Graduate Landscape Architect - People and Places Solutions

Are you ready to start your career in an inclusive, flexible, and dynamic work environment? 

What are you waiting for? Apply today! 

Join the Jacobs Graduate Development Programme (GDP) to start your career within a supportive and diverse team who always strive to do the right thing for our people, environment and communities. As a Jacobs Graduate you will be part of a larger network of talent who are Challenging Today and Reinventing Tomorrow. 

What we do at Jacobs 

Our People & Places Solutions (P&PS) business focuses on providing solutions to future challenges such as climate change, the need for renewable energy, low carbon economies, transportation, and material resource and waste management. While we shape some of the very largest and most challenging landmark projects in the UK, we also deliver local projects that protect communities.

We lead with the environment and make social and natural capital central to how we solve our clients’ challenges. We are helping to create the sustainable and resilient cities and communities of the future, making attractive places for all to live and work. 

What will you get?    

Our Graduate Development Programme is a structured 2-year scheme, aiming to progress Graduates into global project leaders and problem solvers. We provide the framework, mentoring and experience, to help you maximise your skills and ambition across a variety of locations and markets. On joining our scheme in September 2023, you’ll rapidly gain knowledge of how our company works, where our motivations lie and, most importantly, where you can make innovative contributions to our projects and help us take a step towards a more connected and sustainable world.   

We also fully support our graduates on the Landscape Institute’s ‘Pathway to Chartership’ with an experienced team of mentors to help your chartership journey and financial support.  

At Jacobs, we’re transforming intangible ideas into innovative solutions designing the future - today.  As a graduate Landscape Architect based out of our London office, you will too.   Jacobs has long term contracts working on some of the UK and Ireland’s largest infrastructure and development projects and we want to grow our Water and Environment team to meet the ever-increasing demand within this sector.  

Our team delivers projects from concept stage through to planning and construction and we are looking for enthusiastic, innovative and flexible staff to join this highly successful team.    

You will join a respected and ambitious company with excellent career prospects both locally and internationally. You will work as part of a diverse and highly skilled team of landscape architects, providing support and advice to a wide range of clients and working with a multi-disciplinary team. There will be opportunities to experience different roles within the Water and Environment team aimed at developing your career. 

Here's What You'll Need:

• A post graduate degree qualification in Landscape Architecture  
• A flexible and innovative self-starter who’s passionate about developing skills with an ability to adapt and prioritise appropriately whilst working on several varied projects at once  
• Enthusiasm and curiosity to apply skills to the solution of real-world problems  
• A well-rounded person – have you travelled around the world? Worked in a bar? Been captain of a sports team or volunteered for a charity? Tell us - we’re looking for people with interesting stories and experiences! We also encourage people starting on their second careers.  
• Flexibility to travel for work in the UK, ideally with a Full UK driving license  
• Autocad/ 3d design skills  
• Adobe suite  
• You must have the permanent right to work in the UK  

What else we provide 

In addition to work-life balance and flexibility, UK employees also receive; 

• Free single medical cover and digital GP service 
• Reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships 
• An inclusive and diverse environment, embracing the variety of cultures, backgrounds and lifestyles of our employees through Jacobs Employee Networks  
• A focus on safety, health, and wellbeing, prioritising our people through a culture of caring and a network of positive mental health champions 
• Opportunities to give back to our communities through our Collectively program, incorporating matched-funding, paid volunteering time and charitable donations. 

We are truly passionate about inclusion and diversity and recognise that this application and selection process may not suit all candidates. If this is the case for you, please get in touch with us to discuss how we can make this process more accessible. 

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