Senior Associate Landscape Architect

Role overview

Key responsibilities

• Lead multiple landscape and public-realm projects from pursuit and concept through construction support, maintaining design quality.
• Manage programmes, budgets, resources, risks, deliverables, project performance, profitability, and resource utilization.
• Lead client presentations, workshops, reviews, and stakeholder relationships; coordinate multidisciplinary teams.
• Mentor landscape architecture and BIM professionals and contribute to business growth and operational improvement.
• Promote digital technologies, BIM, AI-enabled tools, and Vantagepoint; support a collaborative and accountable studio culture.

Experience and capabilities

• 12 or more years of professional Landscape Architecture experience, with complex project delivery across landscape, public realm, mixed-use, hospitality, residential, infrastructure, or masterplanning.
• Strong design and technical skills; experience leading projects and multidisciplinary teams, managing budgets and resources, and developing staff.
• Client-facing, stakeholder, presentation, communication, and commercial skills; knowledge of UAE and GCC planning, authorities, and delivery frameworks.

Technical skills

• Proficiency in AutoCAD, Civil 3D, Revit, and MicroStation.
• Experience with Rhino (Grasshopper), SketchUp, Lumion, Enscape, and/or D5 Render.
• Strong Adobe Creative Suite knowledge, BIM-enabled project experience, Microsoft Office, and project planning tools.
• Deltek Vantagepoint or similar platforms, ArcGIS, QGIS, Land F/X, AI-enabled tools, and emerging digital technologies are desirable.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or master's degree in Landscape Architecture.
• Postgraduate Landscape Architecture qualification is advantageous; professional chartership or accreditation such as CMLI, ASLA, AILA, LI, or equivalent is preferred.
• UAE and/or KSA project experience is highly desirable.

What ICON offers

• Landmark regional projects, a collaborative design-led studio, international multidisciplinary teams, and career progression.
• Access to digital design, BIM, AI, and project management technologies, with professional development and internal training.
• Competitive salary and benefits package; inclusive workplace and employee engagement activities.

Application

• Submit a CV and portfolio through the employer's career page; applications without a portfolio will not be considered.
• Portfolio should demonstrate project experience, design capability, technical delivery, and built project work across delivery stages.