The Wlb Group Work Values

Daily Duties at The Wlb Group:

WLB-Director of Operations, Las Vegas Office October 2004 through March 2016 Since starting with WLB, rose through the ranks as a senior designer, project manager, Director of Landscape Architecture and Director of Operations for the Las Vegas Office. Skills as a Landscape Architect have been greatly enhanced by being a part of a multi-disciplined firm working with civil engineers, surveyors, planners and our construction management team. Management Skill Set:  Thorough knowledge of engineering and construction as well as landscape architecture.  Comfortable discussing grading and drainage issues, pavement cross sections, utility conflicts, planning and regulatory requirements and of course plant material and spatial relationships of good design.  Strengthened personnel management skills and broaden the business management role.  Establish and maintain client relations.  write and prepare proposals for funding and project start up.  Communication, leadership and vision are keys to the success of any design problem, project schedule or firm growth and development. Daily duties:  Overseeing of the management and production staff, client development, fee proposal and administrating the project accounts under my direction.  Concurrent involvement with numerous projects of varying scales, complexity, and budgets.  Public projects require multiple agencies and public involvement, Comfortable in doing public speaking and project promotion. Can convey complex principles and put them into layman’s terms for easy understanding.  Project financial responsibility, requiring collections and other legal remedies. Understand budgets and how projects are paid for and handle multiple projects with multiple funding sources.  Tasked with human resources issues such as office safety plans, hiring department heads, developing performance plans, counseling staff performance, motivating and rewarding when necessary, resolving conflicts and establishing training procedures.

What they like about The Wlb Group:

You highly value a work environment built on a formal structure, rules, and regulations. You do not enjoy the unpredictability of shifting priorities and deadlines that upset your routine. You require and enjoy direction, input and accountability as part of your work environment. You have a strong need to participate in making key decisions and feel left out if your superiors or co-workers do not seek your input when making decisions. You thrive on providing good customer service to both internal or external customers, and doing so makes you feel good.

Tags

Scheduling, Construction, Architect, Business Management, Engineering, Human Resources, Management, Project Management, QA/QC, landscape/irrigation design, construction management, business development, contracts, scopes, budgets, leader, public presentation, local agency familiarity

Skills

management, business development, meet schedules and deadlines, public speaking presentations, empowerment of staff career development, attention to detail QA/QC review, project design, standard office software skills, AutoCAD drafting skills

These are some of the questions we asked our climbers about their experiences with The Wlb Group: