Graduate Planner 2024 - Glasgow, United Kingdom - Stantec

Stantec

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Glasgow, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Redefine your personal best
Have you ever thought about joining a Graduate Development Programme where you are part of a global community of 26,000 driven, passionate, and smart professionals?

Our accredited Professional Development Programme sets the standard for training and progression.

You'll have a chance to grow and develop as a future leader and innovator at one of the world's most sustainable corporations that is consistently at the forefront of planning, design and delivery of infrastructure and development in the UK.

Start your journey with us, a top tier global consultancy. Redefine your personal best.

The Opportunity

You will be based in our Glasgow office, part of our wider Northern planning team working alongside colleagues in our Manchester and Edinburgh offices.

You will gain client facing experience from an early stage and benefit from outstanding professional development opportunities in an innovative and exciting multi-disciplinary community.

.As a Graduate Planner, you will develop your planning knowledge and skills by supporting the wider team on a range of projects. You will build close working relationships with a variety of clients including local authorities, property developers and private individuals.

Assisting with technical input into a variety of projects, your duties could include:

Assisting with planning appraisals for a range of projects including nationally significant infrastructure projects in the renewable, residential and commercial sectors.
Provision of development planning support across Stantec.
Research and preparation of evidencebased studies (e.g. employment and housing needs assessments).
Assist with the promotion of a range of development proposals.
Assist with the coordination of project teams and project management, helping project managers to complete their tasks in delivering projects to time and budget.
Assist with conducting research and site appraisals on projects for our client base.
Assist with policy representations.
Provide planning appeal assistance.

About you
You have a desire to learn and you have a passion for town planning and shaping the built environment.

You have strong organisational and communication skills, both verbal and written.

You will be a critical thinker with an eye for detail and a desire to collaborate and build your career within a leading multidisciplinary environment.

The skills and experience we look for in our graduates:

You will have achieved an Honours degree in Planning or related discipline (RTPI accredited)
Any relevant work experience in the development industry across public and/or private sectors would be beneficial but essential.
Finally, you must be eligible to live and work in the UK at the time you start employment.

Step 1. Online Application

Step 2. Online Video Interview and Aptitude Tests

Step 3. Face to Face Interview

Step 4. Offer

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).

About Stantec

Stantec is a top tier global consultancy, the Stantec community unites approximately 26,000 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 deep 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

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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 opportun