Landscape Architect - Kent

Lead Careers Ltd; England; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 86,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthplan

Company pension

Ongoing training

Development opportunities

Collaborative environment

Job summary

Lead Careers Ltd in Kent is seeking a Landscape Architect to join a growing multidisciplinary consultancy. You will contribute from early concept through to delivery, with a focus on placemaking, SuDS, and nature-based solutions.

With 2–5 years of experience, you’ll visit sites, meet clients, sketch ideas and work alongside engineers and specialists to bring schemes to life. A landscape architect degree is required, along with a UK driving licence and the ability to consider levels, drainage,

Qualifications

• A landscape architect degree.
• 2–5 years' experience in landscape architecture.
• UK driving licence.
• Experience taking projects beyond the concept stage and considering levels, drainage, buildability, accessibility, biodiversity and how people will use a space.
• Good people skills with clients, engineers, local authorities and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Taking projects from the first ideas through to delivery.
• Meeting clients and understanding what they want.
• Visiting sites and spotting opportunities.
• Coming up with creative landscape and nature-based design ideas.
• Producing sketches and visuals to bring ideas to life.
• Working alongside engineers and drainage specialists.
• Coordinating with other consultants and specialists.
• Speaking with local authorities, landowners and stakeholders.
• Ensuring designs are practical and buildable.

Education

A landscape architect degree

Job description

Role –Landscape Architect

Location – Kent

Salary - £DOE

This is a slightly different opportunity for a Landscape Architect who enjoys designing places, getting involved with clients and actually seeing projects get built. We’re working with a growing multidisciplinary consultancy looking for a Landscape Architect with around 2 to 5 years’ experience to join their team. They already have a strong technical background across engineering, drainage and SuDS, but they now want to bring more landscape design, placemaking and creative thinking into their projects.

So rather than sitting behind a screen producing drawings all day, you’ll get involved in the whole process. You could be out visiting a site, meeting a client, developing the initial concept, sketching ideas, working alongside engineers and other specialists and then helping take the scheme through to delivery.

PROJECTS INCLUDE

• Public realm,
• SuDS and blue green infrastructure,
• Nature based solutions,
• Urban regeneration,
• Highways and streets,
• Education projects,
• Water related schemes and
• Larger multidisciplinary projects.

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT ROLE RESPOSIBILITIES

• Taking projects from the first ideas through to delivery
• Meeting clients and getting a good understanding of what they want
• Visiting sites and spotting opportunities
• Coming up with creative landscape and nature based design ideas
• Producing sketches and visuals to bring ideas to life
• Working alongside engineers and drainage specialists
• Coordinating with other consultants and specialists
• Speaking with local authorities, landowners and other stakeholders
• Making sure designs are practical and can actually be built
• Getting involved with levels, drainage, accessibility and biodiversity
• Taking more ownership of projects as your experience grows
• Helping projects move smoothly from design through to completion
• Building good relationships with clients and spotting opportunities for future work

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT REQUIREMENTS

• A landscape architect degree
• 2 to 5 years’ experience
• You don’t need to be Chartered
• Some experience taking projects beyond the concept stage and be comfortable thinking about things like levels, drainage, buildability, accessibility, biodiversity and how people will actually use a space.
• Good people skills as there´ll be lots of contact with clients, engineers, local authorities, consultants and other stakeholders
• A full UK driving licence

ON OFFER

• Competitive salary
• Healthplan, including cashback towards dental, optical and physiotherapy costs
• Company pension
• Ongoing training and professional development
• Good opportunities to progress as the business grows
• Supportive, collaborative working environment
• Opportunity to work on genuinely interesting SuDS, green infrastructure and nature based projects