Lead Landscape Architect-INF
SSH is seeking an experienced Lead Landscape Architect – Infrastructure to join its Dubai team and lead the landscape and public realm design delivery of major infrastructure and large-scale development projects. The successful candidate will provide design and technical leadership across landscape architecture, streetscape, public realm and infrastructure-led projects, coordinating closely with master planning, roads, utilities, urban design, architecture and engineering disciplines.
Key Responsibilities- Lead the landscape architecture and public realm design for major infrastructure, master planning and large-scale development projects.
- Manage projects through concept, schematic, detailed design and tender/construction documentation stages.
- Develop and oversee landscape strategies covering hardscape, softscape, streetscape, public spaces, planting and landscape infrastructure.
- Coordinate landscape requirements with roads, wet and dry utilities, drainage, irrigation, lighting, structures and other infrastructure disciplines.
- Lead multidisciplinary design coordination and ensure landscape solutions are fully integrated with the wider infrastructure design.
- Provide technical leadership and undertake reviews of drawings, specifications, reports and design packages.
- Ensure designs meet project requirements, applicable standards, sustainability objectives and UAE authority requirements.
- Coordinate with clients, external consultants, specialist subconsultants and relevant authorities.
- Lead design workshops, technical meetings and client presentations.
- Manage design programmes, deliverables and resources to achieve project milestones.
- Identify and resolve design interface issues affecting landscape and public realm delivery.
- Mentor and provide technical guidance to landscape architects and designers within the team.
- Support Project Directors and senior management with proposals, presentations and client engagement where required.
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Landscape Architecture or a related discipline.
- Professional accreditation or chartership is advantageous.
- Typically 10+ years of relevant landscape architecture experience, preferably within leading multidisciplinary design or landscape consultancies.
- Strong experience delivering large-scale infrastructure, public realm, streetscape, master planning and urban development projects.
- Demonstrable experience leading multidisciplinary landscape design teams.
- Strong technical understanding of hardscape, softscape, grading, irrigation, streetscape and public realm design.
- Experience coordinating landscape design with roads, utilities and other infrastructure disciplines.
- Strong understanding of the complete design lifecycle, particularly detailed design and technical documentation.
- UAE/GCC project experience is strongly preferred.
- BIM and digital design coordination experience is advantageous.
- Excellent leadership, communication, stakeholder management and client-facing skills.
The ideal candidate will combine strong landscape design capability with excellent technical and multidisciplinary coordination experience. They should have worked on complex infrastructure-led developments where the landscape and public realm must integrate closely with roads, utilities, mobility networks and major master plans. Experience with large-scale UAE or GCC developments, urban infrastructure corridors, streetscape programmes, public realm and master-planned communities would be particularly relevant.
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