HLM Landscape team has an exciting opportunity for a Chartered Landscape Architect (CMLI) to join our growing team across the UK. We have a strong studio culture and a inspiring team who collaborate with our Architects, Masterplanners and Interior Designers as an integrated and inclusive approach to design.
We have a varied portfolio of work; across our sectors, which vary in scale and complexity. However experience of education projects for the DfE, the CEM process and SEN school design would be an advantage.
We are looking for talented individuals, who are creative, can lead projects and people, working as part of a team. You must a self-motivated and enthusiastic individual, with a passion for design and client satisfaction.
Our Award winning schemes have included:
The Concourse, Public Realm, Sheffield – Civic Trust Awards Regional Finalist;
Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh;
The Wave, Exterior Project of the Year at Education Property Awards 2025;
The Movement Public Realm, Greenwich;
RIBA Home 2030 Design Competition- Finalist;
Trent View College - Building Awards 2024;
LIHE - Life Sciences & Research Clusters Conference & Awards 2025
Candidates are required to have degree or masters training in the discipline of Landscape Architecture, and be a Chartered Member of the Landscape Institute with the minimum of 3 years post Chartership experience within the UK;
Proven experience as a Project Leader, working across several projects and in multi-disciplinary team environments;
Excellent design skills;
Excellent communication skills, verbal, written and presentation;
Proven specification writing capability using NBS software;
Understanding of Building Information Modelling (BIM);
Experience of CS Artisan RV;
Experience across all the RIBA workstages 0-7;
Excellent graphic skills in Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop;
Excellent report writing skills using Adobe InDesign; and
Ability to mentor and support other members of the team through project development and Pathway to Chartership.
Experience with Biodiversity Net Gain and writing LEMP’s
The following skills would be desirable although not essential;
Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment (LVIA) experience
Heritage Lottery Funding experience
Horticultural knowledge
We offer a friendly studio environment, an award-winning lifestyle package, and a commitment to your personal development through the HLM Academy. We are also an Employee Owned Trust, which means our employees have a sense of ownership, a say in our direction and are rewarded for the part they play in our future success.
Diversity, inclusion and belonging (DIB) is at the core of our business. We advocate equal opportunities, creating an inclusive working environment for all. If you have a disability and would prefer to apply in a different mode please contact our HR team for assistance.
If you think this role could be for you, please send your CV and examples of your work.
Those shortlisted will be contacted.
HLM Architects is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

We are an Employee-Owned architectural practice with a proud 61-year history of producing places and spaces that improve people’s lives. With a design philosophy that puts people at its centre, it is our mission to delight clients and users, making memorable places which evoke positive emotional responses.
We strive to create buildings that respond to their context and climate, as well as our client’s budget, and we consequently don’t have a ‘signature-style’. Every design evolves as a solution to a unique set of challenges that we approach with ‘signature-thinking’ – this is a creative, thoughtful, and fun process that allows the character and ideas of each project to flourish in their own delightful way - we call this ‘Thoughtful Design’.
We have received broad and far-reaching accolades for our designs, including:
◽️ Building Magazine's Architectural Practice of the Year 2023
◽️ BCIA Digital Initiative of the Year 2023
◽️ Winner of two Structural Timber awards 2023
◽️ Offsite Awards Architect of the Year and Winner of Winners 2023
◽️ Triple winner at Glasgow Institute of Architects awards 2023
Our true reward is knowing that we can improve wellbeing - not only in our design approach, but inside and outside of the business too. We pride ourselves on a diverse workforce and inclusive culture, promoted at board level by our Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging Group and enhanced by our connect day activities. Reflective of our culture, we received the AJ100 Employer of the Year Award 2020 and 2021, and are recognized as a three-star accredited, ‘world-class’ Best Company Employer.
We are passionate about improving social mobility, opening new avenues into the profession and encouraging younger generations to pursue their ambitions. Our teams are regularly involved in outreach programs, we have teamed up with Speakers for Schools and RIBA Learning, and signed up to the Social Mobility Pledge, the Lord Mayor of London Pledge, See-It-Be-It Sheffield and DYW Glasgow.