Senior / Associate Landscape Architect - Landscape Planning

Stantec; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading design firm in the UK seeks a Senior or Associate Landscape Architect to join their Landscape team, focusing on landscape planning and a variety of projects. The role includes conducting visual impact assessments and providing strategic design advice while working collaboratively across offices. Candidates should have strong experience in landscape planning and design. The position offers a flexible hybrid work approach and a generous benefits package including healthcare and pension provisions.

Benefits

Flexible hybrid work approach

Generous pension scheme

Life assurance

Private healthcare

Flexi‑benefits package

Qualifications

• Experience in landscape planning is essential.
• Proficient in conducting visual impact assessments.
• Ability to provide strategic analysis and design advice.

Responsibilities

• Conduct preliminary landscape and visual appraisals.
• Perform landscape and visual impact assessments.
• Prepare conceptual and strategic design sketches.
• Assess townscape and tall buildings.
• Conduct Landscape Capacity and Sensitivity Studies.

Skills

Landscape Planning

Landscape Design

Visual Impact Assessments

Strategic Analysis

Job description

Overview

Our Landscape team have a new opportunity for a Senior or Associate Landscape Architect with Landscape Planning experience to join the team - working on a broad range of prestigious landscape projects across the country. This role represents a great opportunity for you to further develop your career, leading on and contributing to a wide range of projects across sectors including urban regeneration, new town settlements, tall buildings, residential/mixed use greenfield development, commercial, infrastructure and energy projects at various stages of the planning process. Your responsibilities will include carrying out landscape/townscape and visual impact assessments and providing strategic analysis and detailed design advice. Whilst landscape planning is a focus of the role, you will have the opportunity to continue to utilise your landscape design skills. You will work collaboratively across our UK Landscape team, including senior colleagues and technical and design specialists in our hub offices of Birmingham, Bristol, Manchester, London, Reading and Warrington. As a result, you will benefit from the expertise of a range of skilled and experienced practitioners and develop as a well‑rounded professional. This role can be based from either our London or Birmingham offices, with hybrid working allowing for a mix of in-office and home working.

Responsibilities

• Preliminary landscape and visual appraisals to inform the development process
• Landscape and visual impact assessments
• Conceptual and strategic design sketches as appropriate
• Townscape and visual impact assessments and tall building assessments
• Strategic assessments of designations such as Green Belts and Strategic Gaps
• Landscape Capacity and Sensitivity Studies and character assessments
• Input to Vision Documents, Design and Access Statements and Design Codes

Inclusive Employer Statement

We are an inclusive employer and want to ensure all our applicants have the same opportunity for success. Please inform us of any support or reasonable adjustment you may need as a result of a disability, long‑term health condition, neurodiversity or other personal circumstances, to enable you to perform to the best of your ability during the recruitment process (for example extra assessment time, visual adjustment, special access request). Please contact Andrew or a member of our talent team (Careers.UK&) if reasonable adjustments are required. We are very happy to assist.

Equal Employment Opportunity

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. Stantec is in compliance with laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment.

Benefits

• Flexible hybrid work approach
• Generous pension scheme
• Life assurance
• Private healthcare
• Flexi‑benefits package allowing you to choose benefits that are truly valuable to you