What is your role:
We are in search of a Landscape Architect to join an experienced team. Your primary focus will involve collaboration with developers on expansive residential projects within a dynamic work environment. The team places a strong emphasis on professional growth, mentorship, and support, actively fostering enduring connections with clients, co-consultants, and contractors, particularly within the well-established residential development sector across the UK. With numerous large-scale residential projects currently in progress nationwide, this presents an outstanding opportunity to become an integral part of an expanding and thriving team.
As part of this role, you will be responsible for crafting landscape design schemes, generating comprehensive reports, managing projects, providing support and guidance to team members, participating in project-specific meetings with clients and consultants, and driving action towards agreed-upon business objectives.
Duties and responsibilities:
- Prepare landscape design schemes, write reports, and project manage.
- Manage production and deadlines for assigned work individually or as part of a team.
- Conduct site visits for data gathering and return to the office to prepare designs, plans, drawings, reports, etc.
- Undertake site inspections, boundary surveys, site appraisals, and data analysis.
- Prepare Landscape Management Plans, Measured Works, Cost estimates, and other deliverables within RIBA stages 2-5.
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to ensure coordinated proposals.
- Execute RIBA stages 5-6 work, including site auditing and reporting.
- Conduct site meetings, planning meetings, public consultation meetings, and design team meetings.
- Manage health and safety risk registers, derogations schedules, and auditing processes.
- Perform other landscape architectural design duties as required.
- Assist the CEO/Associate Director with fee quotes for new projects.
- Provide technical guidance and support for efficient team productivity.
- Attend project-related meetings with clients.
- Foster strong client relationships and loyalty through effective communication and support.
What makes you good at your job:
- Minimum a degree or equivalent qualification in landscape design and a post graduate qualification or equivalent
- A member of Landscape Institute or equivalent
- Minimum 3 + years post-graduate experience.
- Broad and varied report writing skills to a good speed and standard
- Good project, site and task management experience
- Good landscape design experience / skills/ knowledge
- Knowledge of RIBA stages and UK Planning Policy
- Competent CAD drafting skills
- Excellent and varied IT Microsoft office skills
Why work here:
Offering a vibrant workplace in Suffolk, the growing team of 30 employees provides an inspiring environment. Located near Cambridge and London,they emphasize career growth, training, and comprehensive benefits. Serious about work-life balance they offer flexible, hybrid working options to accommodate individual preferences – upon satisfactory completion of probation and orientation.
