Graduate Landscape Architect 2026 (Warrington)

STANTEC; Warrington; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading design consultancy in Warrington seeks a Graduate Landscape Architect to join their Landscape team. This role involves preparing drawings, conducting meetings, and assisting with project materials related to various water industry projects. Applicants should possess a degree in Landscape Architecture or Planning and demonstrate key skills such as perseverance, adaptability, and collaboration. This position offers a competitive salary and benefits, requiring office presence four days a week.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Private medical insurance

Holiday buy and sell options

Group income protection

Life assurance

Professional progression plan

Responsibilities

• Develop and prepare drawings for planning, tender and construction purposes.
• Assist in preparation for internal and external meetings.
• Prepare sketch work and illustrative materials.
• Draft reports, including LVIAs.
• Research project briefs, precedents, and materials.
• Conduct landscape fieldwork and surveys.

Skills

Perseverance

Adaptability

Focus

Collaboration

Eagerness to learn

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Landscape Architecture or Landscape Planning

Job description

With every community, Stantec redefines what’s possible.

Application Deadline: Recruitment is ongoing. Please apply as soon as possible as the advert may close once we have sufficient applicants.

Your role:

We have an exciting opportunity for a Graduate Landscape Architect based in our Warrington office. You would be joining our Landscape team, with a workload encompassing a wide variety of project types and scales, but primarily focussed on Water industry projects.

We are market leaders within the water industry, and a Registered Practice with the Landscape Institute.

Day to day, you’ll be working to assist the senior members of the Landscape team, and generally within multidisciplinary Stantec teams, on a variety of tasks. The role will include:

• Developing and preparing drawings for planning, tender and construction purposes;
• Attending and assisting in preparation for internal and external meetings;
• Developing and preparing sketch work and illustrative materials.
• Drafting of reports, including LVIAs;
• Researching project briefs, precedents, case studies, materials and construction products; and
• Landscape fieldwork and surveys.

Take a look at our Water business line here: Water (stantec.com), and review the career journey of one of our graduate landscape architect here: My Stantec Story: Building a career as landscape architect with Aakanksha Khatri

About You:

At Stantec, we value your potential over past experience. Along with your Bachelor’s or Master's degree in Landscape Architecture or Landscape Planning, we’d love to receive your application if you are:

• A Perseverer - You stay composed in the face of setbacks, approaching challenges with confidence and determination.
• An Adapter - You’re able to remain calm in new and changing situations, comfortably switching between a variety of dynamic and exciting tasks.
• A Focused Individual - You focus on what matters, tuning out distractions to perform effectively in any situation.
• A Collaborator - You work effectively with lots of different people, considering others’ perspectives to shape better outcomes.
• An Eager Learner - You learn from your experiences and the world around you, using this knowledge to anticipate how situations may unfold.

Please note, we ask our graduates to come into the office 4 days per week, to ensure that you receive sufficient time with your team and the appropriate level of support.

What we can offer you:

• A competitive salary
• Private medical insurance
• A range of benefits, including holiday buy and sell, group income protection and life assurance
• Permanent employment contract to demonstrate our commitment to your long-term career at Stantec
• Professional progression plan, supporting you to gain professional chartership
• A supportive and collaborative team environment and Early Careers peer group and wider ERG network

Applicants must have an unconditional right to live and work in the UK for an indefinite period without limitation.

Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.