Senior Landscape Architect Cambridge Masterplanning, Landscape and Assessment

Bidwells; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Pension up to 8%

28 days holiday + bank holidays

Birthday leave

Wellbeing day

Sabbaticals

Private medical

Medicash plan

Lifestyle discounts

Flexible working

Study support

Job summary

Bidwells in Cambridge seeks an experienced Senior Landscape Architect to join our Master Planning, Landscape and Assessment team. You will shape design strategies, deliver landscape schemes and provide advice across planning matters, coordinating with contractors and consultants.

Ideal candidates will be Chartered (CMLI) or on the path to Chartership, with strong client relations, robust design skills, and proficiency in Adobe Suite, AutoDesk, SketchUp and MS Office.

Qualifications

• Ideally a Chartered Member of the Landscape Institute (CMLI) or currently on the pathway to Chartership.
• Professional experience in Landscape Practice or in a relevant area
• Experience in Master Plans, Photomontages, 3D Visualisations and working drawing packages, ideally for RIBA work stages 1-7
• Good at building and maintaining client relationships.
• Having an awareness and understanding of issues affecting the economy and the implications on MLA / planning consultancies would be useful.
• IT proficient, particularly with Adobe Suite, AutoDesk, SketchUp and MS Office.
• Report writing skills and excellent business English with good attention to detail.
• Full driving licence.

Responsibilities

• Undertake assessments to establish site constraints and assess development potential including detailed inspections, planning histories, and policy analyses.
• Prepare Design and Access Statements, Landscape or Green Infrastructure Strategies, Development Briefs or Design Codes.
• Prepare the delivery of technical landscape architectural schemes, including coordination with contractors and other technical consultants.
• Prepare, monitor, and promote masterplans and landscape strategy input of planning applications in accordance with agreed client instructions.
• Provide professional advice and support to Planning Consultants.
• Undertake Landscape and Visual Impact Assessments (LVIA) and Landscape and Visual Appraisals (LVA) as required.
• Manage and anticipate clients’ needs, ensuring targets, deadlines and service levels are achieved.
• Maintain existing client relationships.
• Identify new business opportunities. Attend networking events.

Skills

CMLI

Client relations

Adobe Suite

AutoDesk

SketchUp

MS Office

Report writing

Education

Chartered Landscape Architect (CMLI)

Tools

AutoCAD

Job description

Are you an experienced and motivated Landscape Architect looking for your next career move within a highly reputable firm? If so, we have a fantastic new opportunity to join our busy Master Planning, Landscape, and Assessment team in Cambridge!

The Masterplanning, Landscape and Assessment (MLA) Team at Bidwells is an integral part of our award-winning Planning department. This team are involved in a range of work and schemes across cities, towns, villages and rural areas, assessing natural systems, built form, and landscape character to shape design strategies that feel authentic and build strong planning narratives, ensuring schemes are both imaginative and deliverable. Whether shaping new communities or enhancing existing places, we focus on long-term value and lasting impact to create places that people actually use.

Working closely alongside the Head of Masterplanning and Landscape Architecture, the Senior Landscape Architect will provide professional advice, prepare strategies, deliver projects and act in the best interests of clients with regards to all landscape/ urban design and planning matters. The work is varied and no day will be the same.

What you’ll be doing

• Undertake assessments to establish site constraints and assess development potential including detailed inspections, planning histories, and policy analyses.
• Prepare Design and Access Statements, Landscape or Green Infrastructure Strategies, Development Briefs or Design Codes.
• Prepare the delivery of technical landscape architectural schemes, including coordination with contractors and other technical consultants.
• Prepare, monitor, and promote masterplans and landscape strategy input of planning applications in accordance with agreed client instructions.
• Provide professional advice and support to Planning Consultants.
• Undertake Landscape and Visual Impact Assessments (LVIA) and Landscape and Visual Appraisals (LVA) as required.
• Manage and anticipate clients’ needs, ensuring targets, deadlines and service levels are achieved.
• Maintain existing client relationships.
• Identify new business opportunities. Attend networking events.

About you

• Ideally a Chartered Member of the Landscape Institute (CMLI) or currently on the pathway to Chartership.
• Professional experience in Landscape Practice or in a relevant area
• Some previous experience in the preparation of Master Plans, Photomontages, 3D Visualisations and working drawing packages, ideally for RIBA work stages 1-7.
• Good at building and maintaining client relationships.
• Having an awareness and understanding of issues affecting the economy and the implications on MLA / planning consultancies would be useful.
• IT proficient, particularly with Adobe Suite, AutoDesk, SketchUp and MS Office.
• Report writing skills and excellent business English with good attention to detail.
• Full driving licence.

Why Bidwells?

We’re a different kind of business. Whilst we’re a major player in the property sector, Bidwells remains a privately-owned, independent Partnership, with an inclusive, entrepreneurial culture. We give our people autonomy and take the time to listen. As a certified B Corporation (B-Corp), we are dedicated to using our business as a force for good, driving innovation, and creating long-term value for our clients, communities, and the environment.

What’s in it for you

Competitive Salary

We recognise and reward talent with generous salary and group bonus scheme. As a Real Living Wage employer, we’re committed to fair pay that reflects the true cost of living.

Comprehensive Benefits

• up to 8% matched pension
• 28 days holiday (+ bank holidays) as a minimum
• birthday off work
• a wellness day
• paid sabbaticals
• private medical cover
• medicash plan
• lifestyle discounts and perks
• and more

Professional Development

Continuous learning, study support and promotion opportunities.

Innovative Culture

Be part of a forward-thinking team at the forefront of industry trends.

Family Friendly

We offer enhanced family leave policies to support individuals close to you.

Work-Life Balance

We value your well-being and offer agile working to support it.

Bidwells is dedicated to fostering a truly inclusive culture of belonging, where everyone can thrive and succeed as their true and authentic selves at every level. We are committed to equal employment opportunity and positively encourage applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of race, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, disability, age, sexual orientation, transgender status, religion or belief. Flexible working requests are considered from day one.

Department

Masterplanning, Landscape and Assessment