Strong communities don’t just happen. They’re thoughtfully planned and future-ready. We bring life to urban downtowns, suburban hubs, small towns, and rural areas through master-planned communities, mixed-use developments, parks, and recreation facilities. The result: vibrant economic centers, resilient neighborhoods, and welcoming places that feel like home.
If you’re passionate about empowering communities, join us to discover a career with endless opportunities to make communities more equitable, resilient, and livable.
Your Opportunity
As a Community Planner you will have the opportunity to work on a diversity of projects such as community, land use and regional plans, zoning bylaw and development process reviews, master plans for new neighbourhoods, community and stakeholder engagement on a variety of topics, and helping communities plan for climate change and increase resiliency. In Stantec’s Vancouver office, our planning team works with our multi-disciplinary teams on engineering, architectural and environmental projects. We work with different communities, Indigenous, provincial and territorial governments, businesses, utilities, and non-government organizations across BC and the North.
Your Key Responsibilities
Works with multi-disciplinary teams on a wide range of planning related projects across BC and the North.
Plans, schedules, conducts, and coordinates the technical aspects of assigned projects.
Performs research on projects as required to provide background information and identify options.
Supports