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Job Description

Principal Landscape Planner

Do you want an integral role within a growing landscape team while working on a diverse portfolio of projects in the energy, transport, and regeneration sectors? Are you confident in supporting, briefing, and mentoring junior members of the team, and leading landscape planning elements of projects through all development stages? Are you comfortable preparing and giving landscape and visual evidence, or keen to add this capability to your skillset?

If this sounds like you, or you’re curious to learn more, then this role could be the perfect opportunity. Join our Landscape team as our new Principal Landscape Planner and work with us to close the gap to a sustainable future.

Your new role

As our new Principal Landscape Planner, you will be part of our landscape specialism within Ramboll, a leading design, engineering, and consultancy company. We work as a national team with landscape architects based out of our Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Leeds, London, and Oxford offices. Ramboll operates a flexible working policy, and with this you will be part of an exciting team of experts, who respect each other and work towards creating sustainable societies where people and nature flourish.

Your key responsibilities will be:

• Delivering landscape planning packages, through all project stages including client interface, feasibility, option selection, appraisal, assessment, stakeholder consultation, post-application, monitoring, and project management
• Arranging and leading events/meetings with clients, stakeholders, and project teams
• Working collaboratively with the wider landscape team and mentoring junior staff
• Ensuring delivery of high-quality and technically accurate work by yourself and the team
• Landscape input to business development activities, fee proposals and tender submissions
• Utilising and exploring digital tools for design, assessment, and delivery of landscape projects
• Site visits and technical photography as appropriate
• Preparation of written and graphic materials for landscape planning outputs, including landscape and visual evidence

About you

• A Chartered Member of the Landscape Institute
• Experience in providing landscape planning advice to a range of sectors with a focus on renewable energy
• Ability to work successfully and build relationships with colleagues and other consultants
• Ability to manage teams towards successful delivery of projects
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English
• Well organised and able to prioritise and manage their own and others workload with minimal supervision
• Ability to use a range of IT packages such as Microsoft Office, GIS, and Adobe Creative Suite as required

Personal qualities that will help you succeed in this role include: a good understanding of other environmental, design and engineering disciplines capabilities and the interest and flexibility to work on a wide range of projects at all stages; working as a key member of the national landscape and environment teams in the delivery of projects, and; being able to work dynamically, not just within your own team – but with different teams or experts across Ramboll and external clients/consultant organisations.

What we can offer you

• Commitment to your development
• Leaders guided by our Leadership Principles
• A culture that welcomes you as the unique person you are
• Inspiration from colleagues, clients, and projects
• The long-term thinking of a foundation-owned company
• Flexible work environment
• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Matched pension contributions
• Private medical cover and life assurance

Ready to join us?

Please submit your application with your up-to-date CV. We invite diversity in all its forms and encourage applicants from all groups to apply.

We recognise that some candidates only apply when they tick every box. However, passion and potential often outweigh a perfect resume and Ramboll’s supportive learning culture can help you grow. So if this role resonates with you but you don't meet all the requirements, we encourage you to apply. You might be the perfect fit for this opportunity or another within our team.

Thank you for taking the time to apply! We look forward to receiving your application.

Do you have any questions?

Contact Talia Burrell from our recruitment team at talia.burrell@ramboll.co.uk

Work at the heart of sustainable change with Ramboll in the United Kingdom and Ireland

Ramboll is a global architecture, engineering, and consultancy company. As a foundation-owned people company, founded in Denmark, we believe that the purpose of sustainable change is to create a thriving world for both nature and people. So, that’s where we start – and how we work. Our history is rooted in a clear vision of how a responsible company should act and being open and curious is a cornerstone of our culture. Ramboll in the United Kingdom and Ireland has a proven track record of sustainable and responsible business and is a top ten engineering and environmental and sustainability consultancy in the UK, with more than 1,500 employees across 16 offices. Ramboll experts deliver innovative solutions across Buildings, Transport, Environment & Health, and Energy. In 2024, Ramboll was included in the Sunday Times’ list of Best Places to Work.

Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion

Equality, diversity, and inclusion are at the heart of what we do. At Ramboll, we believe that diversity is a strength and that different experiences and perspectives are essential to creating truly sustainable societies. We are committed to providing an inclusive and supportive work environment where everyone is able to flourish and reach their potential. We also know how important it is to achieve the right balance of where, when, and how much you work. As a company, Ramboll recognises the importance of having a good work/life balance, both in terms of individual well-being and its positive impact with respect to the engagement and retention of our employees. We aim to support all employees to achieve a work/life balance which enables them to work in a supported manner while having the time to achieve personal aspects of their life outside of work. We invite applications from candidates of all backgrounds and characteristics. As a Disability Confident Committed employer, Ramboll ensures opportunities are accessible to candidates with disabilities. Please let us know if there are any changes we could make to the application process to make it more comfortable for you. You can contact us at job.advert.accessibility@ramboll.com with such requests.