About Us

At AECOM, we're delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world’s most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations.

There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world.

We're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us.

About AECOM’s Landscape Architecture Team

Our Landscape Architecture team is renowned for excellence and multidisciplinary collaboration. We work across all design stages, blending strengths in design and planning to deliver imaginative solutions that enhance communities and environments. Recent projects include energy transition, public realm, active travel, resorts, and new neighbourhoods that shape cities and regions.

Job Responsibilities

• Project Involvement:
  • Work collaboratively with colleagues to produce drawings, visualisations, and technical documents, including concise reports across all stages of planning, and design projects
  • Contribute to meetings, workshops and presentations developing creative and practical ideas to help solve complex design challenges.
  • Assist leads with project management, including financial, and programme responsibilities.
• Team Development:
  • Develop and share knowledge, supporting a culture of continuous growth and development.
  • Actively engage in working towards the UK Landscape Institute (LI) professional exam.
• Client Engagement:
  • Assist with nurturing strong relationships with clients, stakeholders, and collaborators.
  • Facilitate proactive client engagement and business development.
• Technical Excellence:
  • Prepare and develop designs and technical materials from initial feasibility through to production of construction information.
  • Support contract administration to ensure high standard of project delivery.
  • Produce high quality reports, drawings, and other technical documentation with the necessary level of detail for the various stages of development, using appropriate software.
• Collaboration:
  • Work iteratively within multidisciplinary teams to deliver cohesive and integrated design solutions.

Qualifications:

Experience:

• Graduates of LI accredited Landscape Architecture degree.
• Demonstrable experience of creating placemaking projects that address key drivers of climate resilience, nature recovery and social inequity.
• Knowledge and understanding of the UK planning system.
• Understanding of project management, including financial control, reporting, and programme management.

Technical Skills:

• Proficient in AutoCAD, Adobe Creative Cloud, and Microsoft Office Suite.
• Experience with Rhino, Revit and/or Civil 3D is highly desirable.
• Skilled in preparing clear graphics and technical reports.
• Strong communication skills, including fluency in written and spoken English.

Other:

• Full UK driving licence (or equivalent for permission to drive in UK).

Preferred Qualifications

• LI-accredited Bachelors’ degree, Diploma, and/or Masters’ degree.

Why Join AECOM?

• Freedom to Grow: Take control of your working life with flexible working options, including hybrid working and part-time hours. Work the hours that suit you.
• Career Development: Help shape landscape architecture at AECOM with opportunities for training and mentoring.
• Inclusive Culture: AECOM supports diversity and competitive life-style benefits.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion – a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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