Graduate Environmental Planner - Brighton, Reading, Manchester or London - 2026

The Opportunity

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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 Environmental Planner to be based in Brighton, Reading, Manchester or London , joining our 2026 Graduate Programme.

Our Environmental Planning team is seeking graduates with diverse skills and interests to join our growing practice. From day one, you'll be part of a collaborative community of experts, supported and mentored as you develop your career. You'll contribute to high-profile projects, engage with clients and stakeholders, and take on meaningful responsibilities that grow with you.

As a graduate, you'll gain broad experience across a variety of UK-wide schemes. We work across everything from urban residential and strategic land development to large scale infrastructure schemes in the water, energy and transport sectors.

You'll support project delivery, contribute to environmental assessments, and help shape strategies that promote sustainable outcomes. You'll also be encouraged to work towards professional chartership early in your career.

Key Responsibilities May Include:

• Supporting site visits, surveys, and investigations
• Working across statutory and non-statutory impact assessments
• Undertaking desk studies, data analysis and risk assessments
• Identifying environmental risks and proposing effective solutions
• Preparing clear, concise technical reports and planning documents
• Managing small-scale project delivery and budgets
• Contributing to bids, tenders, and client proposals
• Engaging with stakeholders and representing the business at events
• Staying current with environmental legislation and best practices
• Sharing technical knowledge and contributing to team development

At Stantec, you'll benefit from structured career development, a positive learning culture, and access to our Developing Professionals Group (DPG)-a global network that fosters leadership, collaboration, and innovation among early-career professionals.

You'll have opportunities to network with peers, attend knowledge-sharing sessions, and work across multidisciplinary teams to deliver impactful environmental planning solutions.

Our people are fun, collaborative and technically excellent - come and join us.

Take a look at our Environmental service line here:- Environmental Services (stantec.com), and see our Stantec Environmental Career Story here:- My Stantec Story: collaborating for better climate outcomes with Amber Leversedge

About you:

At Stantec, we value your potential over past experience. Along with a minimum of a Bachelor's degree in environmental disciplines such as Environmental Science, Geography, Ecology, Biodiversity, Sustainability, Environmental Health, or related fields. we'd love to receive your application if you are:-

• The Planner: Organising and managing your own activities, dealing effectively with multiple priorities with a structured approach.
• The Adapter: Able to remain calm in new situations, comfortably switching between a variety of dynamic and exciting tasks.
• The Thinker: Evaluating options by understanding context and risks, navigating ambiguity and putting forward your thoughts and ideas.

• The Striver: Exhibiting ownership, consistently delivering on tasks and objectives. You'll be motivated and proactive in your work, having the desire to make a real difference.

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 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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About Stantec

The Stantec community unites more than 32,000 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 are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you require reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process then please inform a member of our Talent Acquisition team.