Graduate Landscape Architect (2025 Intake)

Gifford; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Graduate Landscape Architect, where you will immerse yourself in a vibrant and supportive environment. This role offers a unique opportunity to contribute to diverse projects across the UK and internationally, enhancing your skills through mentorship and collaboration. You will engage in meaningful work that impacts communities and the environment, while enjoying a flexible work culture that prioritizes your professional growth and well-being. If you are passionate about sustainable design and eager to make a difference, this is the perfect opportunity to launch your career.

Benefits

27 days holiday + 8 bank holidays

Professional subscription support

Matched pension scheme

Private medical insurance

Flexible benefits package

Qualifications

• Masters degree in Landscape Architecture required.
• Experience with software like AutoCAD and Revit is essential.

Responsibilities

• Conduct research and analysis for design projects.
• Prepare models, drawings, and reports using various software.

Skills

English communication skills

Numerical competence

Collaboration

Curiosity

Education

Masters or Postgraduate degree in Landscape Architecture

Tools

Revit

AutoCAD

Photoshop

InDesign

GIS

Job description

Job Description

To be considered for this role, please make sure you read the job description carefully. Ensure that you submit all of the relevant documents as PDFs, including the application questions at the bottom of the advert.

Launch your career and find your professional home at Ramboll. Be part of a welcoming and engaging environment, where you can develop and explore your professional interests and passions, and curiosity in ways that make the most of all the opportunities ahead of you.

At Ramboll, we offer a unique work environment. Our culture is built on openness, understanding, and respect, allowing you to shape your role to match your working style, aspirations, and personal life. Our Nordic heritage drives our commitment to improving conditions for people and nature through our projects. As a foundation-owned multinational company, the profit we make is reinvested into the company. This ensures the continued development of employees or is used to fund research, charity, and humanitarian projects. Our commitment to be 'The Partner for Sustainable Change' ensures your work makes a meaningful impact on people, communities, and the environment.

Our Early Careers Programme – EarlyCareers@Ramboll

We have designed a training program that will boost your personal, commercial and technical development to kick-start your career with Ramboll. You will also be paired with a mentor and have access to a clear framework to work towards your professional development.

The Early Careers Challenge is one of the highlights of the graduate training. This is a fun and exciting event where you get to travel around the UK and work on a project that will provide you with an insight into the concept of design. You also get the opportunity to collaborate and network with amazing people and peers.

About the Opportunity

As our new Graduate Landscape Architect you will join a team of 16 landscape architects (working across our Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Leeds, and London offices) who design and assess projects across a wide range of sectors including buildings, energy and transport, in the UK and internationally. We provide a positive and supportive learning environment including mentorship for the Landscape Institute Pathway to Chartership.

Your key tasks and responsibilities will be:

• Undertaking research and analysis for design and assessment projects
• Preparation of models, drawings, and reports using a range of software
• Site visits, surveys, and photography
• Attending project meetings and coordination with other specialist disciplines

Your skills and experience

For this role, we believe your starting point is:

• A Masters or Postgraduate degree in a Landscape Institute accredited course
• Experience with a range of IT packages that may include Revit, AutoCAD, Photoshop, InDesign, and GIS
• Be numerically competent
• Possess excellent English communication skills, both oral and written
• A collaborative attitude to working
• Confident in developing your own networks

We do not expect you to know everything, but that you show curiosity, take responsibility, and want to deliver high-quality work. Ramboll strives to deliver excellent cross-functional solutions in a professional and well-coordinated manner to our clients. Therefore, we believe you need to have good communication and collaboration skills.

Benefits you will enjoy:

• Hybrid and flexible working
• 27 days holiday per year + 8 days bank holiday
• Professional subscription + support on becoming chartered
• Matched pension scheme
• Private medical insurance
• A great list of flexible benefits you can choose from including discounted taste card subscription, cycle to work scheme, gym flex and many more!

Selection Process:

We aim to have applications shortlisted by the beginning of March and we will invite successful candidates to an assessment centre at the beginning of April in our Birmingham office (TBC).

Work at the heart of sustainable change with Ramboll in the United Kingdom and Ireland

Ramboll is a global architecture, engineering, and consultancy company. As a foundation-owned people company, founded in Denmark, we believe that the purpose of sustainable change is to create a thriving world for both nature and people. So, that’s where we start – and how we work. Our history is rooted in a clear vision of how a responsible company should act and being open and curious is a cornerstone of our culture. Ramboll in the United Kingdom and Ireland has a proven track record of sustainable and responsible business and is a top ten engineering and environmental and sustainability consultancy in the UK, with more than 1,500 employees across 16 offices. Ramboll experts deliver innovative solutions across Buildings, Transport, Environment & Health, and Energy. In 2024, Ramboll was included in the Sunday Times’ list of Best Places to Work.

How to apply

Apply online. Attach your CV and Cover Letter as PDFs. In a separate PDF document, please address the following questions:

• What are the main environmental challenges where you live, why they are important to you, and how you would help solve them? (max. 500 words)
• What are your top 3 locations if you were offered a role with Ramboll? We are aiming to recruit into our Bristol, Edinburgh, Birmingham, Leeds or London offices but it would be helpful to know other locations that you could consider in addition to this.

Please note that incomplete applications will not be considered.

Based on the volume of applications received we reserve the right to close applications early.

We look forward to receiving your application.

Deadline for applications: 14th February 2025

Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion

Equality, diversity, and inclusion are at the heart of what we do. At Ramboll, we believe that diversity is a strength and that different experiences and perspectives are essential to creating truly sustainable societies. We are committed to providing an inclusive and supportive work environment where everyone is able to flourish and reach their potential. We also know how important it is to achieve the right balance of where, when, and how much you work. As a company, Ramboll recognises the importance of having a good work/life balance, both in terms of individual well-being and its positive impact with respect to the engagement and retention of our employees. We aim to support all employees to achieve a work/life balance which enables them to work in a supported manner while having the time to achieve personal aspects of their life outside of work. We invite applications from candidates of all backgrounds and characteristics. As a Disability Confident Committed employer, Ramboll ensures opportunities are accessible to candidates with disabilities. Please let us know if there are any changes we could make to the application process to make it more comfortable for you. You can contact us at [email protected] with such requests.