Agile Project Manager jobs in United Kingdom

Dar, the founding member of the Sidara group, is an international multidisciplinary consulting organization specializing in engineering, architecture, planning, environment, project management, facilities management, and economics. Sidara operates in 60 countries with 20,500 professionals, Dar connects people, places, and communities through innovative solutions to the world's most complex challenges. We deliver projects from inception through completion, embracing challenges to empower communities worldwide. Learn more at www.dar.com.

We are looking for an adaptable, enthusiastic, and established designer with excellent communication skills to lead and manage projects for the Landscape Department.

• Project manage landscape-led projects and multi-disciplinary teams
• Producing sustainable concept landscape designs
• Preparing, writing, and contributing to Design Stage Reports
• Lead in preparing financial and technical proposals for the department
• Working together with the Company’s other landscape design offices overseas to help carry through concept designs to the detailed landscape design stage
• Working collaboratively with internal design departments and external consultants including urban designers, architects, planners, and infrastructure engineers
• Contributing to deliverables and ensuring that they are submitted on time and to the highest quality
• Interacting with the Client representatives through meetings and presentations to represent the company’s interests
• Ensuring the Company’s QA system is always applied
• Monitoring work produced by others within and external to the Landscape Department in the process of preparing reports and documentation for issue
• Project management and client relations management

• 15+ years experience, with exposure to working on international projects
• Project / people management skills
• Firm understanding of design process
• Experience working in a multi-disciplinary consultancy
• Strong report writing skills, with the ability to write clear and concise reports
• Excellent presentation skills
• Experience of working in the MENA Region

• A bachelor’s degree in Landscape Architecture/Design and preferably a postgraduate degree/diploma in Landscape Architecture
• Project management experience of multidisciplinary projects
• A sound understanding of design processes and a good technical knowledge that can be shared and inspire the wider team
• An ability to execute with design excellence and attention to detail
• The ability to sketch/develop designs on paper and digitally
• Ability to work across multiple projects simultaneously
• Experience in working on a variety of scales and typologies varying from master planning to site-specific landscape
• Experience on projects from schematic design to construction documentation
• Excellent writing, communication, and presentation skills
• Fluent written and spoken English and have good report writing abilities
• Flexibility, adaptability, and the ability to work well under pressure to meet deadlines
• Initiative, motivation, and be a team player