Green Blue Infrastructure & Landscape Design Team Lead

Landscape Architecture | Multiple UK Locations | Hybrid

Ocean to Earth Recruitment is partnering with a forward-thinking, design-led environmental consultancy to appoint an experienced Green & Blue Infrastructure and Landscape Design Associate. This is a senior leadership opportunity for a Landscape Architect with a strong design ethos and a passion for nature-based solutions that deliver meaningful outcomes for both people and the environment.

This role offers the chance to lead landscape and green/blue infrastructure projects across a wide range of sectors and scales, working within highly collaborative, interdisciplinary teams. The successful candidate will play a key role in shaping resilient, multifunctional landscapes informed by evidence-led design, sustainability principles and climate-adaptive thinking.

The Opportunity

Our client is a well-established, award-winning environmental consultancy with a national presence and a multidisciplinary team spanning landscape architecture, landscape planning, ecology and arboriculture. Known for its progressive culture, creative thinking and strong values, the business prioritises innovation, collaboration and positive environmental impact.

They offer a genuinely people-focused working environment, including a 4-day working week on full-time pay, hybrid working, and a culture that values wellbeing, trust and professional growth.

The Role

As a Green & Blue Infrastructure and Landscape Design Associate, you will provide technical and strategic leadership across landscape design and GI projects, guiding schemes from early strategy through to delivery. You will work closely with internal specialists and external stakeholders to deliver integrated, high-quality design solutions.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading landscape architecture and green/blue infrastructure projects through all LI/RIBA design stages

• Providing mentorship, technical guidance and leadership to landscape and GI team members

• Overseeing project workflows, resourcing and financial performance, reporting to senior management

• Producing and reviewing landscape masterplans, green/blue infrastructure strategies, and technical design packages

• Developing innovative, holistic design responses in collaboration with ecology, planning and technical teams

• Preparing clear, well-structured reports and design documentation

• Undertaking site surveys and supporting projects through tender and construction phases

• Engaging confidently with clients, consultants and stakeholders

About You

You will be a confident and experienced Landscape Architect with a strong design portfolio and a demonstrable interest in nature-based solutions and sustainable placemaking.

Essential experience and qualifications:

• 8+ years’ professional experience in landscape architecture

• Postgraduate or diploma qualification in Landscape Architecture (or related field)

• Chartered Member of the Landscape Institute (or equivalent)

• Proven experience leading landscape and green infrastructure teams

• Strong knowledge of the UK planning system

• Experience delivering projects through all design stages, from concept to technical delivery

• Tender and site experience

• Excellent spatial and graphic design skills

• Confidence working within multidisciplinary design teams

• Proficiency in AutoCAD and Adobe Creative Suite (Revit advantageous)

• Full UK driving licence

• Full right to work in the UK

Desirable (but not essential):

• Masterplanning or urban design experience

• Familiarity with Building with Nature accreditation

• Strong interest in planting design, biodiversity, and seasonal landscape character

Salary & Benefits

• Salary: £52,000 – £60,000 per annum (dependent on experience)

• 4-day working week with full-time pay

• Hybrid working (typically 2 days per week in the office or on site)

• Transparent salary banding and annual review

• Supportive, values-driven company culture

Locations

London, Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol or Leeds
(Hybrid working model)