Associate Landscape Architect / Senior Landscape Architect …, Perth

Associate Landscape Architect / Senior Landscape Architect
- Location: Perth
- Discipline: Landscape Architecture
- Job type: Full Time About the Opportunity We are seeking an innovative Associate Landscape Architect and Senior Landscape Architect to join our Perth office, contributing to our national Design team. This role is driven by our robust workbook and focuses on leading and delivering mid to large scale projects. As part of the Landscape Architecture leadership team, you will be responsible for driving and delivering high‑quality technical, production, and design outcomes across a diverse range of projects. You will play a key role in shaping and contributing to design discussions, championing design excellence, and ensuring the consistent delivery of high‑quality, thoughtful, and commercially responsive landscape architecture solutions. This position requires a broad understanding of, and passion for, landscape, built form, public realm design, and placemaking, alongside a commitment to design quality and innovation. An interest in business development and the ability to build work‑winning skills are ideal. You will receive mentorship to support your growth in these areas. Responsibilities
- Lead, manage and co‑coordinate all aspects of the delivery of all project sizes including medium to large projects (including complex multi‑disciplinary projects with Director support). This includes understanding and managing resourcing, program and fees and flagging issues as they arise to ensure project budget and deadlines are met.
- Proficiency and understanding in the detail of landscape architecture and the construction processes (the different phases, deliverables, contract documents and client expectations) with the expectations from creative landscape and public realm design flair and delivery input into multiple projects from concept stage through to design development, landscape documentation and construction administration.
- Champion design excellence across all project stages by actively contributing to design reviews, strategic design discussions, and the evolution of innovative, high‑quality landscape and placemaking outcomes that align with client objectives and market expectations.
- Provide strong design leadership and mentorship to project teams, fostering a culture of creativity, technical rigour, and design quality while elevating the studio's overall design capability and reputation.
- Develop and nurture consulting staff capability and efficiency by providing coaching, mentoring, skills and career development including Brightest Minds review, technical guidance and management on a day‑to‑day basis.
- Build new and existing client relationships resulting in the generation of repeat work and strong professional networks across a range of industry sectors.
- Confidently and efficiently support or lead external and internal meetings (i.e. Resourcing meetings), delivering strategic Design strategies and business plan.
- Achieve commercial performance KPIs including team revenue targets, utilisation, personal fee budgets and Work Under Management through strong service delivery and effective project management.
- Demonstrate advanced understanding of the services and value of other Business Units (BUs) and the ability to speak to clients with a degree of acumen about the value other BUs can contribute to a project or process (i.e. ability to cross‑sell).
- Proactively identify opportunities to engage and work collaboratively with colleagues from other disciplines and Business Units across national offices. About you
- Tertiary qualifications in Landscape Architecture.
- Experience in a Design practice and/or consultancy environment.
- 10+ years relevant experience or equivalent experience.
- Ability to develop and document complex landscape architecture designs in AutoCAD and/or Revit/BIM and graphic (Adobe Creative Suite), 3D modelling and visualisation expertise (SketchUp/Rhino 3D/Lumion) formats.
- Strong Word and Excel skills to develop contract specifications and costing estimates. Advantages
- Salary continuance insurance, a generous parental leave policy, health & wellbeing programs and much more.
- Active mentorship by the best in the business, development of career goals and support in achieving them.
- Investment in ongoing training with an annual budget for all employees.
- Monthly morning teas and regular social events to celebrate professional and personal wins. #J-18808-Ljbffr Apply on Kit Job: kitjobau.com/job/3rtikp