Landscape Designer

Career Opportunity: Landscape Designer – Berns Garden Center & Landscaping ­­­­­­­­­­­­­in Middletown, OH

Do you enjoy working outside and have landscape experience? Are you an individual with the ability to provide exceptional customer service to customers? Are you strategic minded with a focus on executing plans? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you!

Berns Garden Center & Landscaping is seeking a full-time Landscape Designer to be involved in all aspects of project development, sales and design, including presentations preparations, schematic designs, planting plans, planting specifications and project administration.  Additional responsibilities for the role include:

Responsibilities:

• Preparing, reviewing, and approving drawings and renderings as required.
• Coordinate technical and administrative activities with employees in other disciplines and other departments participating on an assigned project.
• Develop, review, and implement construction documents, project budgets, and schedules.
• Prepares site plans, working drawings, specifications, and cost estimates for land development, showing ground contours, vegetation, locations of structures, and such facilities as roads, walks, parking areas, fences, walls, and utilities, coordinating arrangement of existing and proposed land features.
• Preparation of cost estimates, including project research, alternates, and quality take offs.
• Participates in regularly scheduled project meetings.
• Maintains relationships with owners, consultants, and employees at all levels.
• Assist in the training and evaluation of assigned architectural and design/drafting personnel.
• Reviews and understands assignments and tasks and how they fit into strategic project goals.
• Must maintain customer contact throughout sales process, including payment collection.
• Responsible for estimating and maintaining acceptable gross margin on all opportunities.
• Work with production team to see that customer needs are met and quality meets Berns standards.
• Must have expert knowledge of plant material based on hardiness, size, growth habit, and exposure. Will source plants that are readily available.

Requirements:

• A bachelor’s degree in Landscape Architecture or Horticulture Design and/or 5+ years of professional experience.
• Up to 50% of this job is performed inside the office and the remaining 50% is outside, travel and sales; required.
• Proficiency in current technologies: AutoCAD or other design software, Adobe Suite and Microsoft Office are required. Knowledge and use of Aspire software is a plus.
• Field experience and horticultural knowledge is required.
• Ability to travel domestically as required.
• Valid Ohio Driver License is required.
• Prior customer service and/or sales experience is a plus.
• Polite, courteous, patient, and the ability to handle difficult people with tact.
• Have strong attention to detail and proven written and verbal communication skills.
• Flexibility to function as part of a team, collaborate with colleagues and change priorities as dictated by workflow.

If you are ready for a new challenge and want to work for a leader in their industry, apply by online today!

To learn more about Berns Garden Center & Landscaping visit:

bernsgardencenter.com

Employer is EOE/AA/M/F/D/V.

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