Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.
We are more than 36, people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the worlds most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.
Role description:
Our Landscape. Masterplanning. Urbanism. (LMU) team are looking for a Senior Landscape Architect to come join our growing team, which consists of 70+ people offering the full spectrum of Landscape Architecture, Masterplanning and Urban Design services.
As part of our Environmental team, youll help improve quality of life. With your specialism in environmental management, or your technical or sustainability expertise, your work could involve protected species, pollution, surface water and materials management, air quality or noise. And in some of the worlds busiest and most beautiful locations.
We work to protect our natural environment and water resources, while powering our world for future generations. Around the world, were feeling the effects climate change, rapid urbanization, loss of biodiversity. The rate at which were seeing large-scale, unforeseen events such as floods and wildfires, is becoming more frequent. We are here to protect our natural environment and water resources, while powering our world for future generations.
Role accountabilities:
As part of our team you will have a strong focus on infrastructure led projects in tandem with master planning and urban design projects.
You will collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams including our in-house disciplines and high-profile designers as well as our sector leading external partners. Youll have the opportunity to work on some of the UKs largest, most complex and technically demanding projects. These currently include major large-scale Masterplans, City Centre public realm Regeneration projects, Green Infrastructure strategies and Landscape Masterplanning for some of the UKs largest residential and mixed-use developments as well as significant infrastructure projects such as:
1. Glasgow Neighbourhoods
2. Westerhill Masterplan
3. Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIPs) such as Lower Thames Crossing
4. Various Future High Street Fund projects and Town Investment Funds
5. Northstowe Masterplan / Urban extension
6. Perry Barr Regeneration Development
7. Otterpool Park Garden Settlement
8. Rochdale Canal and various other Projects (Canal and River Trust)
However, not all of our projects are large scale. We have equally exciting smaller projects and, together, present a rich and varied portfolio of projects and clients including at national and local levels, and in both the private and public sector.
Youll be challenged and inspired by projects that demand a variety of ideas and solutions. Its why we value collaboration. Why youll work with talented colleagues who bring fresh thoughts. And whilst each Arcadian brings their own perspective, we are united by a passion for sustainability, collaboration and a desire to solve the most complex challenges our world faces.
Qualifications & Experience:
9. Experience working as a Landscape Architect on infrastructure led projects i.e. rail or highways
10. Experience working as a Landscape Architect on small to large-scale Masterplans (residential and mixed-use developments), City Centre public realm Regeneration projects, Green Infrastructure strategies
11. Experience working on landscape planning and assessment projects
12. Confident communication skills and report writing
13. Good hand-drawing and graphic skills
14. Proficient Project Wise, AutoCAD and Adobe user
15. Driving Licence
16. Desired: Revit and/or 3d Sketchup, Modelling tools
17. Desired: Horticultural experience
Qualifications & Experience:
18. Degree/Diploma in Landscape Architecture or closely related subject
19. Chartered Member of the Landscape Institute