Senior Landscape Architect

| Mace

Location: Moorgate 

Salary: Competitive

Full Time: Hybrid

Closing Date: 29/12/2024

Job Description

The project:

We are a purpose-led organisation that places diversity and inclusion at the heart of everything we do. Our responsible business practice group comprising 170+ people bring themselves to work each day to make a difference; to create a low carbon resilient world, shaping cities and building thriving communities, and helping our clients to realise their ambitions.

This is an exciting opportunity for a senior landscape architect to join Mace’s responsible business team and support our growing nature-based solutions team based in any of our offices (London, Winchester, Bristol, Birmingham, Manchester or Leeds). As a member of the team, you will lead on a range of projects for our key public and private sector clients.

This position is ideal for an individual experienced in project leadership and management of a small team, with a good holistic understanding of landscape and biodiversity, and a basic knowledge of sustainability aligned with current and future trends in the built environment. We want the candidate to inspire, challenge, guide and help us to deliver our sector-leading sustainability targets outlined in our 2026 business priority, Pursue a Sustainable World.

Our values shape the way we consult and define the people we want to join us on our journey, they are:

• Safety first – Going home safe and well
• Client focus – Deliver on our promise
• Integrity – Always do the right thing
• Create opportunity – For our people to excel

You’ll be responsible for:

• Leading landscape design and assessment for our key clients the department for education (DfE) and the Ministry of Justice (MoJ), in addition to a range of masterplan and public realm projects, through all LI/RIBA stages.
• Authoring landscape and visual impact assessments.
• Preparation of landscape strategies/plans/drawings and planting strategies.
• Undertaking urban greening factor (UGF) calculations.
• Landscape architect technical advisor role which includes reviewing consultant and contractor design proposals against client and planning requirements.
• Participating in workshops with design teams, promoting a landscape led approach and nature-based solutions.
• Supporting ecologists with biodiversity net gain (BNG) delivery.
• Developing a strong working relationship with our internal architecture and urban design teams.
• Working with our external partners/sub-consultants which will include commissioning additional landscape services, preparing technical scopes and developing strong working relationships with them.
• Working with construction project teams to deliver best practice in terms of protecting and enhancing the landscape and supporting them with specific queries – translating technical requirements into layperson language to ensure all stakeholders understand their roles and responsibilities.
• Liaising with various stakeholders including developers, local authorities, landowners, NGOs.
• Work-winning through bids, solutioning, client liaison and raising Mace’s profile externally. This will include developing Mace’s nature-based solutions service offer.
• Managing junior team members where necessary.
• Building the nature-based solutions team including hiring junior landscape architects and ecologists, mentoring through chartership as required.

You’ll need to have:

• Established track record of successfully delivering landscape and urban design projects, from initial site analysis and concept design through to detailed design including the production of information for planning and construction.
• Landscape design for BNG and UGF calculations.
• Working as a landscape architect on building projects, masterplans and city centre public realm regeneration projects.
• Developing green infrastructure strategies.
• Authoring landscape and visual impact appraisals and assessments.
• Technical know-how, and experience of working with contractors and managing landscape design during the construction phase.
• Experience of understanding client requirements and developing scope and fee proposals.
• Thorough knowledge and understanding of the UK legal and planning system with respect to landscape architecture.
• Undertaking a technical advisory landscape architecture role which includes reviewing contractor design proposals against client and planning requirements is preferable.
• An understanding of the DfE and MoJ technical standards and project requirements is preferable.

You’ll also have:

• Degree level qualification in landscape architecture or recognised equivalent.
• Postgraduate diploma/master’s qualification in landscape architecture or recognised equivalent.
• Chartered member of the landscape institute (CMLI)
• Excellent technical skills and proficiency in Autodesk, Bentley, Adobe Creative Suite and ArcGIS.
• Full UK driving license

Mace is an inclusive employer and welcomes interest from a diverse range of candidates. Even if you feel you do not fulfil all of the criteria, please apply as you may still be the best candidate for this role or another role within our organisation.

We are also open to discussing part-time, flexible, and hybrid working for this role.

How To Apply

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