Graduate Landscape Architect

AECOM • Full-time • London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom • 4w ago

Job Description

We are seeking Graduate Landscape Architects to support our planning and design teams. This role will suit a self-motivated individual looking to advance their career in an award-winning team that is growing and at the forefront of innovation within the wider business. AECOM offers an extensive, highly flexible package of benefits and we would be interested to hear from applicants seeking either a part-time or full-time role.

We will consider applicants with excellent design skills and a desire to gain experience in UK&I based, LVIA and landscape planning work.

Role responsibilities include:

Working as part of team to produce drawings and other technical documentation, including concise reports using appropriate software at various stages of development for LVIA, planning and design projects. Be client facing, contributing to conference calls, meetings, and workshops, developing inspirational ideas to resolve complex project issues. Utilise your skills to embed placemaking and climate resilience into our projects.

As a member of one of the UK&I’s largest and most diverse landscape practices, you will take a key role on a range of regionally significant projects, including exemplar regeneration, environmental enhancement, and infrastructure schemes, as well as ground-breaking national and international projects.

You will be supported in expanding your experience and developing your career within a structured, friendly team environment. We will pair you with an experienced team member as your guide and mentor as you start working on live projects.

At AECOM, our large, national team delivers a range of exciting and varied projects across the UK&I and globally. We work in dynamic and challenging environments, in multi-disciplinary teams delivering solutions to a broad base of public and private sector clients, including Homes England, Universities, National Highways, HS2, the Environment Agency, Local Authorities, the National Trust and healthcare institutions. We work across the fields of development, energy transition, water, residential, government and transportation to develop integrated and award-winning projects.

You should be able to demonstrate an appropriate level of technical expertise to carry out the following:

Ability to innovate and develop inspirational ideas to resolve complex project issues.
Clear communication, including the ability to write concise technical reports and contribute to conference calls, meetings, and workshops.
Produce or oversee the production of drawings and other technical documentation using appropriate software, with necessary level of detail as required at various stages of development for LVIA, planning and design projects.
Assist in project management responsibilities, including contractual, financial and programme management under the supervision of senior colleagues.
Ability and personality to establish strong working relationships with other members of Landscape team and with multi-disciplinary teams across the business.
Be client facing and respond to client requirements.We are seeking Graduate Landscape Architects to support our planning and design teams. This role will suit a self-motivated individual looking to advance their career in an award-winning team that is growing and at the forefront of innovation within the wider business. AECOM offers an extensive, highly flexible package of benefits and we would be interested to hear from applicants seeking either a part-time or full-time role.We will consider applicants with excellent design skills and a desire to gain experience in UK&I based, LVIA and landscape planning work. Role responsibilities include: Working as part of team to produce drawings and other technical documentation, including concise reports using appropriate software at various stages of development for LVIA, planning and design projects. Be client facing, contributing to conference calls, meetings, and workshops, developing inspirational ideas to resolve complex project issues. Utilise your skills to embed placemaking and climate resilience into our projects.As a member of one of the UK&I’s largest and most diverse landscape practices, you will take a key role on a range of regionally significant projects, including exemplar regeneration, environmental enhancement, and infrastructure schemes, as well as ground-breaking national and international projects.You will be supported in expanding your experience and developing your career within a structured, friendly team environment. We will pair you with an experienced team member as your guide and mentor as you start working on live projects.At AECOM, our large, national team delivers a range of exciting and varied projects across the UK&I and globally. We work in dynamic and challenging environments, in multi-disciplinary teams delivering solutions to a broad base of public and private sector clients, including Homes England, Universities, National Highways, HS2, the Environment Agency, Local Authorities, the National Trust and healthcare institutions. We work across the fields of development, energy transition, water, residential, government and transportation to develop integrated and award-winning projects.You should be able to demonstrate an appropriate level of technical expertise to carry out the following:
Ability to innovate and develop inspirational ideas to resolve complex project issues.
Clear communication, including the ability to write concise technical reports and contribute to conference calls, meetings, and workshops.
Produce or oversee the production of drawings and other technical documentation using appropriate software, with necessary level of detail as required at various stages of development for LVIA, planning and design projects.
Assist in project management responsibilities, including contractual, financial and programme management under the supervision of senior colleagues.
Ability and personality to establish strong working relationships with other members of Landscape team and with multi-disciplinary teams across the business.
Be client facing and respond to client requirements.

Qualifications

Degree or master’s in landscape architecture
Knowledge and understanding of UK legal planning system with respect to landscape architecture
Experience of working / desire to work on high-quality landscape and /or townscape and visual impact assessments and appraisals
Fluency in English, excellent report writing skills and ability to communicate effectively to internal and external clients, both verbally & in writing with the confidence to engage with a variety of people (clients, colleagues, stakeholders, and sub-contractors alike) and the aptitude to rationally explain, explore and discuss technical issues and capture feedback
Good Microsoft Office skills essential such as Word, Excel & PowerPoint. Experience of some or all the following:
AutoCAD; Adobe Creative Cloud; Civils 3D; and Revit
Self-motivation, enthusiasm, hardworking, with ambition and drive. Excellent research skills.
Ability to work as part of a team, collaborating with colleagues, client, and stakeholders as appropriate and independently without losing initiative & focus.
Ability to work flexibly under pressure, responding to changing project and programme demands.
Ability to structure & prioritise work effectively through close cooperation with the team as a whole. Strong attention to detail.
A full driving licence would be beneficial as the role will involve travel for site surveys often with equipment.
Previous work experience in a landscape architecture environment would be beneficial.

Additional Information

About AECOM

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours. We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to applicants who have a disability or long-term condition, who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role. Please let us know using this email address ReasonableAccommodations@aecom.com if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.