Director - Landscape Planning

We’re looking for an experienced Landscape Planning Director to join our growing Landscape team in London.

This is an exciting opportunity for a senior landscape planning professional to play a leading role in the delivery and growth of our landscape planning and environmental assessment services. You’ll work across a diverse portfolio of projects, providing strategic advice to clients and project teams on landscape planning, development and consenting.

You’ll have the opportunity to work on complex and high-profile projects across the UK, collaborating with specialists across planning, landscape architecture, ecology, environmental planning and wider environmental disciplines.

About The Role:

As a Landscape Planning Director, you’ll provide senior technical and strategic leadership across landscape planning projects, helping clients navigate complex planning and consenting requirements.

Your role will include:

• Leading landscape planning commissions, from project inception through to planning and consenting.
• Providing expert advice on LVIA, landscape planning, landscape strategy and development proposals.
• Supporting major development and infrastructure projects, including projects requiring complex planning and environmental consents.
• Preparing and reviewing technical reports, assessments and landscape planning evidence.
• Working closely with planning, environmental and design teams to develop integrated solutions.
• Building and maintaining strong relationships with clients, stakeholders and external partners.
• Supporting business development, identifying opportunities and contributing to bids and proposals.
• Providing technical leadership, mentoring and developing colleagues within the landscape planning team.
• Representing Stantec at industry events and helping to strengthen our profile within the landscape planning sector.

Your Impact:

You’ll play an important role in shaping how landscape planning is considered across major development and infrastructure projects.

As a senior member of the team, you’ll combine technical expertise with commercial awareness and strong client leadership. You’ll help develop innovative, practical and deliverable solutions that balance development requirements with landscape, environmental and community considerations.

You’ll also have the opportunity to help shape the continued growth of our Landscape Planning capability in London, working alongside colleagues across the UK and wider Stantec business.

About You:

We’re looking for an experienced landscape planning professional with a strong track record of working on complex development or infrastructure projects.

You’ll have:

• Significant professional experience in landscape planning and environmental assessment.
• Strong experience in LVIA and landscape planning advice.
• Experience supporting or leading planning and consenting processes for major development or infrastructure projects.
• A strong understanding of the UK planning system and relevant landscape planning policy and guidance.
• Experience working collaboratively with multidisciplinary project teams.
• Strong technical report writing and presentation skills.
• Proven ability to develop trusted relationships with clients and stakeholders.
• Experience leading projects, managing teams and mentoring less experienced colleagues.
• A commercial mindset, with experience contributing to bids, fee proposals and business development.
• A relevant degree and professional membership of a recognised landscape or environmental body, such as CIEEM, LI or equivalent.
• Most importantly, you’ll be someone who enjoys working collaboratively, sharing expertise and helping to build a successful and growing landscape planning practice.

Why Join Us:

• We put people first: We're proud of our friendly, inclusive and collaborative environment where everyone feels valued and driven to succeed.
• We are driven to achieve: Named in the top 50 companies to work by Glassdoor 2025. Recognised by Corporate Knights as one of the world's top 10 most sustainable companies 2025. Named ‘Best Place to Work’ and ‘International Consulting Firm of the Year’ at the NCE Awards 2024.
• We do what is right: Industry leading training and development as well as paid for professional subscriptions. A professional progression plan, supporting you to become chartered with ICE.
• We are better together: 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)
• Growth: We're on an exciting growth journey across the UK & Ireland - we want you to be part of it!
• Great Benefits: Competitive salary, bonus schemes, enhanced pension plan, annual leave with the option to buy/sell additional days, private medical insurance, group income protection & life assurance included as standard as well as discounted gym membership and lots more.
• Flexible working: Enjoy a healthy work-life balance with our hybrid approach to flexible working.

The Stantec community unites more than 34,000 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 [email protected] and we will talk to you about how we can support you.