Senior/Associate Urban Design Masterplanner

Senior/Associate Urban Design Masterplanner in our Manchester offices.

At Atkins, we take pride in creating lasting urban environments with meaningful social consequence, striving to add real value to people’s lives. Our team brings this passion and commitment to the delivery of our projects, giving shape to innovative and sustainable places that lie at the heart of communities across the UK and around the world.

You will have the opportunity to use the skills that you have developed on our high-profile masterplanning projects across a range of scales for the public and private sector, coordinating multi-disciplinary teams of building design professionals, economists and commercial managers.

The opportunities would particularly suit Urban Designers / Masterplanners who can demonstrate broad experience of related work in the UK strategic land and residential sector, as well as of urban regeneration and infrastructure redevelopment schemes.

As Urban Designer / Masterplanner you will be responsible for activities including:

• Leading in the production of high-quality urban design and master planning projects.
• Support in the preparation of technical bids and fee proposals for master planning and urban design projects and other major infrastructure projects where appropriate.
• Project management of master planning projects involving multi-disciplinary teams, including the application of all Atkins business management systems.
• Developing and maintaining relationships with clients, attending meetings, workshops and seminars.
• Other duties associated with the main role and responsibilities will be requested from time to time.

Requirements:

• Master’s degree in urban design or comparable qualification, with a preferable first degree in architecture or landscape architecture.
• Client focused with good management skills.
• Strong communication skills, both written and spoken.
• Excellent graphic design skills with a minimum fluency in AUTOCAD, Adobe Creative Suite.
• Use of GIS (ArcGIS/QGIS), hand sketching, 3D modelling (Sketch Up, Rhino, etc..) a distinct advantage.
• Have experience on UK residential schemes and a beneficial familiarity of the Homes England Framework, urban regeneration & railway station improvement projects and design codes.
• Have had broad involvement in developing tender proposals for public and private sector clients.
• Have a working understanding of the UK Planning System and a track record of developing SPD’s and Outline applications.
• Experience of working on international masterplanning projects would be a distinct advantage.
• When circumstances permit, be available to travel across the UK when required. The ability to work away from home in the UK or internationally would be of benefit. 

Rewards and Benefits:

We offer a competitive salary that is regularly tested against other consultants with a default 25-days leave each year plus bank holidays and options to buy some or sell of that leave. Salary and benefits will be commensurate with experience and qualifications.

To support and safeguard your physical and mental wellbeing we provide an employee assistance programme offering advice and support in times of need.  Our offices run their own sports and social clubs providing a wide range of activities. You will also have access to our Flexible Benefits, where you can opt in to a wide range of benefits to complement your work/life balance: such as medical insurance, gym membership, the cycle-to-work scheme, child care vouchers, charitable giving, additional pension contributions etc.

Please refer to our website for details of our full benefits package. 

https://yourrewarduk.snclavalin.com/

Flexible Working:

We welcome the opportunity to discuss a flexible working pattern for this vacancy. For roles advertised under the category of flexible working we would encourage you to explore the flexible working options we are able to offer during the interview process.

ATKINS, part of the SNC Lavalin Group, is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and ability.

This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance.  If this is necessary, it will be discussed with you at interview.

If applying to this role please do not make reference to (in conversation) or include in your application or CV, details of any current or previously held security clearance.