GRADUATE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT (1-2yrs Experience)

Landscape Institute; Scotland; Hybrid; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading design practice in Scotland seeks a Graduate Landscape Architect to join their award-winning team. This full-time position offers the chance to work on diverse projects, combining design and technical expertise while supporting the pathway to professional Chartership. The role is based in Edinburgh, fostering hybrid work, and emphasizes inclusivity and professional growth.

Benefits

Support for hybrid home/office working

Professional training & CPD

Personal pension contributions

Payment of professional fees

Qualifications

• 1-2 years of experience in professional practice.
• Ready to secure Chartership.
• Driving licence considered essential.

Responsibilities

• Engaged in design and delivery for diverse projects.
• Lead and support regeneration and sustainable placemaking.
• Involved in project management and site supervision.

Skills

Communication

Design skills

Technical skills

Education

Licentiate Member of the Landscape Institute

Tools

AutoCAD

SketchUp

MS Office

InDesign

Photoshop

Job description

The Opportunity:
Our multi award-winning Landscape Design Team is seeking to appoint a talented and ambitious Graduate Landscape Architect, with an interest in all aspects of design and delivery for a diverse range of interesting and challenging project throughout Scotland.

Working in our city centre head office, as part of our busy Landscape Team, we are seeking an ambitious individual with excellent communication, design and technical skills who brings enthusiasm and a ‘can-do’ approach. Our workload is varied, interesting and challenging. We lead a wide range of projects supporting regeneration and sustainable placemaking; delivered through innovative approaches to design with a focus on working with communities to inspire and deliver meaningful outcomes and lasting project legacies. Our workload extends from feasibility/ design strategies/ concept designs through to detailed/ technical design & construction, contract management and site supervision.

Our workload is interesting and diverse; including sustainably led regeneration, civic & public realm, parks & greenspace. Current projects include:

• Urban Regeneration for Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverclyde & Renfrewshire; Placemaking in Shetland, Loch Lomond National Park and the Scottish Borders. Nationally important projects at Edinburgh Royal Botanic Gardens & Award-winning Edinburgh Futures Institute – UNESCO Best Campuses in the World Edinburgh
• A portfolio of live construction contracts at Maritime Mile Coastal Hub (Irvine), Victorian Palm House refurbishment at Edinburgh Botanics and future projects for Erskine, Stirling, Elgin, Queensferry and Lochshore Park.

Skills and Requirements:
We seek applicants who are Licentiate Members of the Landscape Institute and looking to secure Chartership; with 1/2 years’ experience you will be grounded in professional practice and ready to move onwards and upward. Capabilities in industry standard software including AutoCAD, SketchUp, MS Office, InDesign and Photoshop is of benefit. A driving licence is considered essential.

We Offer:
A full-time position, which will be Edinburgh based, with support for hybrid home/office working and LI Pathway to Chartership. The practice is an Equal Opportunities Employer and offers internal and external professional training & CPD, personal pension contributions, and payment of professional fees. The appointment offers a great opportunity for professional development and future career advancement in a busy award-winning design team.
We are an inclusive workplace that values diversity, and we welcome applicants from all backgrounds. Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK

How to Apply:
Please apply with an email and CV setting out your career & professional ambitions, with best examples of your work to: [e-mail] marked for the attention of the Landscape Director

Tagged as: design & technical skills, graduate landscape architect, interesting & challenging workload, talented and ambitious