Landscape Architect

Joining Arup

Arup’s purpose, shared values and collaborative approach has set us apart for over 75 years, guiding how we shape a better world.

Our award‑winning landscape architecture practice is growing in Bristol! We are seeking a talented Landscape Architect to be based in our Bristol or Cardiff Bay offices with flexible collaborative and hybrid working options available. We are an integrated team of landscape designers and landscape planners, with projects including landscape assessment and strategy, LVIA, green infrastructure strategies, concept design, master planning, detailed design, landscape management, visualisations and 3D modelling.

We have a diverse workload of high‑profile projects across the UK and internationally, ranging in scale from environmental infrastructure design, major transportation projects through to restoration, town centre regeneration, streetscape design and green buildings. We are differentiated from our competitors by our ability to combine skills to solve particularly complex or unusual problems and help our clients to create an integrated vision with a full commitment to develop successful and sustainable places.

We expect our designers to think creatively, innovatively, and develop the best outcomes for people, nature, and the environment.

At Arup, you belong to an extraordinary collective – in which we encourage individuality to thrive. Our strength comes from how we respect, share and connect our diverse experiences, perspectives and ideas. You will have the opportunity to do socially useful work that has meaning – to Arup, to your career, to our members and to the clients and communities we serve.

As a Landscape Architect within Arup, the focus of this role will be to provide a design lead, developing and running your own projects. You will be working alongside an unrivalled community of experts, who will support and nurture your growth from the outset. In return, you’ll help us deliver effective and professional services in a wide range of sectors for varied and high‑profile clients.

The Arup portfolio is exciting and diverse, exposing you to a range of project scales and types, each offering their own opportunity for tailored personal development. The candidate will be expected to work across the Mid‑West Region and be based in Bristol or Cardiff and travel to sites via public transport and by hire car requiring a driving license.

We’re looking for an applicant with passion for landscape, curiosity, personal drive and technical know‑how. If you can combine these skills with an understanding of the landscape architecture industry and a desire to deliver excellent services for clients, we’d like to hear from you.

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• Degree in landscape architecture or a related discipline and be working towards CMLI accreditation or willingness to start the P2C.
• Demonstrable professional experience of landscape architecture ideally within areas such as energy, water and transport infrastructure, commercial development, urban regeneration, residential, education, health, historic buildings, and landscape planning strategic policy.
• Working knowledge of AutoCAD, Adobe Creative Suite, and Microsoft Office. GIS (ArcGIS), and 3d modelling software would also be advantageous.
• Ability to understand and respond to the needs of a project brief and share ideas through sketching and hand drawing.
• Team working skills, particularly working in multi‑disciplinary teams, including infrastructure, environmental, transport and master planning sectors.

At Arup, we care about each member’s success, so we can grow together. Guided by our values, we provide an attractive total reward package that recognises the contribution of each of our members to our shared success. As well as competitive, fair and equitable pay, we offer a career in which all of our members can belong, grow and thrive – through benefits that support health and wellbeing, a wide range of…