Description

Overview

Since 1956, Berns Garden Center and Landscaping has been the heart and soul of delivering exceptional horticulture and landscaping services to our community in Southwest Ohio. With locations in Middletown and Beavercreek, we take pride in cultivating beautiful spaces and fostering meaningful connections with our customers, employees, and community. As we continue to grow, we are looking for a Landscape Designer to join our landscape division who can capture the customer's vision and deliver Bern's quality results. This position will be involved in all aspects of project development, sales and design, including presentation preparation, schematic design, planting plans, planting specifications, and project administration.

Duties Including but not Limited to:

• Preparing, reviewing, and approving drawings and renderings as required
• May 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
• Preparing 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
• Preparing 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
• Will 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.
• Must be able to visualize the needs of the customer and communicate those needs both verbally and through renderings.

Requirements

Qualifications

• Dependable, honest and trustworthy
• Polite, courteous, patient, and the ability to handle difficult people with tact
• Strong attention to detail
• Proven written and verbal communication skills
• Strong sense of initiative, independence, and organization
• Flexibility to function as part of a team, collaborate with colleagues and change priorities as dictated by workflow
• Must present a professional appearance and demeanor
• A Bachelor’s degree in Landscape Architecture or Horticulture Design and/or 3+ years of professional experience
• Prior customer service and/or sales experience is a plus
• 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.
• Asks thoughtful and relevant questions, strong conceptual and critical thinking skills
• Ability to produce strong graphic communications (computer and/or by hand)
• Field experience and horticultural knowledge is a must
• Ability to work effectively in a collaborative team environment
• Ability to travel domestically as required
• Valid Ohio Driver License a must
   

Job Environment:

Up to 50% of this job is performed inside the building and the remaining 50% is outside, travel and sales.  When outside there is exposure to all types of weather: heat, sun, high humidity, rain or cold. There is exposure to packaged soils and soil amendments, packaged chemicals, pollen, seeds and various types of plants.  When inside the temperature is regulated.  Personal drafting tables, drawing tools and computers are provided. Some sitting, standing, bending, kneeling is required. The tools used in this job include calculators, drafting tools, smart phones, computers, fax, and copier. The person in this position must be able to talk, hear and see.

Berns Greenhouse and Garden Center is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, gender, age, veteran status, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status or disability (in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act) with respect to employment opportunities.