Overview

Location Birmingham, Bournemouth or London

The purpose

Senior Landscape Architects are expected to have a growing expertise in landscape architecture and expected to play an active role in the day-to-day running of projects. They will be expected to play an active role in the design direction of projects and to contribute to the strategic aims of tor&co. They will be expected to demonstrate their design flair and their aptitude to undertake a range of tasks. Senior landscape architects will be working towards membership of, or submitted an application for chartered membership of the Landscape Institute (CMLI).

Responsibilities

• Promotion of tor&co message – understand and be able to communicate core values and mission statement
• Contribute towards client, consultant and local authority meetings with senior members (attend alone when required)
• Attend and contribute towards public consultation events and other presentations
• Lead site visits
• Support senior members of the team at key meetings or presentations
• Participate in an active role with clients and collaborating with other professionals (e.g engineers)
• Develop good relationships with other design consultants and clients
• Bring to the attention of the Technical Directors and Directors cross discipline opportunities and new work leads.

About You / Qualifications

• 5+ years industry experience post CMLI qualification
• Strong conceptual and analytical design skills
• Excellent design flair and creative approach to Landscape Architecture
• Extensive experience of and working within the English Planning System
• Experience on various scale projects with large scale project experience desirable
• Proficient in VectorWorks/ CAD, Microsoft Office and National Building Specification with the ability to com-petently use (be familiar with) some or all of the following Adobe Creative Cloud (InDesign and Illustrator) and Resoft WindFarm, QGIS or at least the willingness and ability to learn
• Excellent presentation of work and communication skills
• Strong understanding of project ex-penditure and fee monitoring
• Business development experience desirable
• Right to work in the UK

tor&co offers (Benefits)

• A competitive salary and benefits package
• 8% Employer Pension Scheme
• Life assurance
• Private Medical Insurance
• Hybrid working
• 28 days annual leave (rising to 33 days with length of service)
• Paid bank holidays
• Benefits platform – currently offering benefits such as salary sacrifice car scheme, cycle to work scheme and other options
• CPD opportunities and a dynamic office environment
• tor&co is a SBTi validated net zero company

How to apply

Please send your cover letter, CV and up to 5 sides of A3 design examples and 1 x written report of your recent work of your choice, noting where you saw the advert, to careers@torandco.com

• Applications without a portfolio will not be considered.

Further information about the company can be found on our website torandco.com

Tagged as: associate director, landscape architecture

To apply for this job email your details to careers@torandco.com.

About Tor&co Limited

This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing, busy and award winning inter-disciplinary employee-owned trust practice operating throughout the UK with offices in Birmingham, Bournemouth, Bristol and London.

torandco limited is a planning, design, and environmental consultancy with a human focus. People are at the core of every tor&co project. We believe that when we consider what they need, how they think, feel and behave, we uncover the potential to not just meet, but to exceed expectations. We pride ourselves on building long-term relationships, so that together with client, communities, and partners, we realise our mission to build a lasting legacy. We are enthusiastic lateral thinkers, taking care to listen to a client, understand commercial requirements and delivering high quality, high value solutions.

Our culture is supportive and collaborative and we expect our senior staff to support and mentor junior team whilst taking an active role in continuing professional development through attending seminars and events.