Principal/Associate Landscape Planner

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RPS is looking for an experienced Landscape Planner to join our established team of consultants in the Landscape Team which includes Landscape Planners, Landscape Architects, Urban Designers, Arboriculturists and Graphic Designers. Working both independently and as part of a team you will support the successful delivery of projects at all scales, across a wide range of sectors throughout the UK.
We’re RPS, our projects are all around you. We define, design and manage projects that create shared value to a complex, urbanising and resource-scarce world. Our people are our success. We need people who share our passion on solving the problems that matter. Here you’ll find work that is challenging and rewarding, and you’ll be supported every step of the way.
What You’ll Be Doing
Reflecting the range of our work, no two weeks are the same and your work will include site and desk-based work. Typically, your work will include:

• Acting as Project Manager for a mix of projects for both internal and external clients
• Writing and contributing to LVIAs / SLVIAs / TVIAs to support a wide range of projects, including Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects, typically in the onshore and offshore renewables, commercial, residential, leisure and transport sectors.
• Undertaking site visits and viewpoint photography
• Inputting into landscape masterplans and landscape and ecological management plans
• Working closely with other colleagues in the Landscape Team, as well as the wider RPS group, including multi-disciplinary colleagues and project teams to deliver projects that form part of the UK’s response to climate change, housing and infrastructure challenges.
  

Who We’re Looking For
You will have a degree in Landscape Architecture or related discipline and ideally be a Chartered Member of The Landscape Institute (CMLI) with relevant years of experience appliable to this level, and be able to offer the following:

• Excellent report writing and organisational skills
• Experience carrying out LVIAs for a range of project scales
• Proficient in, or an understanding of, AutoCAD and desktop publishing software
• Be able to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team and under your own initiative to deadlines
• Willingness to travel for project work
  

Experience of, and contributing to, the DCO (Development Consent Order) process would be an advantage. As too would experience of providing evidence at Public Inquiry.
What’s in it for you?
We’re an accredited training provider – from entry level to master’s degree level professional qualifications in leadership & management and executive coaching & mentoring, we support learning and development for everyone.
A personal development plan and a transparent career pathway puts you in the driving seat of your career and you’ll be supported as far as you want to go.
We encourage and value different ideas, perspectives, and styles of thinking. We need a mix of experiences and skills to develop the most innovative solutions for our clients. We respect one another and recognise the potential and contribution of everyone. You’ll be joining a diverse community and a company that puts its people first and prioritises their wellbeing.
We understand the need to work flexibly, with agile offices and hybrid working offered as standard, we’re happy to talk about flexible working. This is a workplace that works for you.
A career here is far from ordinary. Here you’re not a number, you’re part of the solution.
What happens next?
If this opportunity is of interest and you would like to find out more, please get in touch. To apply please submit a comprehensive CV detailing your qualifications and experience.
Interviews are being held via Teams or in person.
If this opportunity suits your career journey, we’d love to hear from you. All applications will be considered, and we will try our best to respond to you within seven working days .
Our commitment to Diversity and Inclusion Mindful that a truly inclusive organization must make appropriate use of talent on a global basis and without unnecessary barriers, we are committed to embedding diversity and inclusion principles in all People processes in order to be as diverse as the communities and clients we work with, thereby securing, developing, and retaining the best available talent for the company’s future.
Our approach to Diversity and inclusion Our people live our purpose, deliver our promise, and demonstrate our behaviours every day. Our behaviours define who we are. Developed by our people, they underpin everything that we do. They create the memorable experiences we are known for and make RPS a great place to do great work.
‘Stronger Together’ is one of our five core behaviours and it is inherent in creating an inclusive workplace:
‘We are respectful, acknowledge diversity, and recognise the potential and contribution of everyone. We bring out the best in one another, always assuming best intent. People who learn and grow thrive in our business, sharing in our success.’
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