Job Title: Urban Designer or Senior Urban Designer

Department: Planning

Location: London or Manchester based - hybrid working

Interested in making a difference?

LSH Planning, Regeneration, and Infrastructure (PR+I) are looking for an Urban Designer or Senior Urban Designer to join our national urban design team. We are involved in a wide variety of development and regeneration projects including masterplanning, the revitalization of urban areas, and the appraisal of redevelopment opportunities. Our in-house team of masterplanners are urban design specialists. We work side by side with the wider LSH team, bringing specific knowledge of development, planning, and regeneration with the purpose of realizing high-quality, attractive, and deliverable design solutions that add social and commercial value for our clients and communities.

Based in our London or Manchester Office but working nationally, you will play an instrumental role in the preparation and design of high-profile places, where the emphasis is on the design of high-quality projects that are delivered on-time and on-budget. Working closely with the head of studio, senior colleagues, and others across the wider LSH business, you will help to grow a portfolio of projects with the collective aim of broadening our expertise, growing the team, and continuing to raise our profile as industry-leading designers and urbanists. LSH will work with you to gain increased client exposure, improve your expertise, and develop your business development skills and experience. As these skills develop over time, the business will look to your next stage of career progression and beyond.

You will be:

• Highly motivated.
• A creative individual with the passion to develop design ideas, urban design projects, and undertake thought leadership.
• Excited to contribute to a growing team and to developing your career with us.
• Committed towards integrated and collaborative working and capable of managing your own tasks and deadlines.
• Experienced in designing greenfield and brownfield masterplans, urban design studies, and design codes at different planning stages.
• Able to manage your own time, proactively liaise with colleagues, and experienced at working with leading clients.

You will have:

• An interest in the regeneration of our town centres and urban areas.
• An ability to bring innovative, creative, engaging, and comprehensive placemaking ideas to masterplanning and design.
• A good understanding of UK planning, current trends, and issues in urban design.
• Experience of working with a wide range of technical sub-consultants including architects, landscape, and movement experts.
• A good understanding of planning policy and urban design/architectural building typology technical criteria for both greenfield and brownfield projects.
• A strong portfolio of work with a variety of projects at a range of scales.
• Excellent drawing, graphics, and communication skills using freehand and computer-aided design software.
• Expertise in all the main creative software programmes including AutoCAD, Adobe Creative Suite, and Sketchup.
• A Masters degree and/or a post-graduate diploma in urban design and/or architecture preferred.

Your project experience will include:

• Design feasibility, outline application, and detailed/hybrid planning applications.
• Urban design, masterplanning, town centre regeneration, and design code project instructions.
• Experience of site promotion, greenfield extension, brownfield capacity, town centre, PD conversion, and townscape appraisal project types.
• Contributing to and preparing urban design and masterplanning tenders.
• Be able to produce comprehensive design reports, research, and presentations.
• Working as part of comprehensive design, sub-consultant, and client teams.

If you would like to submit a portfolio of your work, please submit this via the 'Cover Letter' submission box, and we will review this alongside your CV.

We understand the value that a diverse and inclusive working environment brings to Lambert Smith Hampton. We celebrate the different perspectives and insights that people can bring through their cultures and backgrounds. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or any other protected characteristic.