Manager Landscape Architecture

Job description / Role

* The Landscape Architecture Manager will oversee the design and execution of landscape architecture and urban planning projects, ensuring they align with project goals, budgets, and technical standards.
* The role involves managing design consultants, optimizing designs through Value Engineering, and leading cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality, sustainable, and compliant outcomes.

Client Details

Leading developer in the UAE creating world-class projects. The company is committed to driving economic growth and enhancing the UAE's position as a global destination, focusing on innovation, sustainability, and delivering exceptional projects.

Description

* Project Design Management: Oversee all aspects of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning design throughout all project stages, ensuring alignment with project goals, briefs, budgets, and time-lines.
* Consultant and Team Coordination: Manage Design Consultants and cross-functional teams to ensure that design services fully meet the scope, development vision, and technical requirements.
* Design Review and Approval: Review, assess, and technically approve Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning designs, ensuring compliance with project briefs, statutory requirements, and technical standards.
* Leadership in Design Optimization: Lead design meetings, provide continual input to optimize designs, and resolve conflicts among consultants to ensure high-quality, sustainable, and durable outcomes.
* QA/QC and BIM Implementation: Champion quality assurance processes and assist in implementing BIM and VDC strategies to enhance design quality and project management efficiency.
* Value Engineering: Identify and evaluate opportunities for Value Engineering to optimize designs and ensure cost-effectiveness without compromising on quality or functionality.
* Stakeholder Management: Manage design inputs and stakeholders, ensuring timely and well-coordinated deliverables, and lead interactions with external entities like local authorities and business partners

Job Offer

Offering a competitive compensation package, including a market-aligned salary and benefits, reflective of the candidate's experience and expertise. Beyond financial rewards, the candidate will have the opportunity to work on iconic, large-scale projects that have a significant impact on the region's development.

The successful candidate for the Manager Landscape Architecture role will be a seasoned professional with at least 8 years of experience in landscape architecture or urban planning, ideally holding a relevant degree and post-graduate qualifications.

Strong understanding of local and international codes and regulations, along with experience in managing design consultants and cross-functional teams.

Possess excellent leadership, communication, and organizational skills, with a proactive approach to design management.

They will be digitally fluent, capable of implementing advanced digital tools like BIM, and committed to delivering high-quality, sustainable design solutions.

Ability to navigate complex projects, ensure technical compliance, and drive innovative, cost-effective designs will set them apart.

About the Company

Michael Page is one of the world's leading professional recruitment consultancies, specializing in the placement of candidates in permanent, contract, temporary and interim positions with clients around the world.

The Group has operations in the UK, Continental Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Americas. In the Middle East we focus on the areas of:

Finance & Accounting Banking & Financial Services Procurement Property & Construction Engineering & Supply Chain Oil & Gas Technical and Engineering Human Resources Sales Marketing Technology Secretarial Executive Search Legal

The Group operates through 161 offices in 33 countries and employs over 5,000 employees worldwide.