Senior Landscape Architect

Overview

As a Senior Landscape Architect at AECOM you will lead landscape design and planning on high-profile regional and global projects, driving sustainable solutions across energy, urban regeneration and infrastructure sectors. You join a multidisciplinary UK&I team focused on delivering excellence, sustainability and collaboration to create positive environmental and social benefits. You will shape projects from feasibility to construction, mentor junior staff, and strengthen client relationships to support growth and impact. This role offers exposure to diverse projects, advanced technical delivery, and a chance to advance in a leading global firm driving net-zero and resilient places.

Pay / Benefits

• hybrid work options
• comprehensive benefits and well-being programs
• equal opportunity employer
• Disability Confident Employer
• Day 1 onboarding
• global, publicly traded firm with growth opportunities

Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver landscape design and planning projects
• Conduct site surveys and analysis using innovative processes
• Represent technical excellence in meetings and workshops
• Assist project leads with management including budgets and schedules
• Share knowledge and mentor junior staff
• Support client engagement and business development
• Produce reports, drawings, and technical documentation across project stages
• Develop designs from feasibility through construction documentation
• Support contract administration to ensure quality delivery
• Collaborate within multidisciplinary teams to deliver integrated solutions

Key requirements

• Chartered Member of the Landscape Institute (CMLI)
• Experience preparing LVIAs and TVIAs and evidence-base documents
• Experience designing public realm schemes and complex multi-disciplinary projects
• Knowledge of the UK planning system
• Knowledge of project management, including financial control, reporting, and programme management
• Proficient in AutoCAD, Adobe Creative Cloud, and Microsoft Office Suite
• Experience with Revit and/or Civil 3D is highly desirable
• Strong written and spoken English communication skills

• Strong communication
• Mentoring and team development
• Client engagement and relationship-building
• AutoCAD
• Adobe Creative Cloud
• Microsoft Office Suite

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