Location
Edinburgh or Glasgow offices preferred; other office locations can be discussed on an individual basis.

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Negotiable

About the Role
We are seeking a talented Senior Landscape Planner to join our growing team of 18 landscape architects and planners. You will work on a diverse range of landscape planning projects including wind farms, solar, transmission, data centres, and urban development projects across the UK and internationally. This role offers the opportunity to collaborate closely with environmental and engineering specialists to deliver sustainable and innovative solutions.

As a Senior Landscape Planner, you will lead and coordinate landscape inputs for defined project workstreams, ensuring high-quality, technically robust deliverables. You will apply specialist landscape knowledge to analyse information, identify issues, and develop effective solutions. Your responsibilities will include research, data collection, site visits, technical photography, and landscape assessments. You will prepare clear written, graphic, and presentation materials for design, planning, and environmental assessment reports.

You will lead or contribute to client, stakeholder, and multidisciplinary project meetings, work collaboratively with internal teams, clients, and external consultants, and mentor junior colleagues. You will manage and prioritise your own workload with limited supervision and contribute to proposals, tenders, and resource planning. Using relevant professional standards and digital tools, you will help improve project delivery, efficiency, and quality.

Ramboll places great emphasis on combining skills to find solutions to complex problems and developing long-term client relationships to create sustainable and resilient places. Join us to work at the heart of sustainable change and help close the gap to a sustainable future.

Experience
- Relevant professional experience in landscape architecture, planning, and assessment, with experience on wind farm projects highly desirable.
- Ability to lead and coordinate landscape inputs for defined project workstreams.
- Experience producing clear, accurate written, graphic, and presentation materials.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and numerical skills.
- Experience working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams, clients, and stakeholders.

About you
You are a diligent, proactive, well-organised, and flexible landscape professional with excellent communication skills and attention to detail. You have the ability to build effective working relationships with colleagues, clients, and project teams. You are creative and analytical with sound professional judgement and the ability to contribute effectively across a wide range of projects and stages. You are able to manage workloads independently, mentor junior colleagues, and use relevant software including Microsoft Office, GIS, Adobe Creative Suite, Autodesk packages, and/or Revit.

Qualifications
- Master’s or postgraduate qualification in landscape architecture or a related discipline, ideally from a Landscape Institute-accredited course.
- Chartered Membership of the Landscape Institute or equivalent professional accreditation preferred.
- Sound knowledge of industry standards, professional practice, and technical guidance.