Landscape Designer - Butte, MT.
SCJ Studio Landscape Architecture is seeking an energetic and skilled Landscape Designer with professional office experience and a strong interest in contributing to a diverse range of projects in collaboration with project managers across the firm. This position supports work spanning private residential landscapes to prominent public spaces throughout Montana, Colorado, Idaho, and Washington, and is based in our Butte, Montana office.
Located in the heart of the Northern Rockies, Butte offers an exceptional quality of life with immediate access to world-class outdoor recreation, including hiking, skiing, fishing, and mountain biking, as well as a rich cultural and friendly community. SCJ’s Montana office combines meaningful, regionally focused design work with the opportunity to live and work in a place that values both professional excellence and a balanced, outdoor-oriented lifestyle.
Who we are
Our mission is to serve our clients, communities, and each other with creativity, knowledge, insight, and perspective. As a 100% employee-owned company, SCJ values curiosity, compassion, stewardship, integrity, and empowerment. Our fast-paced, fun, and flexible atmosphere offers the opportunity for meaningful work that challenges you, makes a difference, and improves communities.
We specialize in landscape architecture and design, civil engineering, transportation planning and design, environmental and urban planning, and public outreach. With great projects and a fun-loving team, our firm has been named one of the nation’s fastest-growing and best places to work multiple times.
SCJ strives to employ top-quality people who will support the company’s unique culture—a place where we serve not only our clients but also one another. We routinely and easily cross job description “lines” to be part of accomplishing something, no matter how small the task.
What you’ll be doing
Collaborating on public and private sector projects in various locations across the West, including park master planning and parks and recreation design, trail design and planning, private residential, institutional, commercial and multifamily projects.
Valuing relationships both within and outside of SCJ with solid communication. You will interact with and build professional relationships with clients, agencies, colleagues, and the public.
Originating and developing design concepts. We’re looking for someone with strong design and graphic skills who can express themselves in different formats and assist in developing construction specifications and details.
Understanding local regulations. You'll have a strong knowledge of regional land use regulations and the ability to interpret land use language.
Working directly with our clients. All team members, regardless of experience, will have the opportunity to work directly with our clients. Depending on your experience, the collaboration will be supervised, and for those with more project management experience, you may be become the single point of contact for SCJ.
Conducting site visits and observations. Depending on your experience, you may perform construction on-site supervision, review shop drawings, submittals, and RFI’s, and participate in client meetings, public consultations, and presentations.
Collaborating with and supporting junior staff. Depending on your experience, you may provide professional oversight, manage tasks, help coordinate schedules, collaborate on design, redlines, reviews, oversee the technical execution of work products, and assist in developing landscape programs, schematics, and concepts.
Ensuring project documents are complete, current, and stored appropriately.
What you bring
A passion for serving others, communication, creativity, and a commitment to high-quality work.
Bachelor’s degree or master’s degree in landscape architecture from an accredited college or university.
State licensure, or the ability, desire, and existing qualifications to secure a landscape architecture license.
Willingness to conduct site visits of both current and prospective project locations and sites actively under construction in all types of weather, with varying site conditions.
Minimum 2 or more years of experience in site planning, site design, and landscape.
Minimum 2 or more of experience in a landscape architecture office setting, working on teams.
Experience and fluency with AutoCAD, LandFX, Adobe Creative Suite, and Sketchup, Lumion or Rhino, and/or Revit.
What we bring
An unbeatable culture: An autonomous and collaborative work environment, exceptional operational support, creative and supportive co-workers, and a compassionate leadership team. Plus, other fun stuff, including firmwide parties and various other innovative ways we have found to come together and hang out.
Quality projects: We pursue work that improves communities, challenges us, and makes a difference.
Community involvement opportunities and a charitable matching program.
Paid time off: vacation/sick time, holidays, personal floating holiday
Retirement benefits: 401(k) plan & employee stock ownership plan (ESOP).
Health, disability, and other insurance plan options to fit your needs. Including HSA & FSA.
While we prefer someone who will report to our Butte office, for the right candidate, we will consider a remote arrangement.
Compensation: $32-$42/hour DOQ
Interested? Please submit your resume and portfolio to careers@scjstudiola.com
