Senior Planner or Planning Associate

Join our growing Town Planning team in Edinburgh!

Are you a talented Senior Planner or Planning Associate looking for your next challenge? We're expanding our highly successful team in the heart of Edinburgh, just a stone's throw from the iconic Edinburgh Castle and excellent transport links. This is a unique opportunity to join one of the city's largest and most dynamic planning teams, contributing to a diverse range of high-profile projects across Scotland.

About the Opportunity

Our Edinburgh office is a hub of expertise, with integrated teams spanning Town Planning, Urban Design, Engineering, Transport, Environmental, Social Value, and Economics. You'll work on exciting projects ranging from large-scale residential and mixed-use developments to energy, commercial, education, and industrial sites. Your work will cover the entire project life cycle, from Development Plan promotion and planning applications to appeals.

We're experiencing significant growth across the Scottish region, and we're looking for passionate individuals to help us develop new opportunities and build on our strong track record.

What You'll Bring

To excel in this role, you'll be:

• MRTPI qualified.

•  Possess strong knowledge of current Scottish planning legislation, ideally with experience in residential and energy developments.

• Experienced in delivering a wide range of planning applications, appeals, and inquiries.

• A collaborative team player, adept at working effectively with colleagues, clients, contacts, and community stakeholders.

• Equipped with excellent technical Planning skills.

• (At Associate level) Proven in shaping, directing, and delivering medium to large-scale projects.

Your Key Responsibilities

As part of our team, you'll be instrumental in:

• Promoting medium to large-scale residential, mixed-use, energy, industrial, education, and other developments (both brownfield and greenfield) through the Local Development Plan process.

• Coordinating subsequent planning applications and appeals.

• Coordinating project teams and managing projects effectively.

• Conducting feasibility and site appraisals for our diverse client base.

• Preparing planning and Statements of Community Engagement when required.

• Supporting the building and maintaining of strong client relationships.

The Stantec community unites more than 31,000 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] and we will talk to you about how we can support you.