Senior Landscape Design Lead: Climate-Resilient Projects

AECOM; Dubai; On-site; AED 300,000 - 500,000; Full time

Job summary

AECOM is seeking a senior landscape architect with 12–15+ years of progressive leadership experience to helm landscape design across all project stages. The role demands delivering high-quality design while ensuring constructability, budget adherence, and program alignment in complex, large-scale projects.

You will champion climate-appropriate strategies for arid MEA conditions, manage scope, schedules, budgets and risks, and coordinate with urban design, civil, structural, MEP and environmental

Qualifications

• Leadership in design quality and project delivery.
• Interdisciplinary coordination across landscape, architecture and engineering.
• Proven ability to navigate regional authority requirements.
• Proficiency in Revizto, Rhino and Grasshopper; BIM/digital workflows.

Responsibilities

• Lead landscape design across all stages with focus on excellence and constructability.
• Set design direction and ensure alignment with briefs, budgets, and programs.
• Champion climate-appropriate, water-wise landscape strategies for MEA conditions.
• Own scope, schedule, budget, risk, and change across multiple workstreams.
• Coordinate with urban design, architecture, civil, MEP, and environment teams.
• Oversee technical deliverables and ensure digital standards and workflows.

Skills

Leadership

Coordination

Delivery

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Landscape Architecture

Tools

Revizto

Rhino

Grasshopper

BIM

Job description

AECOM is seeking a senior landscape architect with 12–15+ years of progressive leadership experience to helm landscape design across all project stages. The role demands delivering high-quality design while ensuring constructability, budget adherence, and program alignment in complex, large-scale projects.

You will champion climate-appropriate strategies for arid MEA conditions, manage scope, schedules, budgets and risks, and coordinate with urban design, civil, structural, MEP and environmental