Chartered Landscape Architect

Conrad Consulting Ltd; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 day annual leave

Annual professional fees paid

Volunteer days

Cycle to Work scheme

Season ticket loans

Employee Assistance Programme

Flexible working arrangements

Job summary

Conrad Consulting Ltd in Birmingham seeks a Chartered Landscape Architect to take on design lead responsibilities across a range of projects including education, transport and urban regeneration. The role requires a broad knowledge base, chartered status, and a minimum of five years post-chartership experience with multi-disciplinary delivery.

The successful candidate will lead design teams, manage project budgets, develop CVIA/Tender inputs and mentor junior staff in a dynamic, client-facing

Qualifications

• Relevant landscape degree and postgraduate diploma/MA.
• Chartered membership of the Landscape Institute.
• Minimum 5 years post-chartership experience in a Landscape role.
• Experience in multi-disciplinary projects across sectors.
• Excellent project management and budget handling.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Project management

Budget management

AutoCAD

Adobe Creative Suite

Mentoring junior staff

Education

Landscape degree

Postgraduate Diploma or MA in Landscape Architecture

Chartered membership of the Landscape Institute

Tools

AutoCAD

Adobe

Revit

SketchUp

Enscape

Job description

If you are a Chartered Landscape Architect who would relish the challenges of taking on design lead responsibilities, one of the worlds most respected and commercially ambitious Consultancies have an opportunity to be based in their Birmingham office available.
A little more about this business .
Global Design, Engineering and Project Management consultancy offering the best in architecture & engineering to provide a full suite of services to clients in the public and private sector. Whether designing iconic buildings or developing clever solutions for end users our client prides itself in offering intelligent, sustainable solutions and unrivalled expertise. Their diverse, highly skilled, passionate design teams are unified with a belief - good design can positively transform people's lives. They have a keen and astute eye for design and technical quality, ensuring they deliver fantastic projects that inspire and delight their customers. Over recent years their Architecture brand has evolved into a fiercely design led commodity with innovation at its heart, owing to several key senior appointments with design flair at the forefront of their skillset, the recent shift towards project work being headline grabbing and the designs pioneering continues to gather pace.
The projects .
Their teams work on a number of projects across multiple sectors including Education, Transport, Flood Infrastructure and Urban Regeneration. Owing to a breadth of work across these sectors ensures there are plentiful opportunities to build on your experience as well as offering the opportunity to find your niche! They are considerate to people's ambitions and needs, and always seek to ensure everyone has the opportunity to grow and develop. The role is open to someone who has a breadth of knowledge and specialism within one core sector or someone with a variety of project work within their historical portfolio.
Responsibilities of the Landscape Architect as follows

• 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.
• Commercial management of bids and projects.
• 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 regional and national landscape senior leadership team.
• Mentoring junior staff.

Requirements of the Landscape Architect .

• A relevant landscape degree and Post Graduate Diploma or MA.
• Chartered membership of the Landscape Institute
• Relevant minimum 5 years post chartership experience in a Landscape role, ideally in both public and private sectors.
• Experience in the 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
• Proven ability to manage budgets.
• Competent in AutoCAD & Adobe software packages with a passion to explore the use of Revit, SketchUp and Enscape used as a design tool and for presentational outputs.

In return, the Landscape Architect will be offered a competitive salary and benefits package that includes the following:

• Salary - £40,000-£46,000 per annum, negotiable dependent on experience.
• 25 day annual leave allowance plus bank holidays, with flexibility to buy/sell annual leave.
• Annual 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.
• Discounted rates on gadget insurance and other services.
• Season ticket loans for annual travel expenses.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Flexible working arrangements.