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Graduate Landscape Architect - Multiple Locations
Sector: Construction and Building Services
Role: Entry Level
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time
Company Description
Work with Us. Change the World.
At AECOM, we're delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world's most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations.
There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of nearly 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world.
We're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us.
Job Description
We are seeking Graduate Landscape Architects to support our planning and design teams. This role will suit a self-motivated individual looking to advance their career in an award-winning team that is growing and at the forefront of innovation within the wider business. AECOM offers an extensive, highly flexible package of benefits and we would be interested to hear from applicants seeking either a part-time or full-time role.
We will consider applicants with excellent design skills and a desire to gain experience in UK&I based, LVIA and landscape planning work.
Role responsibilities include:
* Working as part of a team to produce drawings and other technical documentation, including concise reports using appropriate software at various stages of development for LVIA, planning and design projects.
* Be client facing, contributing to conference calls, meetings, and workshops, developing inspirational ideas to resolve complex project issues.
* Utilise your skills to embed placemaking and climate resilience into our projects.
* Take a key role on a range of regionally significant projects, including exemplar regeneration, environmental enhancement, and infrastructure schemes, as well as ground-breaking national and international projects.
* Be supported in expanding your experience and developing your career within a structured, friendly team environment.
* Work in dynamic and challenging environments, in multi-disciplinary teams delivering solutions to a broad base of public and private sector clients.
You should be able to demonstrate an appropriate level of technical expertise to carry out the following:
* Ability to innovate and develop inspirational ideas to resolve complex project issues.
* Clear communication, including the ability to write concise technical reports and contribute to conference calls, meetings, and workshops.
* Produce or oversee the production of drawings and other technical documentation using appropriate software, with necessary level of detail as required at various stages of development for LVIA, planning and design projects.
* Assist in project management responsibilities, including contractual, financial and programme management under the supervision of senior colleagues.
* Ability and personality to establish strong working relationships with other members of Landscape team and with multi-disciplinary teams across the business.
* Be client facing and respond to client requirements.
Qualifications
* Degree or master's in landscape architecture.
* Knowledge and understanding of UK legal planning system with respect to landscape architecture.
* Experience of working / desire to work on high-quality landscape and/or townscape and visual impact assessments and appraisals.
* Fluency in English, excellent report writing skills and ability to communicate effectively to internal and external clients.
* Good Microsoft Office skills essential such as Word, Excel & PowerPoint. Experience of some or all the following: AutoCAD; Adobe Creative Cloud; Civils 3D; and Revit.
* Self-motivation, enthusiasm, hardworking, with ambition and drive. Excellent research skills.
* Ability to work as part of a team, collaborating with colleagues, clients, and stakeholders as appropriate and independently without losing initiative & focus.
* Ability to work flexibly under pressure, responding to changing project and programme demands.
* Ability to structure & prioritise work effectively through close cooperation with the team as a whole. Strong attention to detail.
* A full driving licence would be beneficial as the role will involve travel for site surveys often with equipment.
* Previous work experience in a landscape architecture environment would be beneficial.
Additional Information
About AECOM
AECOM is the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle - from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise.
Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity
You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you're working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.
Join us, and you'll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm - access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility.
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person's potential, and we'll help you reach yours.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
ReqID: REF43668T
Business Line: B&P - Buildings & Places
Business Group: DCS
Strategic Business Unit: Europe & India
Career Area: Design
Work Location Model: Hybrid
Legal Entity: AECOM Infrastructure and Environment UK Limited
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