Landscape Delivery Manager

Faithful+Gould are seeking a creative, energetic and highly motivated candidate to join our Dubai Team as a Landscape Manager. Independently and with minimal supervision, applies technical professional proficiency to the solution of landscape architectural problems including multi-disciplinary design coordination, collaboration and integration and delivery.

Job Duties:

• To support managers with design and delivery of projects including day to day coordination with project team members.

• Manage construction phase of landscaping and hardscaping. This will include central amenities such as pool, kids park, gym etc.
• Working with the Practice Lead to drive landscape business development, win work and delivering technical/commercial proposals
• Develops client relationship as well as attends key client presentations and meetings including stakeholder and authority engagements
• Develops and creates high quality and innovative concept designs
• Lead preliminary and detailed design drawings and documentation including technical specifications and construction detailing
• Selects and recommends landscape materials and palette for hardscape, softscape and site furniture based on local knowledge/experience of materials
• Leads and manages developing concept and detailed master plan focused on public realm design and strategies
• Ability to manage and execute projects from concept through to construction documentation
• Strong graphics and presentation skills in both hand sketches and digital program/software
• Ability to multi-tasks in a fast-paced working environment

Skills and Qualifications:

• A degree in Landscape Architecture from an accredited university
• 10+ years of working experience in Landscape Architecture, Urban Design, Master Planning
• Minimum of 5 years work experience in ME is an advantage
• Strong verbal, written and graphic communication skills
• Strong presentation skills – able to engage confidently with clients and senior leadership
• Strong computer skills (AutoCAD, Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Sketch Up, Lumion, Microsoft Office)
• Basic to intermediate knowledge/skills in Revit is an advantage

SNC Lavalin’s Faithful+Gould business is one of the world’s leading integrated project and programme management consultancies, with over 2,400 professionals operating worldwide.

Our aim is to protect and maximize our clients’ interests throughout the planning and delivery of projects, ensuring they are delivered on time, on budget. We pride ourselves on collaborating with client teams and developing long-term relationships.

Key services include - Project management, programme management, project controls, commercial management, cost management and expert scheduling and construction planning.

Our industry is going through a digital transformation and we have been investing in and pioneering digital methods to improve all aspects of our service. We have focused our digital transformation around platform modernization and product development and through standardization and automation, we are achieving efficiencies that are directly passed on our clients who benefit from a consistent quality of service as well as the savings.

Active in the Middle East for over 20 years, we have offices in the UAE, Qatar, Oman and Saudi Arabia. We hire and retain only the best people in the industry. Our success is built on recruiting – and then developing – brilliant people from a broad range of professional and cultural backgrounds. It’s precisely this diversity of talent that sets us apart.

Acquired by SNC Lavalin in 2017, we also have an extensive depth of geographic exposure across 50 countries and the breadth of 53,000 experts. As one of the largest engineering contractors, we have access to 17,000 staff in the Middle East making us one of the largest multidisciplinary consultancies in the region.

Rewards & Benefits
We offer an excellent package which includes:

• A competitive salary
• Transportation allowance
• Medical and life insurance cover
• 22 calendar days annual leave
• Medical and life insurance cover
• Company gratuity scheme
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• Annual flight allowance to point of origin
• Employee Assistance Programme – 24 hour free advice on financial, legal and family care specialists and also access to personal health, fitness and nutrition consultants