Senior/Principal Landscape Architect
Full-time - Manchester, United Kingdom.
Are you an ambitious and creative landscape architect looking for a new challenge? Are you passionate about sustainable place-making and making a difference to people, places and communities? Do you want to work on exciting and challenging across the UK and internationally in a supportive working environment with flexible working arrangements?
Yes? then please read on:
For over 60 years we've been designing exceptional places across the globe, driven by the belief that by designing intelligently with people and nature we can make a positive difference. We are leading a new nature led urbanism and responding to business growth in the UK and internationally are looking for a mid-level landscape architect to join our Manchester city centre studio.
We are collaborative, supportive and foster a creative design approach that is intelligent and responsible. With your support, we can help create remarkable places.
About the role:
This is an exceptional opportunity, and we are looking for a Senior or Principal grade Landscape Architect to join our studio in Manchester. Both in the UK and internationally you will assist our team in the design and delivery of exciting projects and will be given responsibilities that will develop your career in a hardworking but nurturing, friendly and supportive design environment.
We foster design creativity and freedom and are looking for candidates to help us develop and shape our portfolio in the region and internationally. You will receive a wide range of benefits, including flexible and remote working arrangements to ensure a better work-life balance, paid professional membership, and much more.
What we are looking for from you:
• Minimum 5+ years of professional work experience• Design creativity and flair • Landscape Qualifications and preferably CMLI • A portfolio that includes work from concept design sketches through to technical details/built work.• Ability and proven experience of project delivery in the UK • Middle East/arid landscapes International experience • Excellent working knowledge of AutoCAD, Adobe suite and SketchUp• Revit would be an advantage • Good communication skills - verbal, written and visual• Ability to liaise with external consultants and clients in a proficient and professional manner, nurturing relationships in support of ongoing business development.• Above all a can-do enthusiastic team player with a creative, collaborative attitude.
What we can offer you:
• An opportunity to work on exciting projects in the UK and internationally.• A competitive salary with a good range of benefits.• A clear pathway for professional development and growth.• A 'flexi-hours' scheme to allow for a healthy work-life balance.• Hybrid working - allowing 2 days a week working from home and 3 days in the office.• HSF Healthcare Assistance cashback scheme and Employee Assistance Programme support • Perkbox membership with access to wellness hub.• A competitive salary with a range of benefits.• Opportunity for career progression.• Paid professional membership and, if appropriate, 'Pathway to Chartership' support package.
Our friendly and hard working studio is highly accessible in the heart of Manchester City Centre and includes a gym, roof garden and cycle facilities that are free to use.
We will develop your career and, if relevant, will mentor your Pathway to Chartership journey through exposure to a breadth of relevant projects and support in a mentoring system that is led by experienced practitioners with a proven success in developing careers and professional qualifications.
To Apply:
If you think you are a suitable match for this role, please upload your CV and portfolio, with information on your salary expectations, as soon as possible.
The deadline for applications is 29th of April 2025
References will be required following interview.
We regret that, following an initial acknowledgement of receipt of your application, we will only be able to respond to successful applications.
Gillespies is an equal opportunities employer, committed to encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion among our workforce and creating and maintaining a working environment which is free from harassment, intimidation and discrimination and respects an individual's personal dignity.
We are committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and do not discriminate on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage or civil partnership. We recognise the benefits of employing individuals from a range of backgrounds, as this creates an environment of creativity that values the differences in others. We value the wealth of experience within the community in which we operate and aspire to have a workforce that reflects this. We base our employment decisions on merit, job requirements and business needs.
