Senior / Principal Landscape Architect

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?

At Stantec UK, we are looking for Senior or Principal Landscape Architects to join our collaborative Landscape Architecture teams on a diverse range of projects across different sectors, including strategic land, regeneration, residential, commercial and mixed-use developments, renewable energy infrastructure, highways, water and wastewater schemes. We are looking for driven individuals who think differently and love to challenge conventional thinking to join us in growing teams of likeminded specialists working to meet the unprecedented industry-wide demand and environmental challenges.

We want to hear from qualified Landscape Architects who 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.

In the Senior or Principal role, you would provide landscape planning and landscape design input to projects whilst also cultivating strong client and project team relationships, actively supporting the development of colleagues. You will also provide input to fee proposals, discipline task management and undertake field and visual survey work across the UK. Furthermore, there will be opportunities to influence and shape the team objectives and growth through your work whilst also developing your own career and expertise with a Registered Practice of the Landscape institute.

We can offer you a friendly and collaborative work environment along with flexible working arrangements including working from home and working full-time or part-time. Ideally, we are looking for someone to be based in either our Bristol or Warrington office, however, we will also consider our other office locations. Furthermore, a competitive benefits package, a strong culture of learning and development and great range of different projects.

About You

You will preferably hold a Degree and Diploma or equivalent in Landscape Architecture or other relevant subject and ideally be a Chartered Member of the Landscape Institute (CMLI). You will share our desire to work with clients and stakeholders to create exceptional places which provide multiple benefits to people, communities, and the environment.

You will have a demonstrable experience of preparing LVIAs and appraisals for UK planning applications with strong report writing skills. You will have strong knowledge of environmental planning issues, current UK planning, legislation, and environmental impact assessment regulations. In addition, you will understand the issues and needs of a range of technical disciplines in relation to the planning and design of sustainable places and projects.

You will have proven ability to understand client needs, think creatively and provide pragmatic advice to meet client needs for sustainable solutions, within time and cost constraints. You will also have the necessary skills and experience to liaise with a broad range of stakeholders and will use your organisational skills to manage tasks effectively.

As a proactive and engaged team-player, you’ll enjoy actively supporting and facilitating the development of team colleagues, as well as working collaboratively with other teams within the wider business.

It is advantageous, though not essential, for candidates to have experience in undertaking townscape assessments, preparing landscape designs to clear planning conditions, creating green infrastructure designs or strategies, and knowledge of landscape maintenance and management prescriptions.

About Stantec

Stantec is a professional services firm. Our team of 28,000 global experts provides engineering, architecture, environmental, and project management services across all phases of the project life cycle.

We’re designers, engineers, scientists, and project managers, innovating together at the intersection of community, creativity, and client relationships. Balancing these priorities results in projects that advance the quality of life in communities across the globe.

From large-scale developments to challenging neighbourhood projects, we stretch across our global network to learn from others, offer our support, and gain new experiences along the way. So while we work to help the communities around us thrive, our own people thrive too.

Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibit 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.

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