Landscape Planning | Expression of Interest

Join Our Landscape Planning Talent Network

Are you passionate about landscape planning, landscape and visual impact assessment, and shaping sustainable places? We’re building our Landscape Planning Talent Network and would love to hear from talented Landscape Architects and Landscape Planners from Senior level through to Associate Director and Director level.

Do you want to work on some of the UK's most exciting development and infrastructure projects, influence how places evolve, and help create sustainable, resilient environments for future generations? If so, Stantec wants to hear from you.

Our Landscape Architecture team plays a key role in shaping places through landscape-led thinking, strategic planning and environmental assessment. You'll have the opportunity to work across all stages of the planning process, helping clients unlock development opportunities while enhancing landscape character, biodiversity and community value.

• Urban regeneration and town centre renewal.
• New settlements and strategic master planning.
• Tall buildings and city-shaping developments.
• Residential and mixed-use developments.
• Commercial and employment-led schemes.
• Infrastructure and energy projects.

We’re looking for creative and commercially aware Landscape Architects and Landscape Planners who are passionate about delivering high-quality work and making a positive impact. Ideally, you’ll have experience in some of the following areas:

• Landscape and Visual Impact Assessments (LVIA).
• Townscape and Visual Impact Assessments (TVIA).
• Preliminary landscape and visual appraisals.
• Strategic green infrastructure planning.
• Landscape capacity, sensitivity and character assessments.
• Green Belt and Strategic Gap assessments.
• Landscape-led master planning and strategic design input.
• Contributions to Design Codes, Design and Access Statements and Vision Documents.

You may already be Chartered through the Landscape Institute (CMLI) or be progressing through the Pathway to Chartership (P2C). Support and mentoring will be provided for those working towards chartership.

If your experience doesn’t tick every box, we still encourage you to apply – we hire people, not checklists.

Great talent doesn’t always wait for the perfect vacancy and neither do we. If you’re excited about working with us, we’d love to hear from you. While there may not be an immediate opportunity available, we’re always looking to connect with talented landscape professionals and build our pipeline for future roles.

• People culture: We’re proud of our friendly, inclusive and collaborative environment where everyone feels valued and driven to succeed.
• Award winning workplace: 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.
• 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.
• Professional development: Industry leading training and development as well as paid for professional subscriptions.

Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibits 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.

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  and we will talk to you about how we can support you.