Early Career Federal Planner/Landscape Designer

Job Description
This Opportunity
WSP is currently initiating a search for a Full-Time Early Career Federal Planner/Landscape Designer to work out of Arlington, VA; Pittsburgh, PA, or Tacoma, WA. This position is particularly well suited for candidates with backgrounds in landscape architecture, planning, architecture, civil engineering, and/or geographic information systems (GIS) who are interested in applying design thinking, site analysis, and visualization skills to complex Federal planning projects.
Become an integral part of WSP’s Federal Planning Team and assist with the planning and design of military installations, federal campuses, and other partner locations throughout the United States and internationally. Working alongside a diverse range of planners, architects, engineers, and GIS specialists, you will coordinate with stakeholders to assist in defining their vision and developing master plans, feasibility studies, and conceptual designs.
Responsibilities include supporting stakeholder engagement workshops; conducting site analysis; preparing maps, site plans, infographics, and other visualizations; shaping planning and design recommendations; and helping to translate complex technical information into clear, compelling planning documents and presentations.
Candidates must submit a portfolio or work samples demonstrating their planning/design, graphics, and writing skills.
Your Impact
Assist with the preparation of installation master plans, area development plans, campus plans, facility programming studies, conceptual designs, feasibility analyses, and other planning documents for Federal clients.
Support field investigations, planning charrettes, stakeholder workshops, and site assessments to document existing conditions and identify opportunities for improvement.
Conduct site, land use, infrastructure, environmental, and spatial analyses to evaluate existing conditions and inform planning and design recommendations.
Develop maps, diagrams, renderings, infographics, reports, and other visual communication materials to effectively convey planning concepts, data, and recommendations.
Help prepare planning reports, technical memoranda, presentations, and other written deliverables that communicate user needs, project findings, and planning recommendations.
Collaborate with landscape architects, urban designers, architects, engineers, environmental specialists, and other technical professionals as part of multidisciplinary project teams.
Support a diverse portfolio of Federal projects, including military installations, airfields, ports, industrial facilities, administrative campuses, healthcare facilities, and recreation areas.
Utilize CAD, GIS, 3D or 2D design, visualization, and analytical tools to support project studies and planning efforts while maintaining quality standards for data collection, analysis, and reporting.
Complete training on assigned tasks and demonstrate responsible, ethical decision-making in accordance with WSP policies and professional standards.
Perform additional responsibilities as required by business needs.
Who You Are
Required Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Landscape Architecture, Urban Planning, Environmental Planning, Architecture, or equivalent.
0 to 1 years of relevant post-education experience.
Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Secret security clearance.
Due to client requirements, U.S. citizenship is required.
Demonstrated ability to communicate planning and design ideas through writing, graphics, maps, and presentations.
Familiarity with discipline-specific software, including AutoCAD and ArcGIS.
Familiarity with graphic design software, including Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign.
Strong technical writing, research, and analytical skills.
Ability to interpret and analyze spatial data, including site features, environmental, infrastructure, buildings/structures, land use, and demographic data.
Familiarity with 3D modelling and visualization software (i.e. Rhino, Sketchup, Lumion, etc.)
Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Demonstrated attention to detail and ability to manage multiple assignments in a dynamic team environment.
Ability to work independently under general supervision and collaboratively as part of multidisciplinary teams.
Basic proficiency with Microsoft Office and other business communication and productivity tools.
Proven commitment to workplace safety and adherence to company policies and procedures.
Ability to travel, including the overnight stays to support project workshops and charrettes. Travel may be within the continental United States or international.
Preferred Qualifications
Prior internship or professional experience related to master planning, campus planning, military planning, landscape architecture, urban design, site planning, architecture, or community planning.
Participation in professional organizations such as ASLA, APA, SAME, ULI, or related associations.
WSP Benefits
WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.
Compensation
Expected Salary (all locations): $55,200 - $70,800
WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and offer for this position, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.
About WSP
ABOUT US
WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper.
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WSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting client needs. Employees are also afforded a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career.
At WSP, we want to give our employees the challenges they seek to grow their careers and knowledge base. Your daily contributions to your team will be essential in meeting client objectives, goals and challenges. Are you ready to get started?
WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran Status.
The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.
Notice To Third Party Agencies
WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or other staffing services. Unsolicited resumes include any resume or hiring document sent to WSP in the absence of a signed Service Agreement where WSP has expressly requested recruitment/staffing services specific to the position at hand. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers or other business leaders, will become the property of WSP and WSP will have the right to hire that candidate without reservation – no fee or other compensation will be owed or paid to the recruiter, employment agency, or other staffing service.

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