Assistant Landscape Architect

Mott MacDonald is a global engineering, management, and development consultancy with over 20,000 employees across more than 50 countries and 140+ offices.

We work across incredible global industries, delivering exciting work that is defining our future and making an important societal impact in the communities we serve. Our people power our performance – we succeed when they do. With countless opportunities to collaborate, learn, and grow, the possibilities for excellence are as varied as every individual.

Whether you want to grow as a subject matter expert or broaden your experience with roles across our international community, you're surrounded by global specialists who want to combine their expertise and champion you to be your best. As a proudly employee-owned business, we benefit our clients, our communities, and each other, investing in creating the right space for everyone to feel empowered, included, and valued. Whatever your ambition, Mott MacDonald is where people come to be brilliant.

About the division
Environmental and social considerations are central to Mott MacDonald's Purpose and its offerings across all sectors and territories. Our environment and social business provides essential services and innovative solutions which anticipate our clients' needs across all sectors.

Overview of the role
Mott MacDonald's landscape architecture and urban design team has an exciting opportunity for an Assistant Landscape Architect to join its established landscape team in central Cambridge, to assist in delivering a range of landscape projects in the wider Cambridge area. Candidates will have the opportunity to work across the UK on a varied portfolio of future projects, working with our regional landscape offices and environmental teams in delivering projects of national significance.

Typical duties and responsibilities will include:

• Assisting in the production of deliverables for landscape and urban design projects including conceptual drawings, contract drawings, schedules, specifications, contribution to written reports, presentation material, visualisations and photomontages.
• Undertaking site surveys, both as part of new design projects and in support of Landscape and Visual Impact Assessments (LVIA).
• Assisting in the analysis, development and technical delivery of landscape, townscape and visual impact assessment as part of the wider Environmental Impact Assessment process.
• Assisting in the design of Green Infrastructure projects, Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) inputs into projects, public realm design and the design and specification of hard and soft landscape schemes.

About you

The ideal candidate will have a passion for the environment, design and nature, with a high level of personal motivation alongside an innovative mindset. In return they will be provided with excellent opportunities to develop their early career in landscape architecture and become a key member of an ever-expanding landscape team within the established environment division at Mott MacDonald.

• A passion for the environmental design with a strong emphasis on sustainability.
• Degree in landscape architecture or an environment related discipline and the determination to undertake a formal landscape qualification.
• Experience relevant to the role.
• Ability to use initiative to undertake tasks diligently and independently with a methodical approach to problem solving.
• Good written communication and attention to detail, applicable to delivering technical drawings, specifications and reports.
• Good verbal communication skills, and comfortable working in multi-disciplinary environments.
• Strong computer skills including the following software packages: Adobe Creative Suite, SketchUp, Word, Excel, AutoCAD, Revit.
• Willingness to travel throughout the UK and internationally if required. A driving licence is preferred but not essential.
• Although this position is based in our Cambridge office, the candidate should expect to be involved in projects across the UK, some of which may be managed by our landscape teams based in other Mott MacDonald UK offices.

UK Immigration

Mott MacDonald Ltd. are not currently offering sponsorship to candidates under the Skilled Worker visa route in the UK. This decision is a consequence of the changes made to the Skilled Worker route by the UK Government in April 2024. We continue to welcome applications from candidates who are eligible for alternative immigration routes in the UK, that do not require sponsorship as a Skilled Worker now or in future.

Equality, diversity, and inclusion

We put equality, diversity, and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they can contribute.

We offer some fantastic benefits including:

• Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues.
• Health cash plan to support you with everyday health costs and treatments.
• Access to Peppy, providing free support from menopause experts for all UK colleagues.
• A variety of wellbeing support is available through our comprehensive wellbeing program, including access for you and your family.
• Ability to flex your salary to opt into a wide range of health benefits, many of which can be extended to your family too.

Financial wellbeing

• We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%.
• Life assurance equal up to 4 x your basic salary, with an option to increase the level of cover to 6 x your salary.
• Our income protection scheme provides a financial benefit, as well as absence and return to work support due to long-term illness or injury.
• Flexible benefits, including increased life assurance cover, critical illness insurance, payroll saving and will writing.
• As an independently owned business we share the financial success of the business with all our colleagues in various ways including annual bonus schemes.

Lifestyle

• A minimum of 33-35 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays and dependent on level, with the ability to buy or sell leave through our flexible benefits programme.
• Holiday entitlement increased to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years' service.
• Variety of employee saving schemes and discounts from high-street retailers.

Enhanced family and carers leave

• Enhanced family leave policies, including 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave, and two weeks paid paternity/partner leave.
• Our shared parental leave matches maternity leave meaning we pay up to 24 weeks at full pay.
• Up to five additional days leave are provided for those with significant caring responsibilities, two of which are paid.

Learning and development

• Primary annual professional institution subscription.
• A broad range of opportunities to enhance both technical and soft skills through mentoring, formal training, and self-development options.

Networks, communities, and social outcomes

• Join a wide range of groups including our Advanced Employee Networks which support our LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability, and parents/carers communities.

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