Principal LVIA Specialist / Landscape Planning / Landscape Architect

Posted 1 day 21 hours ago by Entrust

Permanent
Full Time
Other
North, United Kingdom
Job Description

Job Title: Principal LVIA Specialist / Landscape Planning / Landscape Architect

Job type: Full Time

Location: Hybrid Role in Liverpool or Galway or Remote Worker

Why Join Entrust:

This is an exceptional opportunity to work with a highly respected and long-established planning, environmental and technical consultancy that specialises in energy and telecommunications infrastructure across the UK & Ireland. We are known for our excellent track record, innovative approach, collaborative culture and exciting projects.

What's on Offer:

  • Profit Share: A unique opportunity to share in the profitability of the landscape division of the company.
  • Competitive Pay: A market-based salary package designed to reward your expertise and leadership.
  • Generous Benefits: A comprehensive benefits package tailored to suit your experience and professional needs.
  • Prestige & Leadership: Lead our landscape division, playing a pivotal role in the growth of our company.

What You Will Be Doing

  • Setting up and leading a new landscape division, to provide services on strategic infrastructure and renewable energy projects, managing project programmes and budgets
  • Producing LVIA's and Landscaping Layout Plans & Masterplans
  • Site visits and photography
  • Proactively bringing in new business and growing a new landscape department including building a team
  • Managing work enquiries, preparing bids and building client relationships
  • Collaborating with our multi-disciplinary teams and undertaking stakeholder engagement
  • Planning, co-ordinating and undertaking field surveys, analysing and interpreting other disciplines survey results using approaches such as biodiversity measures
  • Designing and co-ordinating landscaping schemes

About You:

The ideal candidate will:

  • Excellent report writing and organisational experience
  • Experience conducting LVIA's for a range of project scales
  • Trained in, or an awareness of, AutoCAD, GIS and desktop publishing software
  • Chartered Member of the Landscape Institute
  • Ideally 5 years relevant post qualification experience
  • A degree in landscape architecture
  • Demonstrable excellent landscape knowledge
  • Strong commercial skills to bring in new business
  • Be able to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team and under your own initiative to achieve targets Willingness to travel for project work
  • A full, clean UK driving licence.

Personal Qualities

  • Must be dynamic
  • Must be an excellent communicator
  • Must be able to deal confidently with clients, staff reports and senior managers
  • Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills
  • High level of personal integrity and commitment to upholding company values
  • Flexible approach with ability to multi-task and prioritise
  • Positive outlook and approachable manner
  • Highly motivated to achieve personal and organisational goals
  • Comfortable working in a team or individually as required