
Senior Landscape Architect Project Lead CM
WHITE PLAINS, NYJob$55–75/hrSeen 6 days agoSeen in employer's feed 6 days ago
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The Senior Landscape Architect Project Manager plans and designs community facilities and places, managing complex landscape architecture and planning projects. The role oversees project delivery, client relationships, budgets, staffing, and business development, and provides technical guidance to staff. It also represents the organization in communications and meetings, with work outside normal business hours sometimes needed to meet client requests or attend meetings.
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DescriptionThe Senior Landscape Architect - Project Manager (LA) functions as a fully competent Landscape Architect in all aspects of the subject matter of assignments, responsible for planning and designing various community facilities and places. Develops and evaluates plans for a variety of assignments including tasks carried out by others. Assesses the feasibility and soundness of proposal preparation. Performs and manages complex and sensitive professional landscape architecture designs and planning projects that are authentic to the local context and community setting. The PM/Sr LA is expected to manage clients, track project budgets, engage in business development, and professional networking. The position often requires effort outside normal business hours to meet client requests and/or attend meetings.Essential Functions: * Responsible for technical and Project Management for the day-to-day preparation of deliverables. * Develop and grow client relationships and partnerships. * Responsible for the day-to-day staffing and project scheduling. * Lead or assist on complex LA projects, designs, planning studies, contracts, and proposals. * Review complete project documents and QA/QC. * Represent the organization in communications and conferences. * Train and provide technical guidance to staff. * Produce project reports, designs, graphics in plan, section, and 3-D / Perspective views. * Lead project/public meetings on complex projects. * Responsible for QA/QC. * Attend proposal interviews. * Prepare bills for projects.Additional Responsibilities: * Identifies, organizes and leads community service programs * Functional manager to staff * Knowledge of pertinent federal, state and local laws, codes and regulations * Adept with citizen involvement techniques and processes * Perform other duties as assigned.Education:Bachelor's degree in Landscape Architecture or a related field.Job Prerequisites: * 10 years of experience, including 3 to 4 years supervisory. * Landscape Architecture license is strongly desired. * Active member of a professional practice organization. * Thorough knowledge of the principles, practices and techniques of Landscape Architecture and Planning. Additional Skills/Abilities: * Strong organizational skills required; ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment. * Must have advanced oral, written and graphic communication skills. * Must be able to efficiently and effectively delegate tasks/projects. * Must be able to effectively motivate and develop staff. * Must have strong financial skills related to budget and project billing.Supervisory Responsibility: * Supervise all staff necessary to complete assignments. * Ability to provide effective supervision and staff management.The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by an individual assigned to this position. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. Staff may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed.Pay Range: * Albany, NY: $48/hour - $65/hour * Poughkeepsie, NY: $50/hour - $70/hour * White Plains, NY: $55/hour - $75/hourPay is based on applicant's ability/experience and labor market, and will be rated accordingly.Why Creighton Manning?Creighton Manning, a GAI company, offers an exceptional place to do meaningful work, grow your career, and support infrastructure that strengthens communities. You'll join a collaborative, multidisciplinary team contributing to projects that improve transportation networks, support municipal services, advance land development, and expand energy infrastructure.At Creighton Manning, you'll work alongside engineers, planners, surveyors, inspectors, and support professionals in a collaborative, client-fo
How this job compares
Set against the 22,993 open Project Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$55–75/hr
- New York median$50–60/hr49 hourly ranges
- US median$45–60/hr873 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $65/hr, is 13% above the New York median midpoint ($58/hr) — in the middle half of Project Manager hourly ranges in New York.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 1,220 open Project Manager jobs in New York and 22,993 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in New York
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 10 years of experience; Project Manager postings that state a minimum ask for 7 years at the median (19,950 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 12,857 of the 22,993 open Project Manager jobs (56%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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