Town Planning | Expression of Interest

The Opportunity

Join Our Town Planning Talent Network

Are you an experienced Town Planner looking for your next opportunity with an established and growing team? Do you want to work on a diverse range of exciting projects, shape the future of places and communities, and have access to fantastic career development opportunities? If so, Stantec could be for you.

We're continuing to grow our Town Planning teams across the UK and are keen to connect with talented planning professionals at a range of levels, from Planner and Senior Planner through to Associate, Associate Director and Director level.

Our Planning teams are based across Bristol, Taunton, Cardiff, Birmingham, Reading, Kings Hill, London, Cambridge, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle, Edinburgh and Glasgow , offering opportunities to work on projects at a local, regional and national scale.

Explore more about our Town Planning projects and expertise here .

Our Teams Work Across a Diverse Portfolio, Including

• Residential and mixed-use development.
• Strategic planning and new settlements.
• Commercial and employment-led development.
• Energy and infrastructure projects.
• Urban regeneration and development.
• Planning strategy, applications and appeals.
• Explore more about our Town Planning projects and expertise here.

About You

We're looking for passionate and commercially aware Town Planners who want to make a positive impact through their work and develop their careers within a collaborative, multidisciplinary environment.

You'll Have Experience In Some Of The Following Areas

• Chartered MRTPI status or working towards chartership.
• Proven planning experience within a consultancy, private sector or public sector environment.
• Preparing, submitting and negotiating planning applications across a variety of scales and project types.
• Experience across residential, mixed-use, strategic, commercial and/or energy projects.
• Coordinating internal and external project teams and ensuring high-quality project delivery.
• Building and maintaining strong client relationships and providing commercially focused planning advice.
• For more senior roles, experience of planning appeals and appearing at informal hearings is advantageous.
• Local knowledge and experience of working within the region you're interested in joining is beneficial, although relocators are very welcome to apply.
• A full UK driving licence and access to a car would be advantageous for some roles.
• If your experience doesn't tick every box, we still encourage you to apply we hire people, not checklists.

Interested in Being Part of Our Journey?

Great talent doesn't always wait for the perfect vacancy, and neither do we. We're always looking to connect with talented planning professionals and build our pipeline for future opportunities.

Whether you're looking for your next role now or simply want to explore what a future with Stantec could look like, we'd love to hear from you.

Why Join Us

• We put people first: We're proud of our friendly, inclusive and collaborative environment where everyone feels valued and driven to succeed.
• We are driven to achieve: Named in the top 50 companies to work by Glassdoor 2025. Recognised by Corporate Knights as one of the world's top 10 most sustainable companies 2025. Named ‘Best Place to Work’ and ‘International Consulting Firm of the Year’ at the NCE Awards 2024.
• We do what is right: Industry leading training and development as well as paid for professional subscriptions. A p rofessional progression plan, supporting you to become chartered with ICE.
• We are better together: A supportive and collaborative team environment and Early Careers peer group and wider ERG network (see more on our ERGs here: Stantec Employee Resource Groups )
• Growth: We're on an exciting growth journey across the UK & Ireland - we want you to be part of it!
• Great Benefits: Competitive salary, bonus schemes, enhanced pension plan, annual leave with the option to buy/sell additional days, private medical insurance, group income protection & life assurance included as standard as well as discounted gym membership and lots more.
• Flexible working: Enjoy a healthy work-life balance with our hybrid approach to flexible working.

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About Stantec

The Stantec community unites more than 34,000 employees working in over 450 locations across 6 continents. We have been working with our clients and communities in the UK for over 150 years. We plan, design, deliver and manage the development and infrastructure needed to support the creation of sustainable, healthy and prosperous communities.

Our teams provide effective and relevant solutions, translating our clients’ vision into valued consents, deliverable plans for projects and programmes, and efficient designs for delivery, based on technical excellence and deep market insights. We deal with today’s challenges, but also keep a fairer, better tomorrow in sight, looking at how we deliver clean growth, support radical changes in our economy and meet the needs of future communities.

Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, job training, terminations or any other condition of employment. Stantec is in compliance with laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment.

Building an inspired, inclusive work environment that attracts, supports, and develops world-class talent is a crucial key to our success. If you are excited by this role but worry that your experience doesn’t exactly align, we encourage you to apply.

At Stantec we want you to perform your best at every stage of the recruitment process and are committed to ensuring it is accessible to all. If you need any support or require adjustments to be made then please contact careers.UK& [email protected] we will talk to you about how we can support you.