Landscape Specialist

Kier Group; Gloucester; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Kier Group in Gloucestershire is seeking a Landscape Specialist to join the Environment and Sustainability team on a Gloucestershire-based project. The role focuses on landscape design, nature-based solutions, and climate resilience across UK projects.

You will oversee landscape delivery on major highways projects, lead site inspections, stakeholder meetings, and contribute to bids while promoting environmental best practices.

Qualifications

• You have an environmental or landscape related degree or equivalent experience.
• You're a member of an environmental or landscape professional body such as ISEP, LI, or similar.
• You have a strong understanding of landscape design, specifications and delivery, including standards such as LA107 and LD117.
• You have experience overseeing landscape delivery on large construction projects and stakeholder engagement.
• You hold a Full driving licence and CSCS card.

Responsibilities

• Overseeing the delivery of landscape designs ensuring adherence to specification, drawings, and the LEMP
• Conducting pre and post planting inspections, establishment reviews, and assurance of soils and planting pit construction
• Leading and inputting into client, stakeholder and technical meetings
• Overseeing contractors onsite and providing independent assurance alongside client sign-off
• Contributing to bids and fee proposals whilst actively promoting environmental principles and best practice

Skills

Landscape design

Project oversight

Stakeholder engagement

Driving licence

Education

Environmental or landscape degree

Tools

CSCS card

Job description

We're looking for a Landscape Specialist to join our Environment and Sustainability team based in Gloucestershire.

Location: Gloucestershire
Hours: 37.5 per week - some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us.

We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.

What will you be responsible for?

As a Landscape Specialist, you'll be working within the Environment and Sustainability team, supporting them in delivering landscape design, nature-based solutions, natural capital and climate resilience capability. You'll initially provide Landscape Clerk of Works service on a high-profile landscape-led major highways project in Gloucestershire, overseeing vast areas of woodland planting and grassland creation including the planting of a green bridge and several wildlife crossings. You'll also work with the Nature and Biodiversity Lead to grow and develop our service offering to include landscape design and nature-based solutions across a range of exciting projects across the UK.

Your day to day will include:

• Overseeing the delivery of landscape designs ensuring adherence to specification, drawings, and the LEMP
• Conducting pre and post planting inspections, establishment reviews, and assurance of soils and planting pit construction
• Leading and inputting into client, stakeholder and technical meetings
• Overseeing contractors onsite and providing independent assurance alongside client sign-off
• Contributing to bids and fee proposals whilst actively promoting environmental principles and best practice

What are we looking for?

This role of Landscape Specialist is great for you if:

• You have an environmental or landscape related degree or equivalent experience
• You're a member of an environmental or landscape professional body such as ISEP, LI, or similar
• You have a strong understanding of landscape design, specifications and delivery, including standards such as LA107 and LD117
• You have experience overseeing landscape delivery on large construction projects and stakeholder engagement
• You hold a Full driving licence and CSCS card

Rewards and benefits

We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here .

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here . As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.