Summary
SSH is seeking a Lead Landscape Architect – Infrastructure for its Dubai team. The role leads landscape and public realm design across infrastructure, master planning and large-scale development projects, from concept through detailed design and tender or construction documentation. Responsibilities include multidisciplinary coordination, design reviews, client and authority engagement, and managing programmes, deliverables and team development. Applicants should have a degree in Landscape Architecture or a related discipline and typically 10+ years of relevant experience; UAE/GCC project experience is preferred.
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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.