Vacancy type: Current vacancies
Profession: Architecture
Location: Dublin
Description
We are seeking an experienced Senior Urban Designer/Landscape Architect to join our Dublin studio. This role will work closely with our Project Directors, Principals, and multi-disciplinary design teams to deliver high-profile projects across multiple sectors. The successful candidate will also work closely with our landscape team to ensure cohesive integration of landscape design within urban projects, enhancing both functionality and aesthetic appeal.
The Role:
* Produce urban planning and urban design work in accordance with client's requirements and aspirations for their projects
* Research and develop solutions to urban design challenges
* Deliver quality design for urban design and public realm projects within the allocated resource and time
* Prepare design studies and develop designs in various formats such as sketches, drawings, 3D digital studies, models etc.
* Manage, prepare, correct, and update design presentations and design reports in various formats including PowerPoint, InDesign, etc
* Communicate and coordinate with clients regarding design schemes and implementation
* Assist in marketing efforts to current clients alongside the identification and engagement of new clients
About You:
* You will have relevant university qualifications and professional training, for example as an Urban Designer / Masterplanner, Member of the Irish Landscape Institute (MILI) or Chartered Member of the Landscape Institute (CMLI).
* You will have extensive experience in practice along with some demonstrable examples of urban design, public realm and masterplanning studies at a variety of scales.
* You will have excellent design skills and a proven ability to produce high-quality masterplans.
* You will have an attractive hand-drawing style or equivalent skill in quickly visualizing designs for clients in 3D.
* You will have excellent presentation, report-writing and drawing/graphic skills.
* You will have excellent coordination skills and the ability to manage multiple deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
* You will be proficient in AutoCAD, SketchUp, Rhino, and Adobe suites (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop).
* You will have a knowledge of and interest in the urbanism field and of current challenges and opportunities.
* You will have a thorough understanding of urban dynamics, including economics, real estate, governance, infrastructure, environment, and social matters.
About Us:
We are a continuous collective of architects, engineers, designers, and urbanists. We design at every scale from city masterplans, neighborhoods, parks, streets, and buildings to specialist, bespoke light and acoustic installations.
We are placemakers who work at every stage of the design process from visioning to briefing to design, delivery, and operation. We respond to the demands of our dynamic and ever-changing planet with cross-discipline design thinking that spans all of life's activities, protects the environment, and enhances social value.
Harnessing our collective ethos, the spirit of BDP is about making places for people. Our structure and governance as a global network of federated city studios creates design hubs that are connected to the cities, regions, and communities they serve.
We fuse our passion for architecture and engineering with user-centered design and large-scale infrastructure projects to deliver world-class solutions for better, more prosperous places.
BDP offers:
BDP offers a great opportunity for your personal development with exposure to the full range of our skills and expertise. We also offer an attractive remuneration package, a stimulating working environment, and excellent prospects for career advancement.
To Apply:
Please click on the apply button below to complete the online application form and attach a covering letter plus current CV demonstrating how you meet the requirements of the position.
Please include an indication of your salary expectations and notice period in your cover letter.
BDP is actively fostering an inclusive organization where people can be themselves and everyone has a sense of belonging. We want our teams to be diverse at every level, reflecting the communities we design for. We actively encourage people from a variety of backgrounds with different skills, professional and life experiences, to join us and help us achieve our aspirations.
BDP is an equal opportunity employer.