Senior Landscape Architect
Tāmaki Makaurau | Auckland
Isthmus is an award-winning, integrated design studio that blends architecture, landscape and urban design. Established in 1988, we are guided by a clear set of principles and ideas; our kaupapa is based on deepening the relationships between land, people and culture.
We now have an opportunity for an experienced Landscape Architect to join our collaborative studio environment in Tāmaki.
You’ll be:
- Playing an important role in the team, particularly with leadership of projects working alongside some of our most experienced designers.
- Supporting complex jobs with design-led and innovative solutions, while understanding the wider project context.
- Working on a diverse range of inspiring and impactful projects across a range of sectors including urban space, master planning, streetscape, education, and landscape infrastructure.
- Applying the breadth of your skills across a role where your creativity and technical ability will come to the fore and continue to grow.
You’ll have:
- 6+ years’ experience, including project management of complex landscape architecture projects.
- Design-led conceptual thinking coupled with a drive for excellence, innovation and creativity.
- The ability and confidence to make timely decisions.
- Naturally creative and critical thinking, bringing design and planning solutions and using research to inform and test ideas.
- Strong relationship building skills, fostering positive working relationships with clients and acting as a valuable mentor for more junior landscape architects
- Excitement about collaborating within our “no boundaries” design environment.
- Technical skills across construction techniques & documentation software, including Revit, AutoCAD, and Adobe suite.
- Experience in site observation, and a keen interest in delivering built work.
- A degree in Landscape Architecture and a be a Registered member of NZILA or equivalent overseas registration (or working towards it).
We believe in the good that comes from collaborating and creating together. We love giving back to our team, from supporting your professional development and career growth, to cultivating a culture we’re proud of. Joining a supportive group of people with common values, you’ll find a design-led studio environment sparked by curiosity, inspiration and opportunity.
If you’re hungry for a rewarding role with a team designing some of Aotearoa’s best designed places, please send us your CV with a portfolio of the work you’re most proud of.
