Design Manager (Landscape)
Role Overview
The Design Manager – Landscape is responsible for overseeing and managing all landscape design activities across projects, ensuring alignment with client requirements, project objectives, and regulatory standards. The role combines design management, technical oversight, and landscape expertise within a Project Management Consultancy (PMC) environment to deliver high-quality, sustainable, and coordinated landscape solutions.
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Overview
The Design Manager – Landscape is responsible for overseeing and managing all landscape design activities across projects, ensuring alignment with client requirements, project objectives, and regulatory standards. The role combines design management, technical oversight, and landscape expertise within a Project Management Consultancy (PMC) environment to deliver high-quality, sustainable, and coordinated landscape solutions.
Your role
- Lead and manage all landscape design activities from concept through detailed design and construction support.
- Coordinate landscape design with multidisciplinary teams (architectural, civil, utilities, infrastructure, and MEP).
- Review and validate landscape design submissions from consultants for compliance with project scope, quality standards, and regulations
- Ensure design integration across disciplines through regular design reviews and clash detection processes.
- Develop, monitor, and manage the landscape design programme aligned with overall project timelines.
- Provide expert input on landscape design including planting strategies, irrigation, grading, drainage, and hardscape.
- Review landscape concepts for functionality, sustainability, and aesthetic quality.
- Ensure use of appropriate plant species (native, climate-appropriate, low-maintenance).
- Assess environmental impact, soil conditions, hydrology, and long-term maintainability of proposed designs.
- Verify implementation of sustainable design solutions, including water efficiency and green infrastructure.
- Liaise with clients, authorities, and stakeholders for design approvals and compliance.
- Participate in technical meetings with consultants and contractors to resolve design issues.
- Support project reporting by providing updates on landscape design progress and risks.
- Monitor design changes and assess their impact on cost, schedule, and quality. Support value engineering exercises for landscape elements without compromising quality.
- Identify and mitigate design-related risks and technical challenges.
- Provide technical support during construction phases, including responding to RFIs and reviewing shop drawings.
- Oversee landscape implementation to ensure design intent is maintained.
- Monitor site progress related to landscaping and coordinate with supervision teams
- About you
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Landscape Architecture or related field.
- Minimum 12–15+ years of experience, including significant exposure to design management and landscape projects.
- Proven experience in PMC, consultancy, or large-scale infrastructure/urban development projects.
- Strong knowledge of Landscape design principles and urban design, Irrigation, grading, drainage, and sustainability practices and Design coordination across disciplines
- Strong leadership and team management skills
- Excellent coordination and stakeholder management abilities
- Proficiency in design and coordination tools (AutoCAD, BIM, GIS, etc.)
- Solid understanding of international standards, codes, and authority requirements
- Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills
- Ability to balance design quality, cost, and constructability
- Acts as client representative for landscape design oversight, rather than primary designer
- Focus on review, governance, integration, and delivery assurance
- Ensures consultants deliver coordinated, buildable, and compliant landscape designs
- Rewards & benefits
- Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career.
- This includes:
- Tax-free salary.
- Comprehensive life insurance coverage.
- Premium medical insurance for you and your dependents.
- Generous annual leave balance.
- Flexible and hybrid work solutions.
- Remote work opportunities outside of country.
- Company gratuity scheme.
- Discretionary bonus program.
- Annual flight contribution.
- Relocation assistance.
- Transportation & housing allowances (available for remote work locations).
- Employee Wellbeing Program: 24/7 access to specialists in finance, legal matters, family care, personal health, fitness, and nutrition.
- Seize every opportunity to sharpen your skills, expand your expertise, and be recognized for the impact you make.
- About AtkinsRéalis
- We're AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.
- Find out more.
- Worker Type
- Job Type
- At AtkinsRéalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.
About you
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Landscape Architecture or related field.
Minimum 12–15+ years of experience, including significant exposure to design management and landscape projects.
Proven experience in PMC, consultancy, or large-scale infrastructure/urban development projects.
Strong knowledge of Landscape design principles and urban design, Irrigation, grading, drainage, and sustainability practices and Design coordination across disciplines
Strong leadership and team management skills
Excellent coordination and stakeholder management abilities
Proficiency in design and coordination tools (AutoCAD, BIM, GIS, etc.)
Solid understanding of international standards, codes, and authority requirements
Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills
Ability to balance design quality, cost, and constructability
Acts as client representative for landscape design oversight, rather than primary designer
Focus on review, governance, integration, and delivery assurance
Ensures consultants deliver coordinated, buildable, and compliant landscape designs
Rewards & benefits
Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career.
This includes:
Tax-free salary.
Comprehensive life insurance coverage.
Premium medical insurance for you and your dependents.
Generous annual leave balance.
Flexible and hybrid work solutions.
Remote work opportunities outside of country.
Company gratuity scheme.
Discretionary bonus program.
Annual flight contribution.
Relocation assistance.
Transportation & housing allowances (available for remote work locations).
Employee Wellbeing Program: 24/7 access to specialists in finance, legal matters, family care, personal health, fitness, and nutrition.
Seize every opportunity to sharpen your skills, expand your expertise, and be recognized for the impact you make.
About AtkinsRéalis
We're AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.
Find out more.
Job Type
At AtkinsRéalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Landscape Architecture or related field.
- Minimum 12–15+ years of experience, including significant exposure to design management and landscape projects.
- Proven experience in PMC, consultancy, or large-scale infrastructure/urban development projects.
- Strong knowledge of Landscape design principles and urban design, Irrigation, grading, drainage, and sustainability practices and Design coordination across disciplines
- Strong leadership and team management skills
- Excellent coordination and stakeholder management abilities
- Proficiency in design and coordination tools (AutoCAD, BIM, GIS, etc.)
- Solid understanding of international standards, codes, and authority requirements
- Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills
- Ability to balance design quality, cost, and constructability
- Acts as client representative for landscape design oversight, rather than primary designer
- Focus on review, governance, integration, and delivery assurance
- Ensures consultants deliver coordinated, buildable, and compliant landscape designs
- Rewards & benefits
- Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career.
- Tax-free salary.
- Comprehensive life insurance coverage.
- Premium medical insurance for you and your dependents.
- Generous annual leave balance.
- Flexible and hybrid work solutions.
- Remote work opportunities outside of country.
- Company gratuity scheme.
- Discretionary bonus program.
- Annual flight contribution.
- Relocation assistance.
- Transportation & housing allowances (available for remote work locations).
- Employee Wellbeing Program: 24/7 access to specialists in finance, legal matters, family care, personal health, fitness, and nutrition.
- Seize every opportunity to sharpen your skills, expand your expertise, and be recognized for the impact you make.
- About AtkinsRéalis
- We're AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.
- Find out more.
- Worker Type
- Job Type
- At AtkinsRéalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.
About AtkinsRéalis
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