Senior Urban Designer

Arcadis is the worlds leading company delivering sustainable design engineering and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 36000 people in over 70 countries dedicated toimproving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds together we can solve the worlds most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role description:

Arcadis is seeking a Senior Urban Designer for the Architecture & Urbanism (A&U) division within the Places global business area. This position can be located in either London or Manchester UK.

We are searching for a talented and enthusiastic Senior Urban Designer with passion drive and a track record of design excellence to join the UK Architecture and Urbanism team. The successful candidate will engage with some of the most exciting developments and regeneration projects both in the UK and internationally.

Senior candidates with the right skills will have exciting opportunities to help grow our business and as such we are looking for individuals that are entrepreneurial and market facing.

As a Senior Urban Designer with a relevant urban design qualification and relevant project experience you will join our team to support senior colleagues in the production of masterplans urban design guidance planning strategies design & access statements and capacity studies for strategic planning and urban design commissions for public and private sector clients. You will have experience working on residential mixed-use and regeneration projects in a UK context. You will work closely with planning colleagues so an appreciation of the UK planning system policy framework the current planning agenda and key issues is an advantage.

Role accountabilities:

Qualifications & Experience:

• An open and curious mindset and a genuine interest in how our cities and urban areas adapt and change
• Experience of working with both the private and public sectors in a variety of contexts in the UK. Project experience of urban regeneration mixed use developments/innovation districts as well as large scale campuses and estates preferable.
• Experience of working on projects internationally across sectors.
• Minimum Batchelor level qualification in urban design/ practical experience in urban design and masterplanning. An architectural background would be beneficial but is not essential.
• At least 10 years professional experience
• A sound understanding of the UK Planning System
• Excellent graphic written and spoken communication skills
• Good experiences of communication with clients. Participate in project management can report/present the work results to client with strong influence.

Why Arcadis

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyones contribution matters. Its why we are pioneering a skills-based approach where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

Youll do meaningful work and no matter what role youll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark on your career your colleagues your clients your life and the world around you.

Together we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality Diversity Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We believe that by working together diverse people with different experiences develop the most innovative ideas. Equality diversity and inclusion is at the heart of how we improve quality of life and we work closely with our people across six ED&I Workstreams: Age Disability Faith Gender LGBT and Race. A diverse and skilled workforce is essential to our success.