معماري تنسيق مواقع رئيسي – البنية التحتية

Role Overview

SSH is seeking an experienced Lead Landscape Architect – Infrastructure to join its Dubai team and lead the landscape and public realm design delivery of major infrastructure and large-scale development projects.

The successful candidate will provide design and technical leadership across landscape architecture, streetscape, public realm and infrastructure-led projects, coordinating closely with master planning, roads, utilities, urban design, architecture and engineering disciplines.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the landscape architecture and public realm design for major infrastructure, master planning and large-scale development projects.
• Manage projects through concept, schematic, detailed design and tender/construction documentation stages.
• Develop and oversee landscape strategies covering hardscape, softscape, streetscape, public spaces, planting and landscape infrastructure.
• Coordinate landscape requirements with roads, wet and dry utilities, drainage, irrigation, lighting, structures and other infrastructure disciplines.
• Lead multidisciplinary design coordination and ensure landscape solutions are fully integrated with the wider infrastructure design.
• Provide technical leadership and undertake reviews of drawings, specifications, reports and design packages.
• Ensure designs meet project requirements, applicable standards, sustainability objectives and UAE authority requirements.
• Coordinate with clients, external consultants, specialist subconsultants and relevant authorities.
• Lead design workshops, technical meetings and client presentations.
• Manage design programmes, deliverables and resources to achieve project milestones.
• Identify and resolve design interface issues affecting landscape and public realm delivery.
• Mentor and provide technical guidance to landscape architects and designers within the team.
• Support Project Directors and senior management with proposals, presentations and client engagement where required.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Landscape Architecture or a related discipline.
• Professional accreditation or chartership is advantageous.
• Typically 10+ years of relevant landscape architecture experience, preferably within leading multidisciplinary design or landscape consultancies.
• Strong experience delivering large-scale infrastructure, public realm, streetscape, master planning and urban development projects.
• Demonstrable experience leading multidisciplinary landscape design teams.
• Strong technical understanding of hardscape, softscape, grading, irrigation, streetscape and public realm design.
• Experience coordinating landscape design with roads, utilities and other infrastructure disciplines.
• Strong understanding of the complete design lifecycle, particularly detailed design and technical documentation.
• UAE/GCC project experience is strongly preferred.
• BIM and digital design coordination experience is advantageous.
• Excellent leadership, communication, stakeholder management and client-facing skills.

Ideal Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate will combine strong landscape design capability with excellent technical and multidisciplinary coordination experience. They should have worked on complex infrastructure-led developments where the landscape and public realm must integrate closely with roads, utilities, mobility networks and major master plans.

Experience with large-scale UAE or GCC developments, urban infrastructure corridors, streetscape programmes, public realm and master-planned communities would be particularly relevant.