Principal Landscape Architect

Job Description

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. Our practice-wide team of 80 Landscape Architects work throughout the UK and internationally.

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. We have a strong practice design manifesto and always drive to deliver the best.

We have an exciting opportunity for a talented and enthusiastic Chartered Principal Landscape Architect to join our team in Scotland from a base in our Glasgow or Edinburgh Office.

We are a regionally focused and nationally connected practice working in a multidisciplinary environment. We deliver a diverse portfolio of high-profile landscape, public realm, and environmentally focused projects for the public and private sectors across the Scotland region.

The position requires a Chartered Landscape Architect with an excellent track record in design. The roles offer a wide variety of experience and provide an excellent opportunity for career progression.

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. We thrive on turning our hand to every part of our profession.

We are looking for good interpersonal skills, fluency in English, and an ability to work in a stimulating multidisciplinary environment as part of an integrated team with an inquisitive approach to work.

Responsibilities:

• Design lead on a range of projects, including urban regeneration, public realm, flood infrastructure, parks & greenspace, active travel, and design guidance.
• Preparation of bids and input into work-winning activities.
• 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.
• Solid 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 urban regeneration, flood infrastructure, and active travel.
• Excellent project management skills for multi-disciplinary projects.
• 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 and ability to use Sketch Up as a design tool and for presentation outputs. Ability to use GIS software would be advantageous.
• 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 and develop design information 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 and with these opportunities there will be a requirement for flexibility in respect of travel and location based on project demands.

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. There are training opportunities and career development support that includes technical, project, and business management skills with one of the UK's leading design consultancies.

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.

What we offer?

AtkinsRéalis recognize 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. As part of this commitment, we understand the need for a diverse and flexible workforce, where a work-life balance is important. So, by default AtkinsRéalis offers flexible working, where there is no fixed 9 'till 5, no need for a 5-day week, no requirement for a full-time contract, and no requirement to spend all your working time in the office.

Rewards and Benefits:

We offer a competitive salary that is regularly tested against other consultants with a default of 25-days leave each year plus bank holidays and options to buy or sell some of that leave. Salary and benefits will be commensurate with experience and qualifications.

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 individual abilities and talents. We also actively support staff in achieving corporate membership of relevant institutions.

Additional Information:

This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance. If this is necessary, it will be discussed with you at interview. The vetting process is delivered by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) and may require candidates to provide proof of residency in the UK of 5 years or longer.

We are committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop. To help embed inclusion for all, from day one, we offer a range of family-friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and employee networks to support staff from different backgrounds.

Worker Type

Employee

Job Type

Regular

At AtkinsRéalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds, and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion, or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.