Landscape Architect

Salary: £54,000 – £84,000 per year

Job Title: Landscape Architect
Location: Manchester
Salary: £54,000 – £84,000pa
Reference: 02763

Job Description:
You will provide specialist consultancy advice for landscape design, landscape management and landscape planning [LVIA, EIA, SEA etc.]. You will operate nationally, producing high quality landscape and visual advice and landscape design for a number of sectors including, but not limited to; Residential, Leisure, Waste, Minerals, Land and Property Development, Infrastructure Development, Energy and Utilities and Insurance Companies and will provide services including landscape planning and design, environmental co-ordination, landscape master planning, visualisation and interpretation procedures.

Personal specification:
A minimum of 2 – 5 years’ post-graduation experience.
• A recently Chartered Landscape Architect or with 1-2 years’ experience.
• Good working knowledge of AutoCAD, Adobe Creative Suite, 3D Studio Max and Sketch Up.
• Client lead, liaison with regulators and other external organisations, supervision of Assistant Consultant grade and Consultants [independent].
• Technical reporting and peer review of colleagues reporting. Review [independent]/Approval [independent/under supervision – on a project by project basis].
• Providing technical expertise to colleagues where they are a technical expert in their discipline [independent].
• Management of one or more Graduate/Consultant grade staff [independent].
• Project Management; prepare and issue fee proposals and supervision of Assistant Consultant and Consultant grades [independent].
• Responsibility for meeting client deadlines and expectations [independent].
• Financial management; setting up projects on Union Square, line items, client contact details and forward forecasting [independent].
• Manage Assistant Consultant and Consultants grades; approval of timesheets for Assistant Consultant and Consultant grades] and regular review of progress [independent].
• Completing timesheets and project tracking sheets [independent].
• Site walkovers and access negotiation [independent].
• Risk assessments; preparation of RAMS, review RAMS of all grades [independent].
• You will need to combine the ability to develop big ideas with exceptional creative and technical execution

Screening Questions:

Are you a chartered Landscape Architect?
Do you drive?
Do you have RAMS experience?