Are you keen to play a critical role in helping the country meet Net Zero targets? Are you passionate about the Environment and want to work for one of the most sustainable organisations in the world?

Our growing Environmental Planning team has an exciting opportunity for a talented, commercially minded and experienced Senior or Associate Environmental Planner to join them as part of the team’s ongoing growth strategy. We have a growing pipeline of complex projects in Infrastructure sector (consisting of primarily DCO projects in the energy, water and transportation sectors, which will be critical for the UK to meet its Net Zero targets and boost the economy) and also the the Town and Country Planning regime.

We can therefore offer you an exciting opportunity, with lots of variety to help both develop and deliver opportunities and build on the team’s success to date. This is a great opportunity to raise your own profile and that of the team, by establishing, building and maintaining client relationships and to play an integral supporting role in the management and development of the team.

We are flexible on office location, but ideal locations include; Leeds, Warrington, London, Bristol, Birmingham and Cambridge.

About you

You will have excellent technical knowledge and understanding of environmental impact assessment best practice and the ways in which this applies to the UK Planning system. You will have proven experience of all stages of the EIA process and post-submission/determination.

Within this role, you will:

• Manage and co-ordinate Environmental Impact Assessments and associated processes for a range of developments including large Development Consent Order (DCO) and Town and Country Planning Act (TCPA) projects;

• Produce documents, letters and reports for all stages of the EIA process (including Scoping and Preliminary Environmental Information), and other related assessment work, from inception through to completion;

• Be involved in/manage the EIA process from inception to completion, including instructing junior staff to prepare the ES introductory and concluding chapters and Non-Technical Summary;

• Attend project meetings and support with help lead EIA team meetings;

• Review ES technical chapters and deliver the project to programme and budget;

• Assist with the mentoring and development of junior team members locally and within the national team

We believe that it is our people and their individual talents that make us special. We work within a friendly, inclusive, and supportive culture and one of high support and high challenge, where we are not afraid to take on new and greater responsibilities and are each individually encouraged to grow and flourish both personally and professionally, with genuine career opportunities based on merit. We create a working environment that offers flexibility, adopting a hybrid approach to agile working and offer a wide range of benefits including a generous pension scheme, life assurance, private healthcare and a flexi-benefits package allowing you to choose benefits that are truly valuable to you, including the opportunity to buy and sell holiday.

For more information, please contact Ruth Hoggett (Talent Acquisition Manager).

Reasonable adjustments

We are an inclusive employer and want to ensure all our applicants have the same opportunity for success. Please inform us of any support or reasonable adjustment you may need as a result of a disability, long term health condition, neurodiversity or other personal circumstances, to enable you to perform to the best of your ability during the recruitment process (for example extra assessment time, visual adjustment, special access request).

Please contact a member of our talent team if reasonable adjustments are required. Our email is Careers.UK&I@stantec.com and a member of our team will be happy to assist.

About Stantec

Stantec is a top-tier global consultancy that designs with communities in mind. The Stantec community unites approximately 28,000 employees, working in over 400 locations across 6 continents.

We have been working with our clients and communities in the UK for over 150 years. With around 3,000 people working in integrated regional teams across the UK & Ireland, 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 client’s vision into valued consents, deliverable plans for projects and programmes, and efficient designs for delivery, based on technical excellence and comprehensive market insight.

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.

For more information on Stantec UK Inclusion & Diversity approach please visit:

Inclusion & Diversity (stantec.com)

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