Company Overview:
Dar, the founding member of the Sidara group, is an international multidisciplinary consulting organization specializing in engineering, architecture, planning, environment, project management, facilities management, and economics. Sidara operates in 60 countries with 20,500 professionals, Dar connects people, places, and communities through innovative solutions to the world's most complex challenges. We deliver projects from inception through completion, embracing challenges to empower communities worldwide. Learn more at www.dar.com.
Our Vision and Values:
We aspire to be the chosen home of those with a gift for crafting solutions that empower people and an unwavering passion for learning and innovation. Our core values shape our culture and guide our decision-making. We are committed to:
- Excellence
- Responsibility
- Empowerment
- Connectivity
- Courage
Job Overview:
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:
- Preparation of detailed planting plans
- Creating signature and exciting planting schemes
- Provide expert horticultural advice to the Landscape team and other departments
- Upskill the Landscape team's knowledge of horticulture with continued CPDs
- Liaise and collaborate with the wider international team on projects, providing planting ideas from concept through to detailed design
- Prepare and review planting plans
- Prepare and review planting schedules
- Prepare and review horticultural specifications
- Prepare and review landscape management and maintenance plans
- Assist with the design of horticultural projects including the design of both temporary and permanent nurseries
Requirements:
- Relevant qualifications
- Excellent written, oral and interpersonal communication skills.
- Good time management ability to prioritize and multi-task; punctuality; working efficiently and with a good idea of how long each task takes to complete
- Strong organization skills
- Commitment to continuous professional development and to maintaining up-to-date knowledge
- Europe, Africa and Middle East experience is preferable
Preferred Additional Qualifications:
- 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
Kind Note:
* While we carefully review all applications, only candidates meeting the specified requirements will be contacted for further consideration. We appreciate your understanding and thank all applicants for their interest.
