Job Description
Company Overview
Dar aims to connect people, places and communities by providing innovative solutions to the world’s most complex engineering and design challenges, delivering complex projects from inception through completion for clients of any size, anywhere in the world.
Dar is a leading international multidisciplinary consulting organisation in engineering, architecture, planning, environment, project management, facilities management, and economics.
Dar Group globally is in 59 countries and has 18,000 professionals. We are dedicated to planning, designing, engineering, managing and consulting for the world’s most important and exciting projects. We embrace challenges to empower communities worldwide: in suburbs and city centres, deserts and metropolitan areas, war zones and sacred shrines, our projects shape and improve people’s lives. We operate a collaborative model where we work together to support our clients and provide an end to end multi-disciplinary service offering. More details on our business and member companies can be found at https://www.dar.com/
A leading international, multidisciplinary consultant with offices throughout the Gulf States, Middle East, Africa and Europe, is seeking to recruit a horticulturist to support the team of landscape architects to work in its London office.
The successful candidate will work on a broad range of exciting Middle East landscape projects and form part of a wider multi-disciplinary team, to whom they will collaborate closely with.
The role will involve working within the landscape team and liaising with all the international offices.
Responsibilities / Principal Accountabilities
- of detailed planting plans
- signature and exciting planting schemes
- expert horticultural advice to the Landscape team and other departments
- the Landscape team’s knowledge of horticulture with continued CPDs
- and collaborate with the wider international team on projects, providing planting ideas from concept through to detailed design
- and review planting plans
- and review planting schedules
- and review horticultural specifications
- and review landscape management and maintenance plans
- with the design of horticultural projects including the design of both temporary and permanent nurseries
Qualifications and Experience
- qualifications
- written, oral and interpersonal communication skills.
- time management – ability to prioritise and multi-task; punctuality; working efficiently and with a good idea of how long each task takes to complete
- organisation skills
- to continuous professional development and to maintaining up-to-date knowledge
- Africa and Middle East experience is preferable
It is desirable that the candidate has
Horticultural knowledge and training
Arboricultural knowledge and training
Membership of a chartered institute
Knowledge of both terrestrial and aquatic plant communities
Understanding and appreciation of sustainable landscapes, natural ecosystems and biodiversity.
Understanding and appreciation of the concepts of climate-smart landscape and climate-smart agriculture
Experience of working on large landscape projects, preferably in Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
Skills in relevant IT software including CAD/Revit, Adobe InDesign and Photoshop
Benefits and Compensation
- basic monthly salary based on relevant experience.
- contribution of between 10% to 16% covered fully by Dar (no deductions made from your salary).
- performance-related annual bonus.
- medical insurance.
- uplift for overseas work.
- diem payments during overseas assignments.
Applicants need to have the right to live and work in the UK
Dar is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other characteristics protected by law.
Dar is committed to creating a powerfully diverse workforce and a broadly inclusive workplace, where everyone can contribute to their fullest potential each day.
Closing Date: 30/04/2024