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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 Bristol and join our 2026 Graduate Programme.
As a Stantec graduate, you will collaborate with your team and fellow graduates, 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, and environmental sectors. You will also assist with project coordination and management to ensure projects run smoothly.
The Town Planning team primarily focuses on large-scale, complex mixed-use and residential-led developments across the South-West, including new communities, garden villages, regeneration projects, environmental initiatives, and retirement housing schemes. We emphasize interdisciplinary working, offering a real opportunity to develop your understanding and skills across various areas.
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 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 sufficient support and team engagement.
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, demonstrating our commitment to your long-term career at Stantec
* Professional progression plan to support your path to professional chartership
* A supportive and collaborative team environment, including our Early Careers peer group and wider ERG network (Stantec Employee Resource Groups)
Applicants must have the unconditional right to live and work in the UK for an indefinite period without limitation.
Please review our Graduate FAQs if you have any questions. We look forward to receiving your application!
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