Chartered Landscape Architect

Gensler; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a passionate Chartered Landscape Architect to join their dynamic London office. This role offers the opportunity to work on diverse projects ranging from master planning to urban green strategies. You will collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team, utilizing your technical skills and creativity to deliver exceptional design solutions. The firm promotes a balanced lifestyle with comprehensive benefits, including medical insurance and professional development support. If you are driven by innovation and excellence in landscape architecture, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Season Ticket Loans

Pension

Biannual Bonuses

Professional Development Reimbursement

Qualifications

• Proven experience in multi-disciplinary projects with strong technical skills.
• Good understanding of UK and international design standards and processes.

Responsibilities

• Deliver innovative landscape architecture projects from concept to documentation.
• Collaborate with project teams to ensure timely delivery of high-quality outputs.

Skills

UK Chartered Landscape Architect

Communication Skills

Project Management

Technical Delivery

Planting and Soft Landscape Specifications

Education

Chartered Landscape Architecture Qualification

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

SketchUp

Rhino

Grasshopper

Revit

Job description

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Your Role

Gensler’s London Office is seeking an exceptionally talented and passionate Chartered Landscape Architect to join our team of design thinkers and doers who specialise in helping to tell stories and create experiences in the context of the built environment. You will work in a multi-disciplinary studio that includes landscape and urban designers, strategists, architects, and interior designers. The project types within the studio range from large-scale masterplanning, hospitality and entertainment facilities, adaptive reuse, to all forms of urban green strategies.

What You Will Do

As a Chartered Landscape Architect, you should be innovative and passionate, with strong concept schemes and a solid understanding of technical delivery. Knowledge of planting and specifications, with experience in the UK and internationally, is essential. Candidates should be responsible and accountable for delivering their project work with excellent communication skills when liaising with clients and other consultants.

• Proven professional experience within multi-disciplinary offices or projects, with strong technical skills demonstrated through a varied portfolio.
• Creative with excellent organisational abilities to manage multiple projects.
• Experience with a range of projects from small-scale architecturally led schemes to large-scale and complex regeneration plans is desirable.
• Good communication skills and the ability to lead teams within the office, working constructively and collaboratively with other design disciplines and stakeholders.
• Experience from Concept Design through to Construction Documentation is essential.
• Extensive knowledge of planting and soft landscape specifications.
• Work closely with Directors and project teams to ensure timely delivery of high-quality outputs.

Your Qualifications

• UK Chartered Landscape Architect
• Good understanding of UK and international design standards, requirements, and processes.
• High-level verbal, written, and graphic communication skills, including freehand sketching and industry-standard software such as Adobe Creative Suite, SketchUp, Rhino, Grasshopper; knowledge of Revit is a key skill.
• Team spirit with a strong sense of personal responsibility and dedication.
• Proactive approach to advancing design, seeking innovation, growth, and inspiration.
• Experience in project delivery and UK implementation is desirable.
• Background in horticulture is a plus.

This role may evolve over time, with changes in duties as required.

Please apply with your CV and a brief portfolio. Candidates without work samples will not be considered for interviews.

Candidates not meeting all criteria may be considered for other roles suitable to their experience.

Life at Gensler

We promote a healthy, balanced lifestyle. Benefits include medical and dental insurance, season ticket loans, pension, and biannual bonuses. We also support professional development through reimbursement for qualifications, exams, and courses, viewing these as strategic investments in our future.