Landscape Architect (experienced Architect or Senior Architect)

STANTEC; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading landscape architecture firm in the UK is seeking Landscape Architects and Senior Landscape Architects to join their Bristol team. The role involves contributing to prestigious landscape projects with an emphasis on sustainability and collaboration. Ideal candidates will be proficient in landscape design and industry-standard software like AutoCAD and ArcGIS. This opportunity offers a hybrid working model and genuine career development.

Benefits

Hybrid working model

Career development opportunities

Support for professional growth

Qualifications

• Track record of experience in landscape architecture practice.
• Ability to prepare landscape proposals and appraisals.
• Experience with field and visual survey work.

Responsibilities

• Prepare landscape conceptual and detailed designs.
• Provide input to fee proposals.
• Undertake field and visual surveys for projects.
• Prepare landscape appraisals and impact assessments.
• Input to or prepare landscape specifications.

Skills

Creative landscape design

Knowledge of UK planning legislation

Collaboration with stakeholders

Proficient with AutoCAD

Proficient with ArcGIS

Proficient with Adobe Software

Education

CMLI or progressing on Landscape Institute Pathway to Chartership

Tools

AutoCAD

ArcGIS

Adobe Software (Photoshop, Illustrator & InDesign)

Job description

Are you passionate about landscape architecture, nature-based solutions and sustainable design? Are you looking for opportunities to work on interesting projects? Are you ready to take your career to the next level in landscape architecture?

Our growing Landscape Architecture team has an exciting opportunity for experienced and enthusiastic Landscape Architects and Senior Landscape Architects to join us, working on a broad range of prestigious landscape projects across the UK. Our projects range in scale across sectors including urban regeneration, new town settlements, tall buildings, residential/mixed use greenfield development, commercial, infrastructure and energy / renewable projects at various stages of the planning process and including nationally significant infrastructure projects.

This role presents a fantastic opportunity for you to take your career as an experienced landscape architect to the next level, working at the heart of our interdisciplinary teams and providing valued landscape architecture input to projects, ranging from landscape concepts and landscape design to landscape appraisals and assessments. You will share our desire to work with clients and stakeholders to create exceptional places, which provide multiple benefits to people, communities, and the environment.

You will work as part of our collaborative UK Landscape Architecture team, which includes senior colleagues and landscape planning and design specialists in our hub offices of Birmingham, Bristol, Manchester, London, Reading, Warrington and Edinburgh. We’re a friendly, inclusive and supportive team that values integrity, curiosity, creativity and shared success and which believes in providing suitable challenges for personal and team growth.

We believe that it is our people and their individual talents that make us special, with everyone encouraged to grow and flourish both personally and professionally with genuine career opportunities. You’ll be part of a culture that empowers you to contribute meaningfully and shape your role in a way that aligns with your strengths and interests.

These roles can be based in either our Bristol or London offices – with hybrid working allowing for a mix of in‑office and home working.

In this role you will provide creative landscape design input with a high standard of technical excellence across projects. You will work with a variety of internal and external stakeholders – working collaboratively with Landscape Architects and other discipline colleagues from across our multi‑disciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Preparing landscape conceptual, outline and detailed designs and contributing to the creation of environmental mitigation design proposals
• Providing input to fee proposals
• Undertaking field and visual survey work for projects across the UK
• Preparing landscape / townscape and visual appraisals and contributing to impact assessments
• Inputting to or preparing landscape specifications and landscape management plans

About you

You may already be a CMLI or currently be progressing on the Landscape Institute Pathway to Chartership (P2C). Support and mentoring will be provided for P2C development for those that require it.

You will have a track record of relevant experience in a landscape architecture practice or working on landscape projects within a multi‑disciplinary consultancy.

You will have good knowledge of current UK planning and environmental assessment legislation. You will have the ability to develop designs, write reports, and be confident working with industry software including AutoCAD, ArcGIS, Adobe Software (Photoshop, Illustrator & InDesign) or similar software packages.

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About Stantec

The Stantec community unites more than 34,000 employees working in over 450 locations across 6 continents. We have been working with our clients and communities in the UK for over 150 years. We plan, design, deliver and manage the development and infrastructure needed to support the creation of sustainable, healthy and prosperous communities.

Our teams provide effective and relevant solutions, translating our clients’ vision into valued consents, deliverable plans for projects and programmes, and efficient designs for delivery, based on technical excellence and deep market insights. We deal with today’s challenges, but also keep a fairer, better tomorrow in sight, looking at how we deliver clean growth, support radical changes in our economy and meet the needs of future communities.

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. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, job training, terminations or any other condition of employment. Stantec is in compliance with laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment.

Building an inspired, inclusive work environment that attracts, supports, and develops world‑class talent is a crucial key to our success. If you are excited by this role but worry that your experience doesn’t exactly align, we encourage you to apply.

At Stantec we want you to perform your best at every stage of the recruitment process and are committed to ensuring it is accessible to all. If you need any support or require adjustments to be made then please contact [e-mail] and we will talk to you about how we can support you.

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