Senior Landscape Architect

The Position - permanent full-time

JBA is an independent employee-owned company with an enviable reputation for delivering high quality and outcome-focused environmental and engineering services. We are currently seeking an experienced and enthusiastic Landscape Architect with at least four years post graduate consultancy experience to join our growing environmental management team located in south-west Dublin. The post holder will support the expansion of our landscape and environmental services in across Ireland, supporting projects across a wide range of sectors.  We have an expanding workload including park design, residential development, SuDS/attenuation projects and environmental assessment projects and now seek a talented and motivated Landscape Architect with a minimum of 4 years’ experience who can display a portfolio of consultancy projects to join our team.

Responsibilities

The successful candidate will, amongst other things, be responsible for:

  • Providing landscape design input into a range of projects including flood schemes and using SuDS techniques in the creation of greenspaces and habitat enhancement;
  • Undertaking Landscape and Visual Impact Assessments (LVIA’s) and inputting to the Environmental Impact Assessment Reports (EIARs) 
  • Organising, planning and undertaking site surveys and other fieldwork, for a landscape design or LVIA projects and where required assisting other disciplines such as ecology with basic site survey work;
  • Writing technical reports and other outputs; and
  • Working with colleagues throughout JBA, and liaising with clients, regulators and stakeholders.

Qualifications and Experience

Candidates will need a recognised/accredited degree in a landscape architecture, a track record in graphic skills and ability in hand drawing, familiarity with engineering and illustrative drawing packages including AutoCAD, Adobe Photoshop, InDesign and/or Illustrator, and have confident approach to design.

Ideally candidates would have membership of Irish Landscape Institute or UK Landscape Institute and be chartered or working towards chartership;

Have a full Irish or UK driving licence; and 

In addition, we are looking for a candidate who has experience of working in multi-disciplinary teams to deliver the objectives of large and complex commissions; and

Location

Dublin 

Salary 

A competitive salary is available depending on qualifications and experience, together with a comprehensive benefits package and a graduate training programme.

Application

If you wish to discuss the post informally, please contact Bernadette O’Connell on 01 685 5595 or Bernadette.oconnell@jbaconsulting.ie

Please download an application form where you will find further details on the application procedure.  Applications should be sent to recruitment@jbaconsulting.ie

 

No unsolicited CVs from Recruitment Agencies please

Closing Date: 
Thursday, January 31, 2019