Landscape Architect at Hill Group UK

Hill Group UK; Saffron Walden; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

26 days holiday

Private healthcare

Hill Incentive scheme

Volunteering days

Job summary

Hill Group UK is seeking a Landscape Architect to join our on-site team, shaping landscape, public realm, and placemaking across residential and mixed-use developments. You will work from concept and planning through to delivery, collaborating with land, planning, technical, development and construction colleagues to create sustainable, high-quality places.

You’ll contribute to masterplans, site layouts and landscape coordination, and you’ll help ensure designs are practical, coordinated and

Qualifications

• Degree or postgraduate qualification in Landscape Architecture.
• Experience within a landscape practice, developer, housebuilder or multidisciplinary environment.
• Good understanding of the UK planning system.
• Knowledge of Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG), sustainable drainage and green infrastructure.
• Strong design skills with a practical and commercially aware approach.
• Experience taking projects from concept and planning through to delivery.

Responsibilities

• Providing landscape design input across new and live developments.
• Supporting site layouts, masterplans and placemaking strategies.
• Reviewing and coordinating all landscape designs.
• Creating and developing hard and soft landscape proposals.
• Supporting planning applications and landscape conditions.
• Integrating Biodiversity Net Gain, SuDS and green infrastructure.
• Working with multidisciplinary teams to ensure designs are practical, coordinated and deliverable.
• Visiting sites to help maintain landscape quality through construction.

Skills

Landscape Architecture

Concept to delivery

Placemaking

UK planning knowledge

Education

Landscape Architecture degree

Job description

This Full time on site position offers great opportunities for career growth. Help us create places people are proud to call home. We’re looking for a talented Landscape Architect to join Hill and help shape the landscape, public realm and placemaking across our residential and mixed-use developments. Working across projects from early concept and planning through to detailed design and delivery, you’ll collaborate with our Land, Planning, Technical, Development and Construction teams to create high-quality, sustainable and distinctive places.

What you’ll be doing

• Providing landscape design input across new and live developments
• Supporting site layouts, masterplans and placemaking strategies
• Reviewing and coordinating all landscape designs
• Creating and developing hard and soft landscape proposals
• Supporting planning applications and landscape conditions
• Integrating Biodiversity Net Gain, SuDS and green infrastructure
• Working with multidisciplinary teams to ensure designs are practical, coordinated and deliverable
• Visiting sites to help maintain landscape quality through construction

What we’re looking for

• Degree or postgraduate qualification in Landscape Architecture
• Experience within a landscape practice, developer, housebuilder or multidisciplinary environment
• Good understanding of the UK planning system
• Knowledge of BNG, sustainable drainage and green infrastructure
• Strong design skills with a practical and commercially aware approach
• Experience taking projects from concept and planning through to delivery

What you’ll get

• 26 days holiday
• Private healthcare and wellbeing platform
• Hill Incentive scheme and retail discounts
• Volunteering days and continuous learning opportunities

A high-performing and supportive team culture competitive salary and package

Why Hill?

At Hill, we offer more than just a job — we offer the opportunity to make a real and lasting impact. Every person here contributes to delivering sustainable, high-quality homes and shaping vibrant communities across the UK. Our culture is underpinned by our values: Ambition – we set bold goals and support each other to exceed them Impact – we focus on delivering meaningful outcomes Agility – we move quickly, adapt confidently, and embrace change Collaboration – we work together to achieve more, sharing success along the way

As a privately owned business, we’re able to move with pace and purpose. We invest in people, support career growth, and empower individuals to lead from wherever they stand. Hard-working, driven people thrive here — and are recognised for what they deliver and how they deliver it. Join Hill and be part of a forward-thinking, values-led team. Together, we’re not just building homes — we’re building a lasting legacy. This is a great opportunity to influence landscape design across Hill’s developments and help us create distinctive, sustainable places with a lasting legacy.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and can provide adjustments throughout the recruitment process.