Graduate Heritage Planner - London - 2025

As a Stantec Graduate in the Heritage team, you will collaborate closely with colleagues and your wider cohort. You will support the team on a wide range of planning-related heritage projects across the UK. This will involve contributing to written documents like heritage statements, impact assessments, and environmental statements. You'll also have the opportunity to visit project sites throughout the country. Your research and analysis skills will be utilised to assess the significance of heritage assets and their surroundings. You will contribute to developing project strategies, identifying potential risks and opportunities related to heritage. Additionally, you'll assist with preparing and submitting Listed Building Consent applications, participate in tender preparations, and liaise with stakeholders like Historic England and Conservation Officers. As you progress, you will start to build relationships with clients and help raise the profile of the Heritage team. Clients include Places for People, major housebuilders and also developers, for example, IM Land and Segro. You will join a supportive team with exciting career opportunities, have great client exposure and professional development and work in an innovative and exciting multi-disciplinary environment. Take a look at Lorraine King (Director of Heritage Planning) here:- Lorraine King (stantec.com), and see our Stantec Career Stories here:- Stantec | Career Stories., Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment, supporting inclusion & diversity . We prohibit discrimination on the grounds of demographic background in any condition of employment. Stantec is in compliance with laws and regulations, and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment. We want to ensure all our applicants have the same opportunity for success. Please inform us of any support/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 (e.g. extra assessment time, special access request etc). Please contact Careers.UK&I@stantec.com and a member of our team will be happy to assist.

At Stantec, we value your potential over past experience. Along with your Bachelor's degree in historic building conservation, architectural history, archaeology or similar, we'd love to receive your application if you are:-

The Stantec community unites more than 31,000 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.

• 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)