Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
Economic Development
Senior Landscape Architect | Nashville, TN
Job Summary
Serves as a Senior Landscape Architect providing site planning assistance to TVA Economic Development prospects and communities for the purpose of helping them understand the capability/suitability of a particular industrial site or building.
Interfaces closely with community and state officials, industrial prospects, economic development regional specialists, and target market specialists to produce visually appealing deliverables in a time-sensitive environment.
Typical duties include, but are not limited to:
Providing site analysis (soils, slopes, vegetation, drainage, streams, views, etc.) and zoning reviews (setbacks, buffers, planting requirements, open space, parking, etc.)
Performing grading estimates and balancing earthwork quantities for the development of an industrial site
Planning development of a site for competing uses
Creating master plans for industrial parks as well as single-user concept plans for individual parcels
Producing plans using the latest computer applications that assist communities in differentiating their sites from their competitors
Performing reviews of existing infrastructure for depiction on planning documents
Working in a team environment to share responsibility and collaborate to achieve the best overall result
Other useful skills include GIS proficiency and ability to render buildings in 2D and 3D based on site concept plans.
Minimum Qualifications
· Bachelor’s degree in landscape architecture is required. Master’s degree in landscape architecture, planning, or relevant field is desirable.
· Four or more years of experience in landscape architecture applied to site planning is required.
· Professional registration is desirable.
Please visit www.tva.com/careers to read the full job summary and apply. This job posting will be live from Monday, June 22, 2026, until 11:59pm Eastern Time on Sunday, June 28, 2026.