Landscape Design Project Manager

Discovery Land Company creates one-of-kind environments that provide individuals and families the freedom, security, and resources to learn, grow, and play in the some of the most beautiful places in the world. Through these environments, Clubs foster relationships, share unforgettable and life-changing experiences, embrace well-being, and inspire pure expressions of love, joy, compassion, and gratitude in all forms.

At Troubadour we believe that meeting the mission stated above is a promise we get to deliver on every day. Troubadour employees use their personal talent, passion, and resources to meaningfully integrate with diverse cultures and communities to create a viable and fun world for future generations, we do this by operating from our company’s unwavering values, learning, growing, and adjusting as we go.

Officed on-property at our community under development progress, Troubadour Golf & Field Club, College Grove, TN (A Discovery Land Company Community). Requires professional experience with single family residential lot landscape and grading design, commercial and/or amenity design experience is a plus.

As the developer’s representative at Troubadour this role will work with the Troubadour Architecture & Design team to planting, hardscape, outdoor living and exterior lighting/irrigation design for developer homes, built by Discovery Builders, TN. The Landscape PM will also work with the project development team on amenity projects, streetscapes and other various landscape related projects, as well as, assist the Architectural Review Committee in assuring custom built homes adhere to the community design guidelines related to site and landscape requirements.

Compensation Package:

• Annual Target Bonus
• Salary Range - $120-140,000
• Employer Paid Benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance)
• 401k Retirement Plan
• 15 PTO days annually

Key Responsibilities

Provide design support and advise on community members’ lot landscape design needs, and other property development needs. Establish and drive Discovery standards, best practices, quality design.

• Generate punch lists of all job deficiencies on landscape installations.
• Working knowledge of Photoshop, AutoCAD, Sketchup, and illustrative hand drawing skills is helpful.
• Keep the best interests of Troubadour and Discovery at the forefront in every decision.
• Procore: Working knowledge or trainable using design and files management software.
• Drawings in AutoCAD will be expected to support home buyer lot fits by way of lot-fit drawings including grading, existing tree, and view considerations.
• Other duties as assigned and associated with the performance of design and project management.
• Guide staff teams, members, consultants and builders with experience and helpful knowledge.
• Concept layouts to be provided for landscape construction, irrigation, lighting, hardscape, site walls, pools, BBQs, firepits, etc.
• Lead landscape design and administration primarily for Homeowners lot design, and support the land development team as required.
• Monthly reports: Provide written and photo reports to Director of Design and Horticulturist on key issues such as lot design status, priority projects, member or development needs or questions.

Architectural Review Committee (ARC): Assist the Architectural Review Committee with review of home lot designs submittals by other landscape architects hired by owners or builders.

• Document review: The ability to quickly read and decipher submitted design documents and direct comments to solve them is a key skill for this role.
• Communication: The community goals and rules for neighborhood, construction, lots, and homes must be upheld with situational understanding, and effective tactful communication.
• Design Guidelines: Understanding must be developed by reading and experiencing the results of the DGs, in order to enforce them with a broader vision of the club in mind.
• Written comments: Execute concisely well-written review comments describing the issues that do not abide by TDGs, in the regular format consistently maintained by the ARC.
• Site Obsrvations and communication: Each lot may have builder challenges from time to time that require a “correction” decision to be made between ARC and HOA. Provide review and input.

Skills and Qualifications

• Team player and encourage others to be the same.
• Gain and maintain the members confidence and then be able to manage their expectations.
• Good administrative organization skills to help keep teams and stakeholders informed and supplied with the required data and information.
• Maintain a professional appearance and conduct with clients and staff at all times.
• Minimum 7+ years working experience
• Local climate and plant palette experience is very beneficial.
• Specialized software including AutoCAD, Land F/X, Sketch-up, Bluebeam, Adobe Creative Suite.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Landscape Architecture from an accredited university or relevant project experience.
• Basic computer skills should include the following programs; Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Procore.
• Innovative and show initiative.