Senior, Principal or Senior Principal Landscape Architect/Planner

Overview

In this senior role, you lead landscape planning and design for water-sector schemes that deliver lasting community benefits. You work with a multidisciplinary team to shape projects from early planning through construction, driving sustainable landscapes that integrate with infrastructure. You’ll build client relationships, guide fees and tasks, and mentor colleagues while advancing your expertise within a Registered Practice of the Landscape Institute. This role offers impact on high-profile schemes and a collaborative culture that values quality and stewardship.

Pay / Benefits

• competitive salary
• bonus schemes
• enhanced pension plan
• private medical insurance
• annual leave with buy/sell option
• hybrid/flexible working

Responsibilities

• Lead across a range of project types and scales, providing landscape input at pre- and post-planning stages
• Cultivate client and project-team relationships, contribute to fee proposals, and manage discipline tasks
• Conduct field and visual surveys across the UK
• Influence team growth and direction as a senior member within a Registered Practice
• Collaborate across disciplines to deliver exceptional places that benefit people, communities, and the environment

Key requirements

• Degree or equivalent in Landscape Architecture or related subject
• Chartered Member of the Landscape Institute (desirable)
• Experience in landscape design from concept to construction (RIBA stages 2–4)
• Knowledge of environmental planning, UK planning legislation, and EIA regulations
• Strong communication skills and ability to manage stakeholders and workloads
• Team-oriented with collaborative mind-set

• collaborative team player
• clear, pragmatic communicator
• stakeholder management
• LVIAs and UK planning appraisals (advantageous)
• environmental planning knowledge
• planning legislation and EIA familiarity

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