Landscape Architect /Designer Project Support

This position is vital to our design / build process. This support person works with sales representatives in all phases of design preparation. Includes gathering project and site information ( i.e. Building location, grades, existing plant material and locations of other site features), creating base maps, as well as preliminary landscape concepts. This is a collaborative process between the salesperson and support staff. This is a perfect position for a creative Landscape Architect or Designer who loves to design but is not interested in participating in a sales capacity. The majority of your time will be spent at the design table or in the field, but occasionally you will be asked to participate in sales presentations with a senior Landscape Architect.

Qualifications:

Graduate of Landscape Architecture or Landscape design, with experience preferred. Must have excellent design and graphic skills, a creative mind, be familiar with base map preparation and landscape construction techniques.

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Milwaukee, Wisconsin Hawks Human Resources Department English     Spanish

 

COMPANY PROFILE

Hawks Landscape (an affiliate of the Hawks Nursery Company, Inc.), established in 1875, has been at its current location in Wauwatosa, WI (a suburb of Milwaukee) since 1923. At the high point of the season, Hawks employs more than 100 people.

Hawks provides a fine array of goods and services aimed at the discriminating buyer including:

  • Landscape Design & Construction – Our Landscape Architects and Designers are able to design and direct the installation of landscapes of any complexity. Our construction crews install over four million dollars in landscaping each year.
  • Landscape Maintenance – Our crews are experienced at handling all facets of landscape maintenance including fertilizations, bed care, turf management and technical tree and shrub care.
  • Retail Landscape Design – This area of the company handles small to medium size landscape planning and installation sales as well as design and sales for our do-it-yourself clientele.

Hawks Landscape’s rapid growth has opened up many wonderful job opportunities in each of our departments. At Hawks, we care about the health of our employees and customers; therefore we do not allow smoking on any Hawks or customer property.