Senior/Principal Landscape Architect – LVIA

Overview

In this Principal Landscape Planner role, you lead landscape planning for UK&I projects, shaping regeneration, energy transition, and infrastructure schemes. You’ll influence design early, guide multi-disciplinary teams, and drive outcomes that support net zero and broader environmental and social benefits. You’ll lead client engagement, manage project budgets and schedules, and mentor a growing team in a collaborative, engineering-driven environment. This position offers impact across nationally significant projects within a global firm that values innovation and equity.

Pay / Benefits

• hybrid work options
• wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs
• equal opportunity employer
• Disability Confident Employer
• access to industry-leading technology and thinking

Responsibilities

• Undertake site surveys and analyses with innovative methods
• Produce or supervise reports, drawings and technical documentation for development stages
• Be client-facing and nurture client relationships
• Lead meetings, workshops and conferences with clear communication
• Provide technical leadership and foster team growth and technical excellence
• Collaborate iteratively with multi-disciplinary teams to enhance delivery
• Manage project scope, budget and programme
• Understand and apply AECOM procedures on projects

Key requirements

• LVIA/TVIA and evidence-base document preparation to best practice
• Strong knowledge of the UK planning system as it relates to landscape architecture
• Project management experience including financial control, reporting and budgeting
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
• Competence in AutoCAD and Adobe Creative Cloud (preferred)
• Experience with ArcGIS, AutoCAD Civils 3D, Revit, LSS or ProjectWise (useful)

• Team player with mentoring mindset
• Client-facing and strong communication
• Collaborative working with multi-disciplinary teams
• LVIA
• TVIA
• UK planning system knowledge

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