Professional Placement: Landscape Architecture – Bournemouth office
Are you at the beginning of your career as a landscape architect? Are you ambitious and creative and looking for a new challenge? Are you passionate about shaping the natural and built environment and keen to be a part of a team of talented and highly experienced landscape architects?
About you:
• On a postgraduate course requiring a professional placement in a Landscape Architecture team
• Technical knowledge in both soft and hard landscaping
• Strong graphic, design, drawing, sketching and written skills
• Strong writing and communication skills – we require: GCSE English language minimum Grade 6 or equivalent
• Full UK driving licence desirable
• Strong attention to detail with a methodical approach
• Good time management and organisational skills to complete work to tight deadlines
• Good interpersonal skills and the ability to work in a team
• Self-motivated, able to work independently and take the initiative and have a pro-active approach
• Flexible attitude and willingness to travel (within the UK)
• Be enthusiastic, conscientious, open-minded, resilient, agreeable, balanced with a can-do attitude
• An ability to work effectively under pressure while always remaining professional
• A desire to further your career through the Pathway to Chartership
• Technology: Some experience in VectorWorks and / or AutoCAD, Adobe Creative Cloud (InDesign and Illustrator) and Microsoft365 is desirable
• Right to work in the UK without sponsorship.
The role
A professional placement individual is expected to be conscientious and demonstrate a keenness to learn and develop skills conducive to a highly productive and successful design team. They are expected to contribute to the landscape architecture team and wider company. They are expected to contribute by supporting senior members in a range of tasks including site visits, research and analysis and the preparation of drawings including: hand drawn sketches, concept and technical drawings and technical documents including but not exclusive to landscape appraisal and Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment; preparation of presentation materials and reviewing relevant local, regional and national planning policies; and research into project specific landscape architecture issues. Senior staff will provide a nurturing environment to support your career development.
On offer:
A competitive salary and benefits package
• 8% Employer Pension Scheme
• Life insurance
• 28 days annual leave (rising to 33 days with length of service)
• Paid bank holidays
• Benefits platform – including cycle to work scheme
• CPD opportunities and a dynamic office environment
• tor&co is a SBTi validated net zero company
To apply
Please send your cover letter, CV and up to 3 sides of A3 design examples and 1 x written report of your recent work of your choice to:
About us:
Take a look at our landscape architecture capability statement which can be found here
Deadline:
Response required by 10th May 2025