Job Description
Job Title: Graduate Landscape Architect
Department: Marketing
Location: Tobermore HQ
Job Summary:
This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated and ambitious graduate or early-career landscape designer to join Tobermore’s growing design services team. The successful candidate will work on visualisations, domestic landscape designs, and technical drawing production, supporting a wide range of customers, from homeowners to commercial clients.
In addition, the role includes dedicated mentorship and training with an external Landscape Architecture Practice, ensuring professional development in industry-standard software, commercial regulations, and best practices. Over time, the role will evolve to include amendments to commercial landscape proposals, working alongside our external team to expand Tobermore’s in-house expertise.
As an award-winning Company, we are one of the market leading providers of paving and walling products within the UK and Irish markets. This is an exciting opportunity with one of the most successful and financially secure businesses in Northern Ireland.
Some of the Key Benefits of joining us:
💸 Attractive salary + Annual Bonus.
💫 Private Healthcare from Day 1
✨ Enhanced Holiday Entitlements
💻 Access to Tech & Cycle to work schemes
🦺 Company Branded Clothing
⭐ Holiday Purchase Scheme
🤝 Staff Pension Scheme
🎁 Length of Service gifts
About The Role
Responsibilities:
The following list constitutes the key tasks and duties of your post upon which your job performance will be assessed. Tasks are not in any particular order, therefore the sequence which they appear should not be interpreted as indicating priority or relative importance.
Duties will include:
* Design & visualisation:
o Create high-quality 3D visualisations and concept layouts for residential and commercial projects.
o Develop domestic and commercial landscape designs, ensuring practicality, aesthetics, and alignment with Tobermore’s product offering.
o Produce technical drawings and material specifications.
* Collaboration & training:
o Work closely with Tobermore’s marketing, sales, and technical teams to support design-led customer engagements.
o Spend time training with an external Landscape Architecture Practice to develop expertise in industry-standard software, commercial regulations, and best practices (a structured training plan will be implemented).
o Gain knowledge of hard landscaping standards, accessibility requirements, and sustainability principles.
o Assist in refining and adapting commercial hard landscape proposals, working collaboratively to ensure designs align with customer needs and project specifications.
* Customer engagement & site visits:
o Participate in joint call days with the B2B sales team to understand customer requirements, present design concepts, and gather feedback.
o Attend site visits to gain first-hand experience of real-world project challenges and solutions.
o Engage with commercial customers (housebuilders, contractors, local authorities, etc.) to provide technical design support and enhance service delivery.
o Represent Tobermore at merchant trade days, CPD presentations, and key industry events when required, supporting customers, and strengthening industry relationships.
* Process & project management:
o Support the implementation of a structured design service, ensuring consistency and efficiency.
o Maintain a clear record of design projects, revisions, and customer interactions.
o Provide input on workflow improvements and assist in the development of internal design resources.
This job description is not exhaustive and serves only to highlight the main requirement of the post holder. The job description will be reviewed regularly and may be subject to change.
Skills Needed
Marketing, Managerial / Operational, Strategic
About The Company
Tobermore began life as a humble sand and gravel business started by the Henderson family in 1942.We then diversified into concrete products, which were sold to the local community in the 1950s. In the late 1970s we became one of the forerunners in manufacturing block paving – or ‘Pavia’, as it was originally called. Now, more than 80 years later, we are one of the top paving and walling manufacturers in the UK and Ireland, and pride ourselves on our world-class technology and the unrivalled quality of our products.Achieving £85 million sales in 2021/22 and positioned number 24 in the NI Belfast Telegraph Top 100 Companies 2022, your future is in good hands. Working alongside forward thinking business professionals throughout the business and receiving continuous learning and support, start your Tobermore career today.
Company Culture
Our peopleTo this day, the business remains family-run. We employ 450+ staff throughout the UK and Ireland. We embrace, encourage and engage in continuous improvement and continuous learning for all employees.Our people are the backbone to our company. They understand the importance of customer relationships. People buy from people. Our success is a testament to how customers appreciate our staff that have been trained and developed to deal professionally with all customer requirements.We only recruit people who share our values.
Desired Criteria
* • Post graduate diploma in a Landscape related discipline
* • Experience working within the manufacturing or construction industry
* • Full & valid driving license
Required Criteria
* • A degree in Landscape Architecture
* • Proficiency in AutoCAD, SketchUp, Adobe Creative Suite, GIS, and ideally Vectorworks
* • An eye for design, understanding of hard landscaping materials, and a passion for enhancing outdoor spaces
* • Ability to interpret technical drawings and specifications, or willingness to learn
* • An understanding of LVIA • Excellent communication skills to collaborate with internal teams and customers
* • Organised, proactive, and eager to develop both creative and technical skills
Closing DateSunday 1st June, 2025