Senior Landscape Architect

About the role

WSP Middle East is looking for a Senior Landscape Architect to lead innovative landscape and public realm design across projects in the UAE and Saudi Arabia. You will work within multidisciplinary teams from concept through detailed design, delivering sustainable and cost‑effective solutions.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the development of landscape architecture and public realm concepts from visioning to detailed design.
• Produce high‑quality hand sketches, freehand illustrations, and digital visualisations to communicate design intent.
• Support landscape master planning, urban design, and detailed landscape projects.
• Collaborate with architects, urban designers, engineers, planners and environmental specialists.
• Prepare presentations, reports, drawings, design narratives and technical documentation.
• Mentor junior team members and contribute to studio growth.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Landscape Architecture or related discipline.
• 8+ years of professional experience in a leading landscape architecture, urban design or multidisciplinary consultancy.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating conceptual design, hand‑drawing and digital design capabilities.
• Excellent graphic communication, presentation and storytelling skills.
• Fluent English with strong verbal and written communication.

Required skills

• AutoCAD
• Adobe Creative Suite
• SketchUp
• Rhino
• Lumion or Enscape (or equivalent visualisation tools)