Overview
Location: Reading, Theale
This is an exciting opportunity for anyone who has a passion for learning and creating high-quality, lasting places that foster a sense of community and healthy living.
As part of the Urban Design team, you will work on a variety of landscape masterplans, and urban design projects, outline applications and design codes, and carry out and oversee the preparation of supporting drawings, character assessments, conceptual and feasibility studies, development briefs and detailed design guidance.
Working with a wider team, you will support/manage small/middle-size projects while mentoring junior team members and be a key player in delivering large strategic masterplans.
Role and Responsibilities
1. Working on masterplans detailed design throughout the South and home counties.
2. Producing masterplans at the early stages of design including feasibility reports, full detail design, access statements and outline masterplanning documents
3. Providing architectural, regeneration, masterplanning and urban design services to a variety of clients across the home counties
4. Look at the overall designs and reviews to improve any existing development and give advice on ongoing projects
5. Produce hand-drawn and digital designs for client presentations
6. Supporting the wider team and review any existing developments
7. Regularly communicate and liaise with different stakeholders of projects and clients
Experience and Skills Required
8. Degree or professional qualification in Planning and/or Urban Design
9. Recent and relevant planning / urban design experience
10. Sound technical ability in planning / urban design work
11. Experience in dealing with local planning
12. A good feel and flair for landscape as well as architectural design and masterplanning skills
To be successful in this role, you will need to be an excellent communicator who can articulate complicated issues between our clients and our highly skilled project teams. You will also need to show ambition and a willingness to learn whilst demonstrating a high-level diligence and organisational skills.
What's in it for you?
Our people are our business – our vision is to be ever progressive, expanding our expertise and nurturing our talent through Quality, Innovation & Growth, to achieve our strategic outcomes:
13. Growth which fuels ideas and opportunity for all
14. Purposeful and meaningful work
15. Continual development and mentoring
16. Empowerment, inclusivity and respect
17. Happiness and enjoyment
18. Openness, honesty and integrity
19. Acting as one team
Your reward is focused on your total wellbeing, with a package to support all aspects of life. In addition to your salary, you can expect:
20. A healthy holiday balance of 25 days, plus bank holidays & the ability to buy / sell to suit you
21. 3 days a year to give your time to others, volunteering for great causes
22. An inclusive wellbeing offer:
23. Financial – Life Assurance, Pension Scheme (3% Employee, 6% Employer), Income Protection, Salary Sacrifice Car Scheme, flexible choice of Critical Illness Insurance
24. Physical – Free Private Medical Insurance, Doctor at Hand Private GP, Best Doctors, flexible choice of Dental Plan, Cycle to Work Scheme, GymFlex & Healthcare Cash Plan
25. Mental – Mental Health First Aiders, by Unum
26. A flexible approach to hybrid working, to suit both you & your team
27. Tailored career development – focused on professional, personal and/or educational
28. The opportunity to learn and develop skills as part of a dynamic team within a modern, high quality and wellbeing aligned office space