Senior Principal Landscape Architect

STANTEC; Warrington; Hybrid; GBP 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading landscape architecture firm in the UK is looking for a Senior Principal Landscape Architect to lead diverse projects, especially in the water sector. The ideal candidate will have a degree in Landscape Architecture and extensive experience in landscape planning and visual assessments. This role offers flexible working arrangements, fostering collaboration and innovation in addressing climate change through sustainable designs.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Career progression opportunities

Collaborative work environment

Qualifications

• Strong background in landscape planning and preparing landscape and visual impact assessments.
• Experience in UK planning applications.
• Knowledge of current UK planning legislation and environmental assessments.

Responsibilities

• Provide landscape planning and design input to projects.
• Contribute to project management and fee proposals.
• Cultivate strong client and team relationships.

Skills

Landscape planning

Report writing

Client liaison

Project management

Education

Degree in Landscape Architecture

Chartered Member of the Landscape Institute (CMLI)

Job description

Overview

Are you passionate about the role that Landscape Planning and Landscape Design have in addressing climate change? Do you want to work for one of the most sustainable companies in the world and across a wide variety of project types and sectors? Do you have landscape planning experience and are you looking for opportunities for career progression?

We currently have a vacancy for a Senior Principal Landscape Architect in our Landscape Architecture team - to be based from either our Manchester or Warrington offices. In this role you will be taking the lead on a wide variety of project types and scales with a primary focus on projects within the Water sector. We are currently leading on a number of exciting and innovative schemes throughout the UK and Ireland, including several flagship projects of national importance, including the design of wetland areas and other habitat improvements, Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS), and stormwater interventions that benefit local communities.

We would like to hear from qualified Landscape Architects who have a strong background in landscape planning and can demonstrate work experience in preparing landscape and visual impact assessments and appraisals. We can offer a wide variety of projects at all pre- and post-planning stages of the planning, design and implementation process.

Responsibilities

• Provide landscape planning and landscape design input to projects while cultivating strong client and project team relationships.
• Contribute to fee proposals, discipline task management, and undertake field and visual survey work across the UK.
• Influence and shape the team’s growth and objectives as a senior member, while developing your own career within a Registered Practice of the Landscape Institute.
• Support a friendly and collaborative work environment with flexible working arrangements (Manchester or Warrington bases; hybrid home/office pattern).

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent in Landscape Architecture or a relevant subject; ideally Chartered Member of the Landscape Institute (CMLI).
• Experience in preparing LVIAs and appraisals for UK planning applications with strong report writing skills.
• Strong knowledge of environmental planning issues, current UK planning legislation, and environmental impact assessment regulations.
• Ability to understand the needs of a range of technical disciplines related to planning and designing sustainable places.
• Proven ability to understand client needs, think creatively, and provide pragmatic advice within time and cost constraints; strong stakeholder liaison and organizational skills.
• Proactive, engaged team-player with the ability to support and develop colleagues and collaborate with other teams within the wider business.

About Stantec

The Stantec community unites more than 31,000 employees in over 450 locations across 6 continents. We have been working with our clients and communities in the UK for over 150 years. We plan, design, deliver and manage the development and infrastructure needed to support sustainable, healthy and prosperous communities.

Our teams provide effective and relevant solutions, translating clients’ vision into valued consents, deliverable plans for projects and programmes, and efficient designs for delivery, based on technical excellence and deep market insights. We address today’s challenges while keeping a fairer, better tomorrow in sight, supporting clean growth and the needs of future communities.

Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibits discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, job training, terminations or any other condition of employment. Stantec is in compliance with laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment.

Building an inspired, inclusive work environment that attracts, supports, and develops world-class talent is a crucial key to our success. If you are excited by this role but worry that your experience doesn’t exactly align, we encourage you to apply.

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