Company Description

At AECOM, we’re delivering a better world.

We believe infrastructure creates opportunity for everyone. Whether it’s improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive.

Our clients trust us to bring together the best people, ideas, technical expertise and digital solutions to our work in transportation, buildings, water, the environment and new energy. We’re one global team – 47,000 strong – driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world.

Here, you will have freedom to grow in a world of opportunity.

We will give you the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion – a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

We will encourage you to grow and develop your career with us through our technical and professional development programs and diverse career opportunities. We believe in leadership at all levels. No matter where you sit in the organization you can make a lasting impact on the projects you work on, the teams and committees you join and our business.

We offer competitive pay and benefits, well-being programs to support you and your family, and the development resources you need to advance your career.

When you join us, you will connect and collaborate with a global network of experts – planners, designers, engineers, scientists, consultants, program and construction managers – leading the change toward a more sustainable and equitable future. Join us and let’s get started.

Job Description

AECOM is seeking a talented Landscape Architect at the start of their careers to join and support the growth of our Landscape Architecture team. As part of one of the UK&I’s largest and most diverse landscape practices, you will undertake high-profile regional and global projects across various sectors including urban regeneration, residential developments, environmental enhancement schemes, and energy projects. Our portfolio includes collaborations with local authorities, private clients, and global developers, delivering innovative and sustainable design solutions that support progress towards net zero and deliver wider environmental and social benefits.

This role offers the opportunity to deliver transformative projects, within a talented team, and contribute to AECOM’s reputation for design excellence. With a focus on sustainability, innovation, and collaboration, this position is ideal for a self-motivated individual seeking to start their career in a dynamic and experienced team.

About AECOM’s Landscape Architecture Team

Our Landscape Architecture team is renowned for excellence and multidisciplinary collaboration. We work across all design stages, blending strengths in design and planning to deliver imaginative solutions that enhance communities and environments. Recent projects include energy transition, public realm, active travel, resorts, and new neighbourhoods that shape cities and regions.

Why Join AECOM?

Freedom to Grow: Take control of your working life with flexible working options, including hybrid working and part-time hours. Work the hours that suit you.
Career Development: Help shape landscape architecture at AECOM with opportunities for training and mentoring.
Inclusive Culture: AECOM supports diversity and competitive life-style benefits.

Job Responsibilities

Project Involvement:
- Work collaboratively with colleagues to produce drawings, visualisations and technical documents, including concise reports across all stages of planning, and design projects
- Contribute to meetings, workshops and presentations developing creative and practical ideas to help solve complex design challenges.
- Assist leads with project management, including financial and programme responsibilities.
Team Development:
- Develop and share knowledge, supporting a culture of continuous growth and development.
- Actively engage in working towards the Irish Landscape Institute (ILI) or UK Landscape Institute (LI) professional exam.
Client Engagement:
- Assist with nurturing strong relationships with clients, stakeholders, and collaborators.
- Facilitate proactive client engagement and business development.
Technical Excellence:
- Prepare and develop designs and technical materials from initial feasibility through to production of construction information.
- Support contract administration to ensure high standard of project delivery.
- Produce high-quality reports and drawings with the necessary level of detail for the various stages of development, using appropriate software.
Collaboration:
- Work iteratively within multidisciplinary teams to deliver cohesive and integrated design solutions.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements

Experience:
- Graduates of ILI or LI accredited Landscape Architecture degree.
- Demonstrable experience of creating placemaking projects that address key drivers of climate resilience, nature recovery and social inequity.
- Knowledge and understanding of the Irish planning system.
- Understanding of project management, including financial control, reporting, and programme management.
Technical Skills:
- Proficient in AutoCAD, Adobe Creative Cloud, and Microsoft Office Suite.
- Experience with Rhino, Revit and/or Civil 3D is highly desirable.
- Skilled in preparing clear graphics and technical reports.
- Strong communication skills, including fluency in written and spoken English.
Other:
- Full Irish, EU/EEA or UK driving licence.

Preferred Qualifications

ILI or LI-accredited Bachelors’ degree, Diploma, and/or Masters’ degree.

Additional Information

Applicants are encouraged to apply as early as possible since CVs will be reviewed, and candidates selected on a rolling recruitment basis for either immediate or advanced offer start.
Please include a covering letter with your application and provide all predicted and/or obtained academic grades and details of the dates you are able to work to/from and well as locations you would be interested in.
You must have the right to work in the UK.

About AECOM

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to applicants who have a disability or long-term condition, who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role. Please let us know using this email address [email protected] if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

State/Province: Dublin

Business Group: DCS

Legal Entity: AECOM Infrastructure and Environment UK Limited

Business Line: B&P - Buildings & Places

Work Location Model: Hybrid

Operating Group: International

Primary Location: IE - Dublin, 1 Burlington Plaza

Graduate Landscape Architect (Dublin)

Benefits

Job Description