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Landscape Architect

Position Number: 6109443
Location: Augusta, GA
Position Type: Agriculture - Horticulture & Landscape Architecture

Landscape Architect

Job ID: 283641
Location: Augusta University
Full/Part Time: Full Time
Regular/Temporary:

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About Us

Augusta University is Georgia's innovation center for education and health care, training the next generation of innovators, leaders, and healthcare providers in classrooms and clinics on four campuses in Augusta and locations across the state. More than 10,500 students choose Augusta for educational opportunities at the center of Georgia's cybersecurity hub and experiential learning that blends arts and application, humanities, and the health sciences. Augusta is home to Georgia's only public academic health center, where groundbreaking research is creating a healthier, more prosperous Georgia, and world-class clinicians are bringing the medicine of tomorrow to patient care today. Our mission and values https://www.augusta.edu/about/mission.php make Augusta University an institution like no other.

Augusta University's distinct characteristics in education and research include real-world experiences and community engagement, as well as a culture of building community, corporate and government partnerships that address health, security, economic and societal concerns locally and across the state.

The University System of Georgia https://www.usg.edu/hr/orientation/welcome_to_the_board_of_regents_university_system_office is comprised of our 26 institutions of higher education and learning as well as the System Office. Our USG Statement of Core Values are Integrity, Excellence, Accountability, and Respect. These values serve as the foundation for all that we do as an organization, and each USG community member is responsible for demonstrating and upholding these standards. More details on the USG Statement of Core Values and Code of Conduct are available in USG Board Policy 8.2.18.1.2 and can be found online at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section8/C224/#p8.2.18_personnel_conduct.

Additionally, USG supports Freedom of Expression as stated in Board Policy 6.5 Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom found online at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section6/C2653.

Location

Augusta University

Our Health Sciences Campus: 1120 15th Street, Augusta, GA 30912

Our Summerville Campus: 2500 Walton Way, Augusta, GA 30904

College/Department Information

Providing the highest level of quality service in a responsive and efficient manner to the entire university community while creating and caring for a physical environment in which those who seek knowledge, enlightenment and well-being enjoy successful, productive, and fulfilled lives. Facilities Services Division provides quality customer service by maintaining a safe, healthy, and aesthetically pleasing environment in which students, faculty, and staff can function and accomplish their educational objectives and by supporting a patient care culture that continuously improves. Facilities Services' responsibilities include Interior and Exterior Facilities Support, Construction, Space Management, and Environmental Services.

Job Summary

Reporting to the Director, Landscaping and Grounds, this position provides stewardship and enhancement of Augusta University's physical environment. Oversees designs, budgets, estimates, and schedules of landscaping projects, manage landscape project installations, manages landscape and hardscape resources, coordinates campus mitigation and restoration activities related to construction and adverse weather events, manages university tree inventory and plant materials assets, and provides general guidance related to the outdoor environment. Oversees professional design consultants ensuring landscape designs meet established university standards.

Responsibilities

The responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Landscape Planning, Design, & Construction:

Reviews and coordinates all aspects of landscape & hardscape areas of all AU locations. Documents and inventories existing plant beds, trees & hardscape features.

Provides oversight for work performed by AU landscaping and grounds staff providing direction, ensuring work is performed at a safe level and staff assignments are communicated in a clear manner.

Prepares conceptual site plans, landscape design plans, and specifications for construction and maintenance projects.

Review qualifications & collaborate on the selection of landscape design consultants.

Reviews design documents completed by design consultants with respect to the physical environment.

Performs construction site inspections related to site work and landscape installations by in-house landscaping and grounds staff and third-party contractors ensuring compliance with design intent and standards.

Presents planning and design options and recommendations to senior leadership to move through the concept, planning, execution and completion process.

Solicits quotes and competitive bids from vendors.

Participate in committees and individual meetings with academic and administrative units of the university as needed.

Serve as the primary backup to the director, provide leadership & oversee Landscaping and Grounds staff during periods when the director is unavailable.

Assists Operations leadership with recruitment/hiring of new staff as well as specific guidance for individual performance concerns.

Assists in on-going recruitment efforts to maintain high levels of Grounds staffing.

Oversees training of Grounds' staff related to techniques and safe use of tools and materials related to their primary job duties of installing new plantings and maintaining existing areas.

Reviews and provides comments on proposed designs of landscaped areas in collaboration with Facilities' Planning Design & Construction projects.

Site and Landscape Design:

Provides support related to the design, maintenance, installation, and inspection of landscape and hardscape construction projects including repairs and preventative maintenance to campus pedestrian paths, bicycle lanes/paths, sidewalks, irrigation systems, and landscape improvements.

