Crestwood Environmental Ltd. has vacancy within the Company for a Landscape Architect.

The Company is a well established multi‑disciplinary environmental consultancy providing services to a wide-range of clients working in a number of sectors throughout the UK and Ireland. Particular expertise is held for the waste management, minerals and renewable energy sectors, in a variety of disciplines. Please see our website www.crestwoodenvironmental.co.uk for more details.

The role will include working on Landscape and Visual Impact Assessments for a variety of schemes including quarries, opencast coal sites, waste management facilities, wind farms etc., designing and detailing site restoration plans, undertaking 3D landform analyses, assisting on EIAs, producing aftercare management plans for agricultural, heathland, grassland, forestry and wetland habitats, producing presentation plans and leaflets, making woodland grant applications and producing landscape works/maintenance contract specifications. The role will suit someone nearing or having recently achieved full chartered status.

The successful applicant will ideally:

• Be at least a Licentiate or Chartered Member of the Landscape Institute and have at least 3 years experience of working as a landscape architect or in a similar role;
• Have excellent report-writing skills;
• Have experience at and using and a good understanding of AutoCAD and Photoshop (or similar software);
• Have a good understanding of native flora and of the UK’s and Ireland’s ecosystems and be keen to develop skills in relation to this (e.g. hedgerow surveys);
• Be able to undertake tree surveys to BS5837:2005 (advantageous).

If you feel you meet the above requirements, or feel you can offer the Company other relevant experience and skills, please submit your CV with a covering letter outlining your salary expectations and any supporting documentation which you feel may be of interest. An attractive package will be made available to successful candidates, commensurate with experience.

Closing Date: 1st December 2009

Please send your application to:

Tel: 01902 824 037