Senior Landscape Architect

Rise Technical Recruitment; Canterbury; Hybrid; GBP 46,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consultancy firm in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Landscape Architect to join their team in Canterbury. This hybrid role offers the opportunity to lead innovative landscape design projects while enjoying a supportive and collaborative culture. The ideal candidate will possess strong landscape design skills, report-writing ability, and proficiency in AutoCAD. With excellent training opportunities and clear progression toward Associate level, this is an exceptional chance to make a meaningful impact in sustainable design.

Benefits

Healthcare

Wellbeing Initiatives

Birthday Off

Pension

Qualifications

• Strong competency in landscape design and planning.
• Excellent report-writing and communication skills.
• Collaborative, helpful, and eager to learn.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality landscape design and planning work.
• Produce fee proposals, feasibility reports, and design.
• Create SketchUp models and project visuals.
• Write management specifications and technical reports.
• Oversee inputs from junior team members.

Skills

Landscape design and planning

Report-writing

AutoCAD proficiency

SketchUp experience

Understanding of SuDS principles

Education

Degree Qualified

Tools

AutoCAD

SketchUp

Job description

Senior Landscape Architect

Canterbury (Hybrid - 1-2 Days in Office)

£46,000 - £53,000 + Excellent Package (Healthcare, Wellbeing Initiatives, Birthday Off, Pension)

This is an exceptional opportunity for a Senior Landscape Architect to join a growing, sustainability-focused consultancy with a strong project pipeline and a genuinely supportive, collaborative culture. With increasing demand and ongoing expansion, this role offers clear progression, extensive training, and the chance to take ownership of high-quality schemes.

Do you have strong competency across landscape design and planning? Are you looking for a friendly, close-knit environment where your contribution truly matters? Do you want to join a practice with growing demand, exciting long-term prospects, and the opportunity to progress toward Associate level?

This consultancy specialises in sustainable landscape design and planning, working across new developments, regeneration schemes, parks, and public realm projects. With a highly collaborative team environment and a commitment to continuous training, the business is well positioned for growth and now seeks a Senior Landscape Architect who can help take on increasing project demand.

In this role, you will support and lead on planning-stage landscape design work, produce fee proposals, feasibility reports, SketchUp models, and design documentation, as well as oversee inputs from the wider team. The position offers hybrid working, excellent work-life balance, and the chance to work on meaningful, environmentally focused projects.

The ideal candidate will bring strong technical and design skills, excellent report-writing ability, and confidence working across planning stages. Collaboration, willingness to learn, and a positive, team-focused mindset are essential.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality landscape design and planning work
• Produce fee proposals, feasibility reports, and design
• Create SketchUp models and project visuals
• Write management specifications and technical reports
• Oversee inputs from junior team members
• Work predominantly within planning stages
• Hybrid working: 1-2 days per week in the Canterbury office

The Person

• Strong competency in landscape design and planning
• Excellent report-writing and communication skills
• Proficient in AutoCAD; experience with SketchUp
• Understanding of SuDS principles
• Degree Qualified
• Collaborative, helpful, and eager to learnPositive mindset with strong team-working ability

Reference Number: BBH(phone number removed)

To apply for this role or to be considered for further roles, please contact Lewis Jones at Rise Technical Recruitment.