Job Description

Senior Urban Planner - ( 230001TM )

Description

Strong communities don\'t just happen-they\'re built. They\'re creatively imagined, collaboratively planned, and readied to face tomorrow with optimism. We\'re driving the future of Community Development. Our experts lead their fields, collaborating on projects that are as technically challenging as they are impactful, creative, and fulfilling. We\'re a place where you can apply your passion-and find endless opportunities to help make communities more equitable, resilient, and livable.

Your Opportunity

As a Senior Urban Planner within our Community Development team based in our Vancouver office, you will have the opportunity to work on projects in the private and public sectors such as redevelopment plans, new community and town centre plans, streetscape and infrastructure projects. The role spans a broad range of disciplines and would suit an individual with a strong background in urban design and city-building. Your focus in this role will be ensuring consistent and high-quality deliverables and bringing your subject matter expertise to inform and offer value to our clients and your Stantec colleagues. As a top ten global design firm of 27,000 person, the business and career opportunities within Stantec are extensive worldwide. While you will be part of this larger team, your work will primarily be based within a collaborative planning and design team serving our British Columbia market.

Your Key Responsibilities

Design/planning tasks: development of preliminary concepts into workable and approvable plans including collaboration with lead designers, engaging with other disciplines, client interaction, design analysis and statistics, proof of concept analysis, and guidance of design rationale across a project team.

Reporting tasks: writing and contributing to design briefs, reports, and presentations in support of project reviews and approvals.

Support complex and comprehensive planning and development projects, including Master Plans , Development Permits, redevelopment and neighborhood plans and strategies, and municipal policy projects from an urban design perspective.

Support business development and marketing initiatives including strategic planning, opportunity identification, proposal pursuit and preparation, client liaison, preparation of on-line marketing content and social media monitoring.

Maintain and strengthen client relationships and play a key role in client management and satisfaction.

Interface directly with clients and provide clear, well-articulated and solution-oriented recommendations; and

Demonstrate active coaching skills when interacting with other team members.

Qualifications

Your Capabilities and Credentials

Ability to action and deliver design projects with a high level of independence.

Comprehensive understanding of urban design principles specifically as it relates to city-building and placemaking, climate change and resilience, emerging innovations, and development economics.

Strong understanding and working knowledge of built form typologies, building structures and requirements, parking, vertical circulation, and general construction methods for mixed-use, residential and commercial uses.

Strong communication, negotiation, interpersonal and time management skills with the ability to function in a high volume, challenging environment.

Experience engaging with, and presenting before clients, Design and Planning Commissions and Councils.

Project budgeting, time and workflow management skills an asset.

Highly effective in collaborating on multi-discipline teams on complex projects.

Able to proactively identify potential problems and risks and to develop and articulate potential solutions, explorations and innovations, particularly in client meetings and engagement.

Highly effective in building and maintaining client relationships.

Strong skills in Microsoft Office, skills in other software such as Adobe Creative Suite, CAD, SketchUp, and other creative applications are an asset.

Education and Experience

Bachelor\'s or Master\'s degree or equivalent experience in Urban Design, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and/or Planning with a minimum 10 years of experience.

Typical office environment working with computers. Some travel may be required to attend meetings with clients and review agencies. May occasionally visit study areas, construction sites and/or be exposed to outside elements and inclement weather conditions.

This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.

Stantec is a place where the best and brightest come to build on each other\'s talents, do exciting work, and make an impact on the world around us. Join us and redefine your personal best.

Benefits Summary: Full-time and part-time employees will have access to health, dental, and vision plans, a well-being program, health care spending account, wellness spending accounts, group registered retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase program, group tax-free savings account, life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, short-term/long-term disability plans, emergency travel benefits, tuition reimbursement, professional membership fee coverage, and paid time off.

Temporary/casual employees will have access to group registered retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase program, and group tax-free savings account.

Primary Location : Canada-British Columbia-Vancouver

Organization : BC-1158 Transpt-CA British Columbia

Employee Status : Regular

Job Level : Manager

Travel : Yes, 10 % of the Time

Schedule : Full-time

Job Posting : Apr 19, 2023, 10:47:03 PM

Req ID: 230001TM

Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, protected veteran status, 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 local, state and federal laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment. EEO including Disability/Protected Veterans

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