Landscape Architect

Are you a Landscape Architect with a passion for creating sustainable places and shaping developments through thoughtful landscape planning and design? We're looking for someone who enjoys combining technical expertise with creative thinking to deliver high-quality landscape solutions across a diverse range of projects.

Joining our multidisciplinary team, you'll work on residential, infrastructure, regeneration and public sector developments, supporting projects from initial site appraisal through to planning submission and detailed landscape design. This is an excellent opportunity to develop your career alongside experienced professionals while working on projects that make a lasting positive impact on communities and the environment.

About the Role:

As a Landscape Architect, you'll play an important role in delivering landscape planning and design services across all stages of a project. You'll undertake landscape and visual assessments, contribute to the preparation of planning submissions and develop creative landscape design solutions that respond sensitively to their surroundings.

Working collaboratively with planners, ecologists, urban designers and engineers, you'll help ensure landscape considerations are embedded throughout the design process.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Preparing Landscape and Visual Impact Assessments (LVIA) and Landscape and Visual Appraisals (LVA) in accordance with GLVIA3.
• Undertaking landscape character assessments, site appraisals and landscape sensitivity studies.
• Conducting desktop research and site surveys, including viewpoint photography and field assessments.
• Producing high-quality technical reports to support planning applications and Environmental Impact Assessments.
• Preparing landscape masterplans, public realm proposals and planting strategies.
• Producing supporting drawings, photomontages, visualisations and mapping using industry-standard software.
• Collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to develop integrated design solutions.
• Supporting project delivery to agreed programmes and budgets.
• Building positive working relationships with clients, consultants and planning authorities.

Your Impact:

You'll help shape developments that balance environmental, social and commercial considerations while protecting and enhancing the character of the landscape.

Through your technical expertise and design skills, you'll contribute to planning outcomes by delivering clear, evidence-based landscape assessments and creative landscape solutions. Your work will help clients navigate the planning process, minimise landscape and visual impacts and create places that are sustainable, attractive and resilient for future generations.

As part of a collaborative team, you'll also contribute to knowledge sharing, continuous improvement and the development of innovative approaches to landscape planning and design.

About You:

You'll be a motivated Landscape Architect who enjoys both technical assessment and creative design, with a genuine interest in delivering high-quality work that supports sustainable development.

You'll have:

• A degree and/or Master's in Landscape Architecture.
• Experience preparing Landscape and Visual Impact Assessments (LVIA) and Landscape and Visual Appraisals (LVA).
• A good understanding of GLVIA3 methodology and Landscape Institute guidance.
• Experience undertaking landscape character assessments and site surveys.
• Knowledge of the UK planning system and planning policy.
• Experience producing landscape masterplans and planting designs.
• Strong report writing and technical communication skills.
• Proficiency in AutoCAD, Adobe Creative Suite and GIS software.
• Experience producing visualisations, photomontages and presentation material.
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• A collaborative approach and strong communication skills.
• Progress towards Chartered Membership of the Landscape Institute (or an ambition to achieve Chartership).

In return, you'll have the opportunity to work on nationally significant and locally important projects, develop your technical and professional skills, receive support towards Chartership and be part of a collaborative team committed to delivering exceptional places.

The Stantec community unites more than 34,000 employees working in over 450 locations across 6 continents. We have been working with our clients and communities in the UK for over 150 years. We plan, design, deliver and manage the development and infrastructure needed to support the creation of sustainable, healthy and prosperous communities.

Our teams provide effective and relevant solutions, translating our clients’ vision into valued consents, deliverable plans for projects and programmes, and efficient designs for delivery, based on technical excellence and deep market insights. We deal with today’s challenges, but also keep a fairer, better tomorrow in sight, looking at how we deliver clean growth, support radical changes in our economy and meet the needs of future communities.

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.

Building an inspired, inclusive work environment that attracts, supports, and develops world-class talent is a crucial key to our success. If you are excited by this role but worry that your experience doesn’t exactly align, we encourage you to apply.

At Stantec we want you to perform your best at every stage of the recruitment process and are committed to ensuring it is accessible to all. If you need any support or require adjustments to be made then please contact [email protected] and we will talk to you about how we can support you.