Senior Landscape Design

Critical Project Resourcing Ltd; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 71,000 - 84,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading infrastructure company in the UK is seeking a Senior Manager for Landscape Design to lead high-impact projects across major civils and systems. The ideal candidate will have a degree in Landscape Architecture, chartered status, and experience navigating complex infrastructures. This role offers a hybrid work environment and competitive salary ranging from £71,121 to £83,672 plus benefits.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Benefits package

Qualifications

• Proven leadership as a subject matter expert in landscape and public realm design.
• Experience managing or overseeing landscape delivery on large, complex infrastructure projects.
• Strong understanding of design assurance, delivery stages, cost, schedule, and multidisciplinary dependencies.

Responsibilities

• Act as the Lead Landscape Design SME, setting strategic objectives and assuring design quality.
• Provide specialist technical leadership, guidance, and verification for design solutions.
• Oversee on-site verification of landscape works and delivery of landscape mitigation outcomes.

Skills

Landscape design leadership

Technical verification

Multidisciplinary collaboration

Project management

Influencing and challenging design

Education

Degree in Landscape Architecture or equivalent

Chartered Member of the Landscape Institute

Job description

Senior Manager Landscape Design
London / Hybrid
£71,121 – £83,672 + Benefits

We are recruiting a Senior Manager Landscape Design to join the delivery team for one of Europe’s largest infrastructure programmes. This is a rare opportunity to lead high-impact landscape and public realm design across major civils, stations, systems, and infrastructure management contracts.

The Role

• Act as the Lead Landscape Design SME, setting strategic objectives and assuring design quality across multiple contracts.
• Provide specialist technical leadership, guidance, and verification to ensure compliant, value-for-money landscape design solutions.
• Work closely with multidisciplinary teams, IPTs, CAMs, NEC Supervisors, Environment and Planning teams, and site staff to meet programme milestones.
• Oversee on-site verification of landscape works, long-term maintenance/monitoring, and delivery of landscape mitigation outcomes.
• Support handover and transition activities, including verification of green assets.

Requirements

• Degree in Landscape Architecture (or equivalent) and Chartered Member of the Landscape Institute.
• Proven leadership as a subject matter expert in landscape and public realm design.
• Experience managing or overseeing landscape delivery on large, complex infrastructure projects.
• Strong understanding of design assurance, delivery stages, cost, schedule, and multidisciplinary dependencies.
• Ability to influence, challenge, and verify landscape schemes through design, delivery, and handover stages.