Landscape Architect
DEPARTMENT
Landscape Architecture
LOCATION
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Follow the company’s policies, procedures, design standards, environmental requirements, and quality management system.
- Develop landscape design concepts that respond to the project brief, site conditions, climate, ecology, budget, programme, and maintenance requirements.
- Prepare landscape master plans, planting plans, hardscape layouts, grading plans, irrigation concepts, lighting coordination plans, and detailed landscape drawings.
- Select appropriate plant species, materials, street furniture, water features, playground equipment, and other landscape elements.
- Ensure landscape proposals comply with local authority requirements, planning conditions, environmental regulations, accessibility standards, and relevant technical guidelines.
- Coordinate landscape design with the client, architect, planners, engineers, quantity surveyors, sustainability consultants, contractors, nurseries, and specialist suppliers.
- Prepare and manage the landscape design programme and ensure timely completion of all submissions and deliverables.
- Prepare authority submission drawings, reports, schedules, calculations, and supporting documents.
- Prepare specifications, planting schedules, material schedules, tender drawings, bills of quantities, and other tender documentation.
- Assist in the tender process, including tender clarification, technical evaluation, and recommendation of landscape contractors and specialist suppliers.
- Review landscape contractor shop drawings, material submissions, plant samples, mock-ups, method statements, and technical proposals.
- Attend client, consultant, authority, coordination, and site meetings.
- Conduct site inspections to monitor earthworks, drainage, hardscape works, planting works, irrigation installation, workmanship, progress, and compliance with approved drawings.
- Inspect plant materials at nurseries or on site to verify species, size, condition, quality, and suitability.
- Identify site constraints, design discrepancies, drainage issues, planting failures, and coordination problems, and recommend corrective action.
- Monitor the establishment and maintenance of landscape works during the defects liability or maintenance period.
- Carry out final inspections, prepare defect lists, and verify rectification and replacement works.
- Ensure submission of as-built drawings, planting records, maintenance manuals, warranties, and handover documents.
- Perform any other duties assigned by the Management.
ACCOUNTABILITIES
- Issue and distribute approved landscape drawings, specifications, schedules, and related documents.
- Review and endorse landscape shop drawings, plant materials, material samples, mock-ups, and technical submissions within the authorized scope.
- Provide formal comments and instructions on landscape design and implementation matters.
- Verify that completed landscape works comply with the approved design, specifications, authority requirements, and quality standards.
- Maintain proper records of plant selections, material approvals, design revisions, inspections, and site instructions.
