Landscape Architect

Reading, England, United Kingdom

12/11/2024

This is an exciting opportunity for anyone who has a passion for learning and creating high-quality, lasting places that foster a sense of community and healthy living.

As part of the Urban Design team, you will work on a variety of landscape masterplans, and urban design projects, outline applications and design codes, and carry out and oversee the preparation of supporting drawings, character assessments, conceptual and feasibility studies, development briefs and detailed design guidance.

Working with a wider team, you will support/manage small/middle-size projects while mentoring junior team members and be a key player in delivering large strategic masterplans.

What you need to do to be effective in this role:

• Working on masterplans detailed design throughout the South and home counties.
• Producing masterplans at the early stages of design including feasibility reports, full detail design, access statements and outline master planning documents
• Providing architectural, regeneration, master planning and urban design services to a variety of clients across the home counties
• Look at the overall designs and reviews to improve any existing development and give advice on ongoing projects
• Produce hand-drawn and digital designs for client presentations
• Supporting the wider team and review any existing developments
• Regularly communicate and liaise with different stakeholders of projects and clients
  
  

The skills and experience you need to have for this role:

• Degree or professional qualification in Planning and/or Urban Design
• Recent and relevant planning / urban design experience
• Sound technical ability in planning / urban design work
• Experience in dealing with local planning
• A good feel and flair for landscape as well as architectural design and master planning skills
  
  

To be successful in this role, you will need to be an excellent communicator who can articulate complicated issues between our clients and our highly skilled project teams. You will also need to show ambition and a willingness to learn whilst demonstrating a high-level diligence and organisational skills.