Landscape Architect - Senior

Gensler; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a passionate Senior Landscape Architect/Designer to join their dynamic London office. This role involves working within a creative multi-disciplinary studio, focusing on innovative landscape solutions that enhance the built environment. The ideal candidate will bring over 15 years of experience, showcasing strong technical skills and a varied portfolio. You'll lead projects from concept design to construction documentation, collaborating closely with directors and other design professionals. If you're eager to make a significant impact and inspire your team while innovating in landscape architecture, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of professional practice with strong technical skills.
• Good understanding of UK and International design standards.

Responsibilities

• Deliver innovative landscape designs and manage project teams.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to ensure project success.

Skills

Technical Delivery

Communication Skills

Project Management

Creativity

Organizational Abilities

Team Leadership

Horticulture Knowledge

Education

15+ years in professional practice

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

SketchUp

Rhino

Grasshopper

Revit

Job description

Your Role

Gensler’s London Office is seeking an exceptionally talented and passionate Senior Landscape Architect or Designer to join our team of design thinkers and doers who specialise in helping to tell stories and create experiences in the context of the built environment. You will work in a multi-disciplinary studio that includes landscape and urban designers, strategists, architects and interior designers. The project types within the studio range between large scale masterplanning, hospitality and entertainment facilities, adaptive reuse and all forms of urban green strategies.

What You Will Do

As a Senior Landscape Architect/Designer, you are innovative and passionate, with amazing concept schemes with strong understanding of technical delivery. Knowledge of planting and specifications, with experience in the UK and Internationally is essential to the role. Candidates should be responsible and accountable for the delivery of their project work with strong communication skills when liaising with clients and other consultants.

• Have proven professional experience within multi-disciplined offices or projects and will possess strong technical skills which will be demonstrable within a varied portfolio.
• Be creative while possessing excellent organisational abilities to manage a variety of different projects.
• Experience of a range of projects from small scale architecturally led schemes to large scale and complex regeneration plans is desirable.
• Good communication skills and the ability to lead teams within the office is essential as is the ability to work constructively and collaboratively with other design disciplines and project stakeholders.
• Experience and knowledge of Concept Design through to Construction Documentation is essential to this role.
• Extensive knowledge of planting and soft landscape specifications.
• Work closely with Directors and project team to ensure timely delivery of high quality deliverables.

Your Qualifications

• 15 years + in professional practice.
• Experience running/managing a team.
• Good understanding of UK and International design standards, requirements and design processes.
• High level verbal, written and graphic communication skills including freehand sketching and industry standard software, including Adobe Creative Suite, Sketch up, Rhino, Grasshopper; knowledge of Revit is a key skill.
• Team spirit. Strong sense of personal responsibility and dedication to their work and the success of their team.
• Proactive approach to progress our design by seeking new ways to innovate, grow our business and inspire the team.
• Experience of project delivery and Middle Eastern implementation is desirable.
• Background in horticulture desirable.

This job description reflects the core activities of the role although there will be changes in the emphasis of duties as required from time to time.

Please apply for this Senior Landscape Architect/Designer role and submit your CV and brief portfolio for review. Candidates that do not submit examples of work unfortunately will not be invited for interview.