Playground Architect / Designer in Wallenstein, Ontario

At Earthscape, we create beautiful, innovative custom playground sculptures and structures that inspire children and adults to play. By partnering with some of the most prestigious Landscape Architecture firms in the world, we bring brilliant playground concepts to life. Our award-winning design-build firm is located just outside of Elmira, Ontario in Waterloo Region.

The work environment we’ve created is positive, productive, fun and rewarding. We are a transparent, open, collaborative, team focused company. We strive to continually innovate and to lead in creating the most beautiful and meaningful public play spaces. We believe in play and its role in bringing about heathy children, families, and communities. We are agile creative problem solvers who seek to make joyful spaces for everyone.

Together, our team of designers, engineers, and craftspeople build and install state-of-the-art timber playgrounds that become iconic and well-loved destination spaces. To see our one-of-a-kind projects, visit www.earthscapeplay.com. (http://www.earthscapeplay.com/)

Currently, we are looking for a Playground Architect / Designer to join our growing team. We believe the right person for this role will likely have a background in Architecture or Industrial Design with experience in making or building.

You will be involved in all aspects of the creative design of children’s play spaces. Your job will be to focus on early concept creation and design development. Your team mates have training in industrial design, landscape architecture, architecture and engineering, giving you the rewarding experience of working collaboratively with designers from different disciplines and nationalities.

Our clients include internationally renowned Landscape Architecture firms; as well as cities, towns and municipalities; schools; non-profit organizations; and child care centers. Sounds like an amazing job, right?! We think it is!

If you feel you would be an asset to our team and would like serious consideration, please include samples or examples of things that you have designed and/or made in your application package.

Ideal candidates:

We are looking for someone who:

• is a team player;

• is creative, agile, and serious about play;

• is empathetic and a seeks out healthy collaboration;

• has a play-centered approach to life; in reading about this job, you’re already dreaming about play spaces;

• has strong hand sketching skills;

• has abundant creativity but also has a strong intuition for constructability;

• has the ability to be creative within the rules — playgrounds must meet safety standards so our designs must be adapted to meet these regulations;

• has deep curiosity and the ability to listen and comprehend another’s thoughts and visions;

• communicates with contagious passion and energy when making public presentations to explain your designs;

• enjoys collaborative work with a multidisciplinary team but also work effectively with little supervision;

• has a growth mindset, and learn from your mistakes;

• has a natural ability to prioritize tasks and work efficiently;

• has academic training in a design discipline (preferably Architecture or Industrial Design) with strong illustrative skills;

• is proficient with Adobe design software and 3D modeling software; bonus points if you have worked in Rhino, Sketchup, Photoshop AutoCAD and/or Solid Works.

What’s in it for you?

This job will offer you the opportunity to work on some of the world’s most innovative playground projects. The pace, challenges and problem-solving opportunities will mean you will never be bored. You will have the chance to develop and refine a wide variety of skills in our rapidly growing business. Your colleagues are dynamic, and highly skilled. They have an impressive range of backgrounds, skills and expertise. Above all they are dedicated to Earthscape’s success.

We believe strongly in rewarding our staff with a combination of:

• profit sharing, share ownership and performance bonuses;

• award-winning projects and designs;

• track record of excellent client relationships;

• benefits for full-time and regular seasonal employees.

Compensation

dependent on experience

Location of Work: Main office: Wallenstein, Ontario; this is not a remote position

Accommodations: We are committed to treating all people in a way that respects their dignity and independence. Should you require any accommodation during the recruitment process or otherwise, please notify us of this when you apply and we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs.

Pre-employment checks: As part of our selection process, successful candidates may be required to consent to background checks relevant to the role, prior to receiving a job offer. These could include: work references, education and credential confirmation, employment verification, identity check, criminal offense and driver’s license record.