Associate Landscape Planner

Stantec; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Bonus schemes

Enhanced pension

Private medical insurance

Gym membership

Job summary

Stantec is seeking an Associate Landscape Planner to join our Landscape team in Birmingham or Bristol. You will deliver landscape planning projects, provide technical advice, and support planning and consenting processes across the UK.

You'll work with landscape planners, landscape architects, environmental specialists and multidisciplinary teams to deliver high-quality outcomes for clients, while mentoring junior colleagues and contributing to business development.

Qualifications

• Professional experience in landscape planning and environmental assessment.
• Strong LVIA and landscape planning experience.
• Experience on development and/or infrastructure projects.
• Good understanding of the UK planning system and guidance.
• Experience preparing technical reports and presenting findings to clients.
• Strong communication and organisational skills.
• Experience mentoring junior colleagues and contributing to capability growth.

Responsibilities

• Lead and contribute to LVIA and landscape planning commissions.
• Provide landscape planning advice through development and planning processes.
• Support major development and infrastructure projects across sectors.
• Prepare and review technical reports and planning documentation.
• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams and liaise with clients and stakeholders.
• Manage your own workload and contribute to project delivery on time and budget.
• Support bids, proposals and business development efforts.
• Mentor junior colleagues to develop technical capability within the team.
• Contribute to growth and profile of the Landscape Planning team across the UK.

Skills

Landscape planning

LVIA

Environmental assessment

Client liaison

Project delivery

Mentoring juniors

Communication

Organisational skills

Education

Relevant degree

LI membership (preferred)

Job description

The Opportunity

We’re looking for an experienced Associate Landscape Planner to join our growing Landscape team in Birmingham or Bristol.

This is an exciting opportunity for a landscape planning professional looking to take the next step in their career, working on a diverse range of development and infrastructure projects across the UK.

You’ll work alongside landscape planners, landscape architects, environmental specialists and wider multidisciplinary teams, providing landscape planning and environmental assessment expertise while helping to deliver high-quality outcomes for our clients.

About The Role

As an Associate Landscape Planner, you’ll play a key role in delivering landscape planning projects, providing technical advice and supporting project teams through planning and consenting processes.

Your Role Will Include

• Leading and contributing to Landscape and Visual Impact Assessments (LVIA) and landscape planning commissions.
• Providing landscape planning advice throughout the development and planning process.
• Supporting major development and infrastructure projects across a range of sectors.
• Preparing and reviewing technical reports, assessments and supporting planning documentation.
• Working collaboratively with landscape architects, planners, environmental consultants and engineering teams.
• Liaising with clients, stakeholders, consultants and other project partners.
• Managing your own workload and contributing to the successful delivery of projects to programme and budget.
• Supporting bids, fee proposals and business development activities.
• Mentoring and supporting junior colleagues, helping to develop technical capability within the team.
• Contributing to the continued growth and profile of our Landscape Planning team across the UK.

Your Impact

You’ll help shape how landscape and visual considerations are integrated into some of the UK’s most interesting development and infrastructure projects.

Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, you’ll have the opportunity to influence projects from an early stage, providing practical and commercially aware advice that helps clients navigate planning and consenting requirements.

You’ll also play an important role in developing our Landscape Planning capability in Birmingham and Bristol, building relationships with clients and colleagues and helping create opportunities for the wider team.

About You

We’re looking for a landscape planning professional with strong technical experience and a genuine interest in developing their career within a growing multidisciplinary consultancy.

You’ll Have

• Professional experience in landscape planning and environmental assessment.
• Strong experience of LVIA and landscape planning principles.
• Experience working on development and/or infrastructure projects.
• A good understanding of the UK planning system and relevant landscape planning policy and guidance.
• Experience preparing technical reports and presenting findings to clients and project teams.
• Strong communication and organisational skills.
• Experience working collaboratively across multidisciplinary teams.
• The ability to manage your own workload and contribute to project delivery.
• Experience supporting or mentoring junior colleagues.
• An interest in contributing to business development and growing client relationships.
• A relevant degree and, ideally, membership of the Landscape Institute (LI) or another relevant professional body.

If you’re ready to take the next step in your landscape planning career and want the opportunity to work on varied, high-profile projects within a collaborative multidisciplinary team, 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 professional 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.

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 [email protected] and we will talk to you about how we can support you.