Develops detailed landscape plans and specifications for project conceptual phase.

Reviews project submittals related to site and landscape work, reviews mockups, participates in planning and design review meetings and creates project punch lists.

Develops conceptual design cost estimates for landscape improvement projects.

Provides oversight for maintaining landscape fixtures including retaining and decorative walls, water features, and other hard-scape areas.

Assists with response to inclement weather events that create debris and damage to university grounds.

Communications:

Consistently provide professional, accurate, tactful, and timely written and verbal communications to Facilities and other university staff.

Establishes and maintains positive, respectful, collaborative working relationships with all levels of Augusta University staff.

Develop and lead group presentations and meetings including work groups and committees as assigned.

Provides status updates on Grounds' Improvement Program and other initiatives as directed.

Other

Other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in landscape architecture, horticulture, land planning or related field and 3+ years of experience with progressive levels of responsibilities and leadership related to leading a highly efficient institutional or commercial landscape design, maintenance, and care organization.

Preferred Qualifications

Master's degree from an accredited college or university in landscape architecture, horticulture, land planning or related field and minimum of ten (10) years of experience leading an institutional facility landscape organization. American Society of Landscape Architects License (ASLA) or able to obtain within 1st year of employment.

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

Knowledge

Knowledge of institutional facilities management and operations including program management, design, construction, energy conservation, USG methods, and infrastructure as related to a university campus.

Proficient in Microsoft Office and other computer software/databases

SKILLS

Must be forward-thinking, actively seek opportunities and propose solutions, demonstrate an orientation toward action.

Excellent verbal/written communication skills and interpersonal skills.

Strong attention to detail, judgment, and discretion with confidential information. Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.

Shift/Salary/Benefits

Shift: Days/M-F (work outside of the normal business hours will likely be required of an employee in an exempt level position)

Pay Band: 10

Salary to be commensurate with qualifications of the selected candidate within the established range (generally minimum-midpoint) of the position

Recruitment Period: 3/24/25 - Until Filled

Augusta University offers a variety of benefits to full-time benefits-eligible employees and some of our half-time (or more) employees.

Benefits that may be elected could include health insurance, dental insurance, life insurance, Teachers Retirement System (or Optional Retirement Plan), as well as earned vacation time, sick leave, and 13 paid holidays.

Also, our full-time employees who have been employed with us successfully for more than 6 months can be considered for the Tuition Assistance Program. Consider applying with us today!

Conditions of Employment

All selected candidates are required to successfully pass a Background Check review prior to starting with Augusta University.

If applicable for the specific position based on the duties: the candidate will also need to have a credit check completed for Positions of Trust and or approved departmental Purchase Card usage.

Motor vehicle reports are required for positions that are required to drive an Augusta University vehicle.

For Faculty Hires: Final candidates will be required to provide proof of completed academic degree(s) as well as post-secondary coursework in the form of original transcript(s). Those candidates trained by a foreign institution will also be required to provide an educational/credential evaluation.

All employees are responsible for ensuring the confidentiality, availability, and integrity of sensitive [patient, student, employee, financial, business, etc.] information by exercising sound judgment and adhering to cybersecurity and privacy policies during their employment and beyond.

Credit Check

This position will require the acquisition of a P-Card and/or handle cash, credit or other sensitive information and will require a satisfactory Consumer Credit check as a condition of employment.

Driver's License Statement

The Human Resources Division will request a driver's history report for the identified top candidate(s) for this position. We will initiate this through our Background Check Vendor; this report will come from the Department of Motor Vehicles. The selected candidate must have a valid driver's license.

Other Information

This position is also responsible for promoting a customer-friendly environment and providing superior service to our patients, students, faculty, and employees. "Augusta University is a patient-and family-centered care institution, where employees partner every day with patients and families for success."

Augusta University is a tobacco-free environment, and the use of any tobacco products on any part of the campus, both inside and outside, is strictly prohibited.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Augusta University is proud to be an equal opportunity employer welcoming applicants from underrepresented groups, including individuals with disabilities and veterans.

How To Apply

Consider applying with us today!

https://www.augusta.edu/hr/jobs/

Select University Faculty & Staff > External Applicants if you are a candidate from outside the university

Select University Faculty & Staff > Internal Applicants if you are a current university employee

If you need further assistance, please contact us at 706-721-9365

To apply, visit https://careers.hprod.onehcm.usg.edu/psp/careers/CAREERS/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM_FL.HRS_CG_SEARCH_FL.GBL?Page=HRS_APP_JBPST_FL&Action=U&FOCUS=Applicant&SiteId=12000&JobOpeningId=283641&PostingSeq=1