RPS is looking for a Senior Landscape Architect/Landscape Planner to join our established Landscape Design and Assessment Team, part of our wider UK Planning Division. This will be great opportunity for a consultant or senior level candidate who is ready for the next stage in their career. The role can be based in Southampton, Abingdon, Birmingham or Manchester and we can offer flexible working arrangements. We are a leading provider of landscape architecture and urban design services to the private sector and local and central government. We help our clients to achieve their goals and overcome the increasingly complex challenges posed by the sustainable development and management of the urban, rural & coastal landscapes and offshore seascapes.
The role
This role will involve you in all aspects of projects, giving you broad experience within the industry and exposure to a wide range of exciting and interesting work from a large portfolio of clients.You’ll be part of a multi-disciplinary environment working with highly experienced and collaborative colleagues. There is a genuine ethos of ensuring a good work/life balance within this diverse and friendly team.
You will manage and oversee small to medium sized projects from commencement to completion as well as working as part of a team on larger and strategic project and keeping within the given cost budgets and time scales. You’ll be using AutoCAD to produce designs and will be involved in research, site visits, appraisals, design, report writing and advice letters. Additionally, you may potentially appear and speak at committees, informal hearings, and examinations in public (assistance will be provided where necessary). With the support of senior colleagues, you’ll start to manage more junior members of the landscape team in the delivery of projects as well as prepare and contribute to fee proposals and work plans enabling you to progress you career and enhance your skill set.
Your skills and experience
Ideally, we like you to be a Chartered Landscape Architect. You'll have good report writing skills and design flare coupled with experience of detail design and construction. A good working knowledge of AutoCAD is essential and solid experience of working as a Landscape Architect/Planner.
Good financial and project management skills are a must, as are great influencing and communication skills that enable you to build, maintain and consolidate strong working relationships with colleagues, clients and external bodies.
There will be some travel so a full UK driving licence is required.
What we offer you
We will provide you with a flexible, friendly and creative environment to develop your skills and challenge yourself. Via our robust career development framework, we are proud to be able to support our people to innovate, collaborate and build meaningful careers. Our network of people and knowledge will expand your horizons and give you access to a variety of interesting projects across the UK.
Our employees are rewarded with competitive salaries, opportunities to invest and many other benefits including: 25 days holiday + bank holidays, Option to purchase up to 5 extra days per year, Company pension scheme, Group Disability Scheme, Share Incentive Scheme, Life Assurance, Cycle to Work Scheme, Health Screening, Employee Assistance Programme (including numerous wellbeing initiatives and mental health support), Dental Cover, Gadget Insurance Professional Memberships and access to BenefitHub offering discounts, cash back offers and rewards
About RPS
RPS is a leading global professional services firm of 5,000 people. We define, design and manage projects that create shared value in a complex, urbanising and resource-scarce world. Connecting with our global expertise we make it easy for our clients to create winning solutions for their communities and their clients. By being confidently pragmatic we solve problems that matter. We make complex easy.
Our Approach
Our people live our purpose, deliver our promise, and demonstrate our behaviours every day. Our behaviours define who we are. Developed by our people, they underpin everything that we do. They create the memorable experiences we are known for and make RPS a great place to do great work. ‘Stronger Together’ is one of our five core behaviours and it is inherent in creating an inclusive workplace: ‘We are respectful, acknowledge diversity, and recognise the potential and contribution of everyone. We bring out the best in one another, always assuming best intent. People who learn and grow thrive in our business, sharing in our success.’