Company Description
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.
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 over 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
AECOM is seeking a talented Landscape Architect at the start of their careers to join and support the growth of our Landscape Architecture team. As part of one of the UK&I’s largest and most diverse landscape practices, you will undertake high-profile regional and global projects across various sectors including urban regeneration, residential developments, environmental enhancement schemes, and energy projects. This role offers the opportunity to deliver transformative projects, within a talented team, and contribute to AECOM’s reputation for design excellence.
About AECOM’s Landscape Architecture Team
Our Landscape Architecture team is renowned for excellence and multidisciplinary collaboration. We work across all design stages, blending strengths in design and planning to deliver imaginative solutions that enhance communities and environments. Recent projects include energy transition, public realm, active travel, resorts, and new neighbourhoods that shape cities and regions.
Why Join AECOM
* Freedom to Grow: Take control of your working life with flexible working options, including hybrid working and part‑time hours. Work the hours that suit you.
* Career Development: Help shape landscape architecture at AECOM with opportunities for training and mentoring.
* Inclusive Culture: AECOM supports diversity and competitive lifestyle benefits.
Job Responsibilities
* Project Involvement: Produce drawings, visualisations, technical documents, and concise reports across all stages of planning and design projects. Contribute to meetings, workshops and presentations developing creative and practical ideas. Assist leads with project management, including financial and programme responsibilities.
* Team Development: Develop and share knowledge, supporting a culture of continuous growth. Actively engage in working towards the UK Landscape Institute (LI) professional exam.
* Client Engagement: Nurture strong relationships with clients, stakeholders, and collaborators. Facilitate proactive client engagement and business development.
* Technical Excellence: Prepare and develop designs and technical materials from initial feasibility through to production of construction information. Support contract administration to ensure high standard of project delivery. Produce high quality reports, drawings, and other technical documentation with the necessary level of detail for the various stages of development, using appropriate software.
* Collaboration: Work iteratively within multidisciplinary teams to deliver cohesive and integrated design solutions.
Minimum Requirements
* Experience: Graduates of LI accredited Landscape Architecture degree. Demonstrable experience of creating placemaking projects that address key drivers of climate resilience, nature recovery and social inequity. Knowledge and understanding of the UK planning system. Understanding of project management, including financial control, reporting, and programme management.
* Technical Skills: Proficient in AutoCAD, Adobe Creative Cloud, and Microsoft Office Suite. Experience with Rhino, Revit and/or Civil 3D is highly desirable. Skilled in preparing clear graphics and technical reports. Strong communication skills, including fluency in written and spoken English.
* Other: Full UK driving licence (or equivalent for permission to drive in UK).
Preferred Qualifications
* LI‑accredited Bachelors’ degree, Diploma, and/or Masters’ degree.
Additional Information
* Applicants are encouraged to apply as early as possible since CVs will be reviewed, and candidates selected on a rolling recruitment basis for either immediate or advanced offer start.
* Please include a covering letter with your application and provide all predicted and/or obtained academic grades and details of the dates you are able to work to/from and well as locations you would be interested in.
* You must have the right to work in the UK.
Professional Development
Our Graduate Development Programme (GDP), along with our huge scope of projects across the globe, will challenge and inspire you to make a real difference to the world we live in. The GDP forms a core part of our business strategy globally, designed to develop the best talent across numerous disciplines to lead our business into the future. We have over 750 graduates on our programmes across the UK & Ireland, from over 40 different disciplines. We will provide you with all the tools and support you need to achieve your professional development ambitions, including Chartership with the relevant international professional institution – where we have graduates working towards over 30 professional institutions in the UK & Ireland.
We will push you to achieve the highest standards and expect our graduates to pass their professional review first time. You will be assigned a mentor to support and guide your development, and undertake regular training modules throughout the programme. There will be on‑the‑job technical development and classroom training where required, and the opportunity to work on live client projects, with significant multidisciplinary exposure.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
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