Careers

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Current Vacancies

We have a position for a Landscape Architect looking for to develop their career in a well established and busy practice with the opportunity to lead on their own projects.

We are looking for a Landscape Architect to work both in landscape planning and design. You will be working with other disciplines in design teams for major minerals projects and a range of development types in locations across the UK. You will prepare landscape and visual impact assessments/landscape and visual appraisals, landscape strategies, restoration schemes, masterplans and detailed design work, as well as providing landscape advice to local planning authorities.

Candidates will need to have the following qualifications, experience and competencies;

Recognised degree in Landscape Architecture
Understanding of the English planning system and of landscape and visual impact assessment
Excellent communication skills, verbal, written and presentation, including report preparation
Experience of using CAD and Illustrator/CorelDraw or similar

We offer a blended work model with a flexible approach to office and remote working, which has worked well for the practice over a number of years. We will also commit to supporting the postholder working towards Chartership and to paying Landscape Institute membership fees.

If you are interested in joining us you should apply by sending the following:

A covering letter briefly outlining why your particular skills are right for us;
CV outlining qualifications and professional work experience; and
Examples of your graphic and written work.

Please send your application to Keith Hampshire by email keith.hampshire@esp.uk.net. If you like to know more about us then please feel free to call Keith on 07949 594094.

The job specification and person specification for this role can be downloaded by clicking the button below.

Job specification and person specification for Landscape Architect role

About ESP

Our approach is consistent across the whole business. We work together as a team in a business which has a flat structure, rather than a heavy top-down hierarchy. At our board meetings, everyone is present and we are all encouraged to have a voice and shape the business. This means that whilst we can all work flexibly in terms of time of day and location, we benefit from supporting each other, keeping in touch and acknowledging each other’s needs so we don’t feel isolated. We are all hard workers but are keen that we all sustain this through a good work-life balance. We have a well-being initiative called ‘Thrive’ which our employees tell us that they value.

ESP believes in a partnership approach to planning and designing sustainable landscapes. We work together with our clients, design teams and planning authorities to create solutions that add value to the development, the environment and wider society. Our landscape projects are predominantly large-scale and rural where we are at the cutting edge of biodiversity net gain, habitat creation and landscape resilience for climate change. We also, unusually for a landscape practice, have specialist skills in landform modelling and visualisations due to our large minerals projects. We use our expertise in LVIA as part of the iterative design process: as a tool for ensuring that the development best responds to the unique details of its context and its stakeholders. We transfer all of these skills into other urban, suburban or smaller scale projects.

We welcome speculative applications

Please send your Cover Letter and CV to enquiries@esp.uk.net.

Alternatively, call us on 01902 771 311.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome all applications from suitable persons regardless of their sex, race, religion or beliefs, disability, sexual orientation or age.

Placement Students

ESP are proud to support student development through providing 12 month voluntary placements for individuals enrolled on ‘sandwich’ courses at university. Students can expect to work across all aspects of our business and gain invaluable experience of working within a fast-paced consultancy environment.

What are the benefits?

Flexible hours 3-5 days per week.
Attendance on IEMA accredited courses (worth up to £2000) to support professional development.
Possible employment upon successful completion of placement & graduation.

Placement Students Information Pack

Please send your Cover Letter and CV to oli.lockwood@esp.uk.net or give us a call on 01902 771 311 to discuss the role.

Graduates

We are always looking for the next generation of talented individuals who are seeking a career in the environmental sector.

Graduates who enroll onto our 12 month programme can expect to work across all sectors of the business including environmental management, landscape planning and design as well as business development and marketing. As part of a multi-disciplinary team, our programme is tailored to the interests and skill sets of successful candidates.

Applications for our graduate scheme typically open in January and will be listed in the vacancies section above . However, if you are interested in speculatively applying, or if you want to find out more about us first, we would love to hear from you. See below for contact details.