Cal Parks Jobs – Landscape Architect Series

Job Description:

• Classes in the Landscape Architect series perform work concerned with the planning, design, and development of landscape architectural projects in connection with buildings, institutions, or parks. These positions are located in the Department of Parks and Recreation, the Office of the State Architect, and the Buildings and Grounds Division.
• Landscape architecture is a profession of environmental planning and design concerned with the location and arrangement of natural and man-made elements and features on the earth’s surface with the objective of providing a pleasing, harmonious, and aesthetic environment for use and enjoyment by people. This requires professional services such as consultation, investigation, reconnaissance, research, land use planning, visual impact assessments, and design necessary to prepare the master plans and detailed plans in order to control land uses and to preserve and enhance the natural and historic resources. It also requires managerial and administrative activities for the planning, budgeting, and program control necessary to meet the objective.

Job Responsibilities:

• This is the entry and first working level of professional landscape architectural work. As incumbents progress in experience they will be assigned more difficult work. Under the direction of a registered Landscape Architect, incumbents assist in and perform work of average difficulty in the planning, design, and programming for landscape architectural and land use planning projects in connection with buildings, institutions, or parks; and do other related work.
• This is the fully qualified professional level. Under direction, as a specialist, incumbents develop master plans, and design and prepare contract documents for major landscape architectural and land use planning projects; develop visual impact assessment of various facilities; plan major landscape architectural projects; advise in the construction and maintenance of such projects; and do other related work.
• This is the first full supervisory level. Under general direction, acts upon the most difficult day-to-day technical design decisions; formulates and implements planning procedures for comprehensive landscape architectural and land use planning projects; coordinates the work of a staff comprised of Landscape Architects and others; meets and coordinates landscape architectural projects with community, agency, and departmental leaders; and does other related work.

Job Requirements:

• Knowledge of: Principles of landscape architecture, including design and civil engineering as applied to landscape architecture; land use planning, drafting procedures, and practices including computer-aided design and drafting and use of personal computers; site analysis and planning; erosion control; proper use of plant materials; principles of ecology; soil preparation, planting, and irrigation techniques; landscape maintenance procedures; principles of park and recreational development planning; and native and exotic plant materials best adapted to specific uses in various parts of California.
• Ability to: Do the less complex professional design work including site analysis, site planning, master planning, and planting design; select proper plant materials to achieve desired effects and prevent soil erosion; prepare sketches and plans for landscape architectural projects and coordinate the construction of such projects; calculate quantities; demonstrate artistic and creative aptitude; analyze situations accurately and take effective action; dictate correspondence, prepare written reports, and plan and make public presentations; and work effectively with others as a member of interdisciplinary planning or design teams.

Qualification & Experience:

• Education: Equivalent to graduation from a curriculum in Landscape Architecture from a college or university recognized or accredited by the American Society of Landscape Architects. (Registration as a senior in such a curriculum will admit an applicant to the examination, but applicant must produce evidence of having fulfilled the requirements for graduation before being considered eligible for appointment.) (Possession of a certificate of registration as a Landscape Architect as issued by the California Board of Landscape Architects may be substituted for the required education.)
• Possession of a valid Certificate of Registration as a Landscape Architect issued by the California Board of Landscape Architects. (Applicants who do not possess the required certificate will be admitted to the examination but they must secure the certificate before they will be eligible for appointment.) and Either I Two years of experience in the California state service performing the duties of a Landscape Architect, Range B.

Job Details:

Company: California State Parks

Vacancy Type:  Full Time

Job Location: San Francisco, CA, US

Application Deadline: N/A

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