Principal Landscape Architect | Warrington

At Stantec UK, we are currently seeking a Principal Landscape Architect to join our Landscape team, with a workload encompassing a wide variety of project types and scales, but primarily focused on Water industry projects. We are currently inputting to a number of exciting and innovative schemes throughout the UK and Ireland, including on several flagship projects of national importance, design of key wetland areas and other habitat improvements, as well as localised SuDs and stormwater interventions to benefit individual communities.

We would like to hear from qualified Landscape Architects who have a strong background in landscape planning and can demonstrate work experience in preparing landscape and visual impact assessments and appraisals. We can offer a wide variety of projects at all pre- and post-planning stages of the planning, design and implementation process.

In this Principal role, you would provide landscape planning and landscape design input to projects whilst also cultivating strong client and project team relationships, actively supporting the development of colleagues. You will also provide input to fee proposals, discipline task management and undertake field and visual survey work across the UK. Furthermore, there will be opportunities to influence and shape the team objectives and growth through your work whilst also developing your own career and expertise with a Registered Practice of the Landscape institute.

You will preferably hold a Degree and Diploma or equivalent in Landscape Architecture or other relevant subject and ideally be a Chartered Member of the Landscape Institute (CMLI). You will share our desire to work with clients and stakeholders to create exceptional places which provide multiple benefits to people, communities, and the environment.

You will have a demonstrable experience of preparing LVIAs and appraisals for UK planning applications with strong report writing skills. You will have strong knowledge of environmental planning issues, current UK planning, legislation, and environmental impact assessment regulations. In addition, you will understand the issues and needs of a range of technical disciplines in relation to the planning and design of sustainable places and projects.

You will have proven ability to understand client needs, think creatively and provide pragmatic advice to meet client needs for sustainable solutions, within time and cost constraints. You will also have the necessary skills and experience to liaise with a broad range of stakeholders and will use your organisational skills to manage tasks effectively.

As a proactive and engaged team-player, you'll enjoy actively supporting and facilitating the development of team colleagues, as well as working collaboratively with other teams within the wider business.

Stantec is a professional services firm. Our team of 28,000 global experts provides engineering, architecture, environmental, and project management services across all phases of the project life cycle.

We're designers, engineers, scientists, and project managers, innovating together at the intersection of community, creativity, and client relationships. Balancing these priorities results in projects that advance the quality of life in communities across the globe.

From large-scale developments to challenging neighbourhood projects, we stretch across our global network to learn from others, offer our support, and gain new experiences along the way. So while we work to help the communities around us thrive, our own people thrive too.

We can offer you a friendly and collaborative work environment along with flexible working arrangements including working from home and working full-time or part-time. Ideally, we are looking for someone to be based in our Warrington office, however we will also consider our other office locations. Furthermore, a competitive benefits package, a strong culture of learning and development and great range of different projects.