Senior Landscape Architect

Position status: This opportunity is for a bid, so it is not yet a secured role. If you would like to be considered as we progress with this position, please click to apply.

At Mace, our purpose is to redefine the boundaries of ambition. We believe in creating places that are responsible, bringing transformative impact to our people, communities and societies across the globe. To learn more about our purpose, culture, and priorities, visit our strategy site.

Within our business we harness our unique combination of leading-edge practical expertise and project delivery to unlock the potential in every project.

The project: We are a purpose-led organisation that places diversity and inclusion at the heart of everything we do. Our responsible business practice group comprising 170+ people bring themselves to work each day to make a difference; to create a low carbon resilient world, shaping cities and building thriving communities, and helping our clients to realise their ambitions.

This is an exciting opportunity for a Senior Landscape Architect to join Mace’s responsible business team in the UK and support our growing external grounds team based in one of our regional offices (London, Winchester, Bristol, Birmingham, Manchester or Leeds).

This position is ideal for a Chartered Landscape Architect who is experienced in project leadership, design and delivery, with a good holistic understanding of landscape and biodiversity, and a basic knowledge of sustainability aligned with current and future trends in the built environment.

Candidates will need to progress through the security clearance process.

Hybrid/remote working is supported with travel to sites across the region to support the team needs.

Our values shape the way we consult, and define the people we want to join us on our journey, they are:

• Safety first - Going home safe and well
• Client focus - Deliver on our promise
• Integrity - Always do the right thing
• Create opportunity - For our people to excel

Integrated into the programme partner team, alongside design, equipment and construction partners, the successful candidate will lead environment/sustainability work streams, providing landscape expertise for a range of disciplines, and will be responsible for design and delivery of the programme-wide landscape architecture outcomes. This will include delivery of landscape design, processes and procedures as well as driving high standards of contractor environmental performance.

• Lead the landscape design and assessment for our key client the department for education (DfE) through all LI/RIBA stages.
• Author landscape and visual impact assessments.
• Preparation of landscape strategies/plans/drawings and planting strategies.
• Undertake urban greening factor (UGF) calculations.
• Landscape Architect Technical Advisor role which includes reviewing consultant and contractor design proposals against client and planning requirements.
• Participate in workshops with design teams, promoting a landscape led approach and nature-based solutions.
• Support ecologists with biodiversity net gain (BNG) delivery.
• Develop a strong working relationship with our internal architecture and urban design teams.
• Work with our external partners/sub-consultants which will include commissioning additional landscape services, prepare technical scopes and develop strong working relationships with them.
• Work with construction project teams to deliver best practice in terms of protecting and enhancing the landscape and supporting them with specific queries - translating technical requirements into layperson language to ensure all stakeholders understand their roles and responsibilities.
• Liaison with various stakeholders including developers, local authorities, landowners, NGOs.
• Work-winning through bids, solutioning, client liaison and raising Mace’s profile externally. This will include developing Mace’s nature-based solutions service offer.
• Manage junior team members where necessary.
• Build the external grounds team including hiring junior landscape architects, mentoring through chartership as required.

• Degree level qualification in Landscape Architecture or…