Principal or Technical Director Landscape Architect (LVIA)

at  SLR Consulting

Vacancy No
VN3892
Employment Type
Permanent
Contract Type
Full-Time
Advert
Job Description
Do you have experience of landscape planning and, more specifically, landscape and visual impact assessments (LVIA)? We are looking for someone to join our specialist team in Edinburgh or Manchester as part of our award-winning design and landscape planning practice.

ABOUT US

Optimised Environments (OPEN) is a design and landscape planning practice, of around 75 people, with offices in Edinburgh, Manchester and London and a strong track record for staff retention. OPEN has recently become part of the SLR Group with offices located around the world. SLR is a global leader in environmental and advisory solutions helping clients achieve their sustainability goals. The coming together of OPEN and SLR provides a host of opportunities for career development and potential for work across a wide range of sectors and countries.
The SLR team has around 35 landscape professionals across the UK. We are willing to consider a variety of different working practices depending on your capability and location and can be flexible in this regard. Our salaries are competitive, and complemented by comprehensive benefits along with a structured career framework and open, transparent promotion process.

We are looking for a talented and enthusiastic Landscape Architect or Landscape Planner to join the OPEN/SLR team as a Project Manager specialising in landscape and visual impact assessment (LVIA) and landscape planning project work. You could already be chartered or working towards chartership, for which we offer support and mentoring. The teams are involved in a diverse range of significant development and renewable energy projects throughout the UK and the Republic of Ireland. If you are successful, you will have the opportunity to further develop your skills and expertise, contributing to a wide range of exciting projects from mixed-use and urban re-development projects to Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects, onshore and offshore wind farms and strategic housing promotion and development.
Our approach to landscape planning and assessment includes a strong emphasis on iterative analysis and design, to inform developments as part of mitigation by design strategies, so there are also opportunities for creative input into schemes through landscape planning inputs. Field work is also a key part of our LVIA work at OPEN/SLR and this may involve some travel in the UK and the Republic of Ireland.