Landscape Architecture Associate

Are you passionate about landscape architecture, landscape assessment and sustainable development? Are you looking for opportunities to work on interesting projects? Are you ready to take your career to the next level in landscape consultancy?

We are seeking an experienced and enthusiastic Associate Landscape Architect to join our growing Landscape Architecture team working on a broad range of landscape projects across the UK. Our projects range in scale across energy / renewable energy and resources projects, transport and nationally significant infrastructure projects, commercial, industrial, regeneration and residential schemes.

This role presents a fantastic opportunity for you to take your career as an experienced landscape consultant to the next level, working at the heart of our interdisciplinary teams and providing valued landscape consultancy advice. As part of your role, you will develop your client network, contributing to the project portfolio for the team.

You will work as part of our collaborative UK Landscape Architecture team, which includes senior colleagues and landscape planning and design specialists in our hub offices of Birmingham, Bristol, Manchester, London, Reading, Warrington and Edinburgh. We're a friendly, inclusive and supportive team that values integrity, curiosity, creativity and shared success and which believes in providing suitable challenges for personal and team growth.

We believe that it is our people and their individual talents that make us special, with everyone encouraged to grow and flourish both personally and professionally with genuine career opportunities. You'll be part of a culture that empowers you to contribute meaningfully and shape your role in a way that aligns with your strengths and interests.

This role is based in our Central Manchester office, with hybrid working allowing for a mix of in-office and home working. Our offices are friendly and sociable places offering a supportive working environment.

To be considered for this opportunity you will need to be able to demonstrate strong skills and experience within the following areas:

• Preliminary landscape / townscape and visual appraisals to inform the development process
• Landscape and Visual Impact Assessments for energy / renewable energy projects, commercial projects and / or regeneration and residential projects
• Conceptual and strategic design sketches as appropriate
• The ability to work in an interdisciplinary way
• Preparation of project scopes and fee proposals for complex development projects
• Leading landscape architecture input to projects and mentoring junior staff through your project work

It would be advantageous for you to demonstrate skills and experience in any of the following:

• Landscape expert witness experience at planning appeals and / or DCO hearings
• Nationally significant infrastructure projects
• Townscape and visual impact assessments and tall building assessments
• Strategic assessments of designations such as Green Belts and Strategic Gaps
• Landscape Capacity and Sensitivity Studies and character assessments
• Input to Vision Documents, Design and Access Statements and Design Codes

We create a working environment that offers flexibility, adopting a hybrid approach to agile working and offer a wide range of benefits including a generous pension scheme, life assurance, private healthcare and a flexi-benefits package allowing you to choose benefits that are truly valuable to you, including the opportunity to buy and sell holiday.