Chartered Landscape Architect

Gensler; London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Chartered Landscape Architect to join their dynamic London office. This role offers the opportunity to work on a diverse range of projects, from large-scale master planning to intricate urban green strategies. The ideal candidate will be innovative, possess strong technical skills, and have a deep understanding of planting and specifications. You will collaborate with a talented team of designers and architects, ensuring the delivery of high-quality projects while fostering a creative and proactive work environment. If you're passionate about landscape architecture and ready to make an impact, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in multi-disciplined offices with strong technical skills.
• Good understanding of UK and International design standards and processes.

Responsibilities

• Deliver innovative concept schemes with strong technical delivery.
• Collaborate with directors and project teams for timely high-quality deliverables.

Skills

Technical Delivery

Communication Skills

Project Management

Creativity

Organizational Skills

Education

UK Chartered Landscape Architect

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

SketchUp

Rhino

Grasshopper

Revit

Job description

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 between large scale masterplanning, hospitality and entertainment facilities, adaptive reuse and all forms of urban green strategies.

What You Will Do

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

• Have proven professional experience within multi-disciplined offices or projects and will possess strong technical skills which will be demonstrable within a varied portfolio.
• Be creative while possessing excellent organisational abilities to manage a variety of different projects.
• Experience of 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 is essential as is the ability to work constructively and collaboratively with other design disciplines and project stakeholders.
• Experience and knowledge of Concept Design through to Construction Documentation is essential to this role.
• Extensive knowledge of planting and soft landscape specifications.
• Work closely with Directors and project team to ensure timely delivery of high quality deliverables.

Your Qualification

• UK Chartered Landscape Architect.
• Good understanding of UK and International design standards, requirements and design processes.
• High level verbal, written and graphic communication skills including freehand sketching and industry standard software, including Adobe Creative Suite, SketchUp, Rhino, Grasshopper; knowledge of Revit is a key skill.
• Team spirit. Strong sense of personal responsibility and dedication to their work and the success of their team.
• Proactive approach to progress our design by seeking new ways to innovate, grow our business and inspire the team.
• Experience of project delivery and UK implementation is desirable.
• Background in horticulture is desirable.

This job description reflects the core activities of the role although there will be changes in the emphasis of duties as required from time to time.

Please apply for this Chartered Landscape Architect role and submit your CV and brief portfolio for review. Candidates that do not submit examples of work unfortunately will not be invited for interview.