Senior Landscape Architect

Job description / Role

We are currently looking for a Senior Site Landscape Architect with a minimum of 10+ years experience to join our team in Riyadh as a result of a newly awarded major infrastructure projects in Riyadh, The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

The Project

Buro Happold has been working on Wadi Hanifa for over 15 years as part of our 40 year relationship with the Arriyadh Development Agency. During this time we have developed the masterplanning, detailed design and modelling elements of the regeneration and overseen the construction of the Wadi all of which has resulted in an Aga Khan Award winning linear park for the city of Riyadh.

This project relates to two areas that adjoin Wadi Hanifa Wadi Namar and Wadi Al Batha and involves the supervision and construction management of already designed works.

The Wadi Namar is a significant side Wadi that joins Wadi Hanifa from the West. This Wadi has a reasonable level and quality of dry weather flow and at its lower end is a lake created by a recharge dam. The enhancement scope involves the creation of an amenity on the waters edge and on the escarpment overlooking the lake together with a link between the two.
The Wadi Al Batha joins Wadi Hanifa from the East and originates in the downtown area of Al Batha. It too has dry weather flow that is augmented by the outfall from the city sewage works and this project involves the upgrade of the dry weather channel and surrounding areas, again to create amenity, using the principles developed for the Wadi Hanifa scheme.
Buro Happold will use the experience gained in the Wadi Hanifa project to carry out the Construction Management and Coordination Services to the implementation phase of the project.

Requirements

The Senior Site Landscape Architect will be a qualified professional who must have a minimum qualification BSc, BEng, BA or equivalent, Chartered status and more than ten years experience with five being similar to this project/role.

The Senior Site Landscape Architect will also be responsible for maintaining and enhancing Buro Happolds reputation with our clients.

The Senior Site Landscape Architect will:

Report to the Project Director
Liaise with Ministry and Municipality surveyors
Be responsible for the all survey works and setting out activities on site
Liaise with the Project Director to co-ordinate the daily work load and organize the workload
Prepare reports
Ensure that the appropriate records are maintained to be able to assist in the checking of records.
Interpret the current designs to develop final designs.
Review contractors shop drawing.
Review contractors materials submissions and mock-ups.
Supervise contractor and their sub-contractors, including irrigation.
Work closely with contractors to achieve clients objectives for the finished landscapes.

Essential Experience

The correct individual must have previous experience of working as a Site Landscape engineer on a large scale infrastructure projects
Middle East Experience
Effective in building good working relationships within complex structures both within projects, with clients and internally.
Must be able to demonstrate previous experience of liaising and working directly with clients on site

Rewards and Benefits

Competitive basic salary
Accommodation Provided
Transportation Provided
3x Annual flight allowance for Individual
Healthcare cover for Individual and Family Members
33 Days Annual Leave
Accidental death in service cover
2 x professional membership subscriptions

About the Company

Described by our clients as passionate, innovative, collaborative: BuroHappold Engineering is an independent, international engineering practice that over the last 40 years has become synonymous with the delivery of creative, value led building and city solutions for an ever changing world. Having worked on every continent, our clients include more than 90% of the worlds leading architectural practices and we have collaborated with global organisations such as the United Nations, The World Bank and UNESCO. Through our global community of driven, world leading engineering professionals we deliver elegant solutions for buildings and cities that seek to address the major problems facing societies today.

As an organisation we strive for progress and are committed to finding new and better ways to deliver elegant solutions. We recognise that this can only happen if our people can keep up with, create and implement the latest developments in technology and ideas. We offer learning and development opportunities at every level, to help shape exciting and personally satisfying careers and ensure our engineers stay at the cutting edge of industry thought.