Senior Landscape Architect

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Job Description:

Parsons is looking for a talented Senior Landscape Architect to join our team! In this role you will lead the landscape architecture and public realm design coordination for a major development program in Qatar, ensuring that landscape and environmental design elements integrate seamlessly with the broader urban and infrastructure framework.

As Senior Landscape Architect, you will provide technical leadership across landscape design, sustainability strategies, and public realm development, coordinating closely with multidisciplinary teams to deliver high-quality outdoor environments that support project vision, functionality, and long-term sustainability.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Lead the development and coordination of landscape architecture and public realm design strategies across large-scale development zones.
• Oversee the preparation and review of landscape master plans, detailed design packages, planting strategies, and hardscape/softscape specifications.
• Ensure landscape design integrates effectively with urban planning, architecture, infrastructure, and environmental strategies.
• Manage the design and implementation of public realm spaces including plazas, boulevards, streetscapes, gardens, waterfronts, and pedestrian environments.
• Coordinate closely with engineering teams to integrate landscape elements with MEP irrigation systems, civil grading and drainage, lighting systems, and site utilities.
• Review and approve planting plans, irrigation strategies, and water management systems aligned with sustainability and climate considerations.
• Conduct technical reviews of BIM landscape models, 3D visualizations, and design documentation.
• Lead coordination workshops with architects, planners, infrastructure engineers, and consultants to ensure alignment of landscape strategies across development packages.
• Ensure compliance with local authority regulations, environmental guidelines, and sustainability requirements.
• Oversee contractor submittals related to landscape works including material samples, planting schedules, and irrigation systems.
• Manage and resolve design comments, NCRs, RFIs, and technical coordination issues related to landscape works.
• Support value engineering exercises to optimize landscape design solutions while maintaining aesthetic quality and sustainability objectives.
• Participate in stakeholder presentations, design workshops, and coordination meetings related to landscape and public realm development.

What Required Qualifications & Skills You'll Bring:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Landscape Architecture, Architecture, or Urban Design from an accredited institution; Master’s degree preferred for senior roles.
• Minimum 15 years of professional experience in landscape architecture and public realm design.
• At least 5 years in a client-representative or PMCM design review role.
• Demonstrated experience delivering large-scale mixed-use or leisure/tourism developments.
• Proven involvement in projects involving waterfront developments, stadiums, or high-profile event venues.
• Experience delivering at least 2–3 major GCC projects, preferably in Qatar, with strong understanding of desert landscape design and water conservation strategies.
• Expertise in landscape materials, planting strategies, and hardscape/softscape detailing.
• Strong knowledge of irrigation system design including pressure zoning, emitter selection, and water reuse integration.
• Experience developing thermal comfort strategies, shading design, and microclimate solutions for pedestrian environments.
• Proven ability to review and coordinate landscape master plans, planting strategies, visual corridors, and landscape zones.
• Experience designing public realm environments including plazas, boulevards, gardens, and waterfront spaces.
• Strong coordination skills integrating landscape with MEP irrigation systems, civil grading, drainage systems, lighting, and FF&E components.
• Strong knowledge of local landscape regulations and sustainability frameworks, including requirements from Ashghal, MOE, and other regulatory authorities.
• Experience supporting authority approvals, mock-up reviews, and landscape construction coordination.
• Proficiency in design tools and digital platforms, including Revit/BIM landscape models, 3D visualization tools, and CAD-based design software.
• Experience preparing and reviewing planting plans, irrigation layouts, and tree protection strategies.
• Strong ability to manage design review comments, NCRs, RFIs, and landscape-related technical coordination issues.
• Demonstrated experience participating in value engineering exercises without compromising design intent or sustainability objectives.
• Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder coordination skills to manage multidisciplinary design teams and consultants.

Parsons equally employs representation at all job levels no matter the race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability or genetic information.

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