Graduate Town Planner - Birmingham - 2026

Stantec Consulting International Ltd.; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global consulting firm in Birmingham seeks a Graduate Town Planner to join their 2025 Graduate Programme. The position emphasizes collaboration on various projects and offers ongoing professional development, including full support for professional chartership. Applicants should hold a relevant degree and possess strong skills in perseverance, adaptability, focus, and collaboration. The role includes tasks like conducting site research and managing planning appeals.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Private medical insurance

Holiday buy and sell

Group income protection

Life assurance

Professional progression plan

Collaborative team environment

Qualifications

• Degree in Town Planning or Geography required.
• Strong collaboration skills essential.
• Ability to adapt to changing situations.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to development projects and manage planning appeals.
• Conduct thorough site research.
• Assist with application preparation and community engagement.

Skills

Perseverance

Adaptability

Focus

Collaboration

Eagerness to learn

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Town Planning or Geography

Job description

With every community, Stantec redefines what’s possible.

Application Deadline: Recruitment is ongoing.Please apply as soon as possible as the advert may close once we have sufficient applicants.

Your role:

We are looking for a Graduate Town Planner to be based in Birmingham, joining our 2025 Graduate Programme.

As a Stantec graduate, you will collaborate with your team and wider cohort, developing your town planning expertise within an exciting and creative interdisciplinary environment. You will contribute to a broad range of projects, from initial research and site appraisals to application preparation, community engagement, plan promotion, and planning appeals in the residential, commercial, industrial and mixed-use sectors. You will also assist with project coordination and management, ensuring projects run smoothly.

Our dynamic team is based right in the heart of Birmingham city centre, with easy access to New Street, Moor Street, and Snow Hill stations. As a graduate, you will be working on everything from small-scale developments to large-scale regeneration schemes, assisting with the provision of expert planning advice to our clients. We offer a supportive environment with opportunities for professional development, including full APC support.

In this role, you will contribute to development projects through the Local Development Framework, conducting thorough site research and preparing compelling planning applications and statements. Your role will also involve managing planning appeals, building strong client relationships, and overseeing smaller projects while contributing to larger, complex schemes.

You will join a supportive and successful team with exciting career opportunities, have great client exposure and professional development and work in an innovative and exciting inter-disciplinary environment.

Take a look at our Town Planning business line:-Town Planning (stantec.com), and review the career journey of one of our Town Planners:-My Stantec Story: Building a career in planning with Joseph Lynch

About you:

At Stantec, we value your potential over past experience. Along with your Bachelor’s degree in Town Planning or Geography, we’d love to receive your application if you are:-

• A Perseverer - You stay composed in the face of setbacks, approaching challenges with confidence and determination.

• An Adapter - You’re able to remain calm in new and changing situations, comfortably switching between a variety of dynamic and exciting tasks.

• A Focused Individual - You focus on what matters, tuning out distractions to perform effectively in any situation.

• A Collaborator - You work effectively with lots of different people, considering others’ perspectives to shape better outcomes.

• An Eager Learner - You learn from your experiences and the world around you, using this knowledge to anticipate how situations may unfold.

Please note, we ask our graduates to come into the office 4 days per week, to ensure that you receive sufficient time with your team and receive the appropriate level of support.

What we can offer you:

• A competitive salary
• Private medical insurance
• A range of benefits, including holiday buy and sell, group income protection and life assurance
• Permanent employment contract to demonstrate our commitment to your long-term career at Stantec
• Professional progression plan, supporting you to gain professional chartership
• 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)

Applicants must have an unconditional right to live and work in the UK for an indefinite period without limitation.

Please take a look at our Graduate FAQs (Graduate Application FAQs) if you have any questions. We look forward to receiving your application!

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