Senior Chartered Landscape Architect

Senior Chartered Landscape Architect – BRISTOL/CARDIFF

The AtkinsRéalis Landscape Practice is an award-winning leading UK-based design practice, with global reach, whose reputation is built on a culture of open collaboration, creating, and delivering excellence in all we do. Our diverse, highly skilled, passionate designers are unified with a belief that good design can positively transform people’s lives.

We believe that everyone deserves access to brilliant buildings, places, and spaces, regardless of who they are, where they live, or their circumstances. We are creators, landscape architects, architects, designers, engineers, and specialists who share the same experiences and ambitions as the communities we serve.

Our expertise ranges across all key sectors of the built environment: Green and Blue Infrastructure, Flood Alleviation, Masterplanning, Education, Aviation, Commercial, Defence, Active Travel, Transport, Urban Regeneration, Retrofit, and Residential providing integrated nature-based solutions in a multidisciplinary environment.

We have a strong pipeline of work as a national landscape practice across all sectors, and we are looking to recruit Landscape Architects across the UK to join our team. Depending on your level of experience, you will have the opportunity to take a leading role on a large variety of challenging design projects across the UK. You will collaborate with national and international multi-disciplinary design teams, using your insight and creativity to generate positive, sustainable, impactful designs.

AtkinsRéalis has an exciting opportunity for a talented and enthusiastic Chartered Senior Landscape Architect to join our team in the south west from a base in either our Bristol or Cardiff offices.

We're looking for a skilled and passionate Chartered Senior Landscape Architect who has successfully completed their Chartership and showcases a strong background in the field.

In our region, we deliver a diverse portfolio of high-profile landscape, public realm, and environmentally focused projects for the public and private sectors.

We are looking for people with a design flair and good written capabilities to support project delivery from feasibility through to construction. You will have a proactive can-do attitude and demonstrate an innovative approach, have high-quality presentation and communication skills, and confidence in undertaking site surveys, design and assessment, and writing technical reports.

You will need to demonstrate the following capabilities and experience:

• Taking responsibility for project workload within a team.
• Working within a multidisciplinary environment.
• Landscape Design, supporting projects from feasibility through to detail design.
• An understanding of the principles of SuDS.
• Ability to support contract documentation and site supervision.
• LVIA in accordance with the latest best practice guidance, planning process, and EIA.
• Technical knowledge, high-quality presentation, and communication skills.
• Familiarity with working in a quality assurance environment.
• Understanding of and demonstrable experience in BIM.

Responsibilities:

• Design input to a range of projects, including schools, rail, road, flood infrastructure, public realm, and urban regeneration.
• Preparation of Landscape and Visual Impact Assessments.
• Preparation of tender responses.
• Provision of landscape advice to external and internal clients.
• An understanding of project management, including the financial management of projects.
• Resource allocation in liaison with the landscape senior leadership team.
• Mentoring of junior staff.

Requirements:

• A relevant landscape degree.
• Chartered membership of the Landscape Institute.
• Relevant years post-chartership experience in a Landscape role, ideally in both the public and private sectors.
• Experience in the management and delivery of multi-disciplinary projects, particularly in the sectors of schools, transport, flood infrastructure, and urban regeneration.
• Excellent project management skills for multi-disciplinary projects.
• Experience and knowledge of Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment to varying methodologies i.e. GLVIA 3, DMRB.
• Proven ability to manage budgets.
• Consultancy experience is an advantage, as is a need to demonstrate commercial expertise.
• Competent in AutoCAD and Adobe software packages with a passion to explore the use of Revit, Sketch Up, and Enscape used as a design tool and for presentational outputs.
• Experience and an understanding of BIM.
• Communication through hand drawing invaluable.

The successful applicant must be flexible and self-motivated and be expected to demonstrate the following:

• Good communication skills, with the ability to draft reports to a high standard.
• Ability to work under pressure, and have proven success in meeting tight deadlines.
• Confident team worker, but able to work with limited supervision.
• Commercial awareness and business development skills.
• The opportunity to work both locally and within our national business to win and deliver work with a requirement for flexibility in respect of travel and location based on project demands.

Applicants must hold a full valid driving licence and live within a reasonable travelling distance to one of our offices. Site visits across the region will be required.

In return, we offer the opportunity to develop, learn and work with a diverse team of specialists across different regions on award-winning high-profile projects with a competitive salary and benefits package.

Your rewards and benefits will include:

• 25-day annual leave allowance plus Bank Holidays with flexibility to buy/sell annual leave.
• Annual LI membership professional fees paid for.
• 2 paid days a year to be used for volunteer activities.
• Cheaper gym memberships and many other money-saving opportunities.
• Cycle to Work Scheme (entitling you to a tax-free bike).
• Discounted rates on gadget insurance and other services.
• Option to purchase additional benefits such as dental, holiday insurance at reduced rates.
• Season ticket loans for annual travel expenses.
• Employee Assistance Programme.

AtkinsRéalis is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures, and abilities.

What we offer?

AtkinsRéalis recognises that there are many well-qualified people who are looking to further their career, but who cannot commit to full-time employment. We support flexible working arrangements and are interested to discuss how we can accommodate individual requirements.

Training:

AtkinsRéalis is committed to developing its people both personally and professionally. Our colleagues have the advantage of access to a high-ranging training portfolio and development activities designed to help make the best of individuals’ abilities and talents.

Additional Information:

This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance.