The core activities that the successful candidate can expect to be involved with include; managing technical landscape design and environmental mitigation inputs to diverse infrastructure, development public realm and parks projects and; preparation of landscape planning figures and drawings.
Responsibilities
- Work as part of the Landscape team to manage small projects, teams or tasks within larger projects
- Prepare technical information for infrastructure and development projects:
- strategic and feasibility/concept studies.
- preliminary and detailed design including general arrangement drawings, hard & soft construction detailing, schedules & specification to support planning applications
- tender and construction packages
- Take part in regularly scheduled meetings providing accurate updates on progress of work
- Consistently apply business standards and techniques to assure quality
- Communicate any risks or impediments to effective delivery in a timely manner
- Line manage & mentor junior team member(s)
- Support business development and bidding where required
Qualifications
- Degree level qualification in Landscape Architecture or recognized equivalent;
- Postgraduate diploma / Masters qualification in Landscape Architecture or recognised equivalent;
- Fluent spoken English with excellent verbal, written and graphic communication skills;
- Demonstrable experience of project management and project delivery;
- Experience of working collaboratively within a remote working environment;
- Commercial awareness and excellent time management skills;
- Experience and technical capability gained within professional consultancy or local government;
- Support construction administration, including responding to RFIs and reviewing shop drawings and site conditions.
- Solid knowledge of planting design, hardscape materials, and construction detailing.
Personal Qualities
- Creative thinker with good design skills;
- Good interpersonal skills with colleagues and clients;
- Self-motivated and adaptable, maintaining a confident demeanour when change occurs;
- Positive attitude with good team working skills and awareness of the well-being of self and others;
- Considers appropriate H&S; risks and the well-being of staff when making decisions.
Additional Qualities
- Experience of applying current design standards, guidance and valuable working practices to the design of external spaces;
- Previous experience of line management & mentoring;
- Licentiate or Chartered Member of the Landscape LEED or other affiliated Landscape body.
BGV:
- Employment with WSP India is subject to the successful completion of a background verification (“BGV”) check conducted by a third-party agency appointed by WSP India.
- Candidates are advised to ensure that all information provided during the recruitment process — including documents uploaded — is accurate and complete, both to WSP India and its BGV partner”.