education and Experience
  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Landscape Architecture from an accredited program

Why Choose Stantec?
  • Access to career development resources to expand your skills, enhance your expertise, and grow your career
  • Opportunities to work on impactful, community-focused projects alongside a passionate, multidisciplinary team
  • Participation in employee resource groups, committees, and volunteer initiatives
  • A collaborative studio environment within a multidisciplinary New York City office
  • A culture that values innovation, creativity, and professional growth

About Stantec
Stantec is a place where the best and brightest come together to build on each other's talents, do exciting work, and make a meaningful impact on the world around us. Join us and redefine your personal best.
About Us
Strong communities don't just happen. They're thoughtfully planned and future-ready. We bring life to urban downtowns, suburban hubs, small towns, and rural areas through master-planned communities, mixed-use developments, parks, and recreation facilities. The result: vibrant economic centers, resilient neighborhoods, and welcoming places that feel like home.
If you're passionate about empowering communities, join us to discover a career with endless opportunities to make communities more equitable, resilient, and livable.
About the Team
Pay Transparency: In compliance with pay transparency laws, pay ranges are provided for positions in locations where required. Please note, the final agreed upon compensation is based on individual education, qualifications, experience, and work location. At Stantec certain roles are bonus eligible. Actual compensation for part-time roles will be pro-rated based on the agreed number of working hours per week.
Benefits Summary: Regular full-time and part-time employees (working at least 20 hours per week) have access to medical, dental, and vision plans, a wellness program, health saving accounts, flexible spending accounts, 401(k) plan, employee stock purchase program, life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, short-term/long-term disability plans, emergency travel benefits, tuition reimbursement, professional membership fee coverage and paid family leave. Regular full-time and part-time employees will receive ten paid holidays in each calendar year. In addition, employees will be eligible to accrue vacation between 10 and 20 days per year and eligible for paid sick leave (and if more generous, in accordance with state and local law).
Temporary/casual employees have access to 401(k) plans, employee stock purchase program, and paid leave, in accordance with state and local law.
The benefits information listed above may not apply to union positions because benefits for such positions are governed by applicable collective bargaining agreements

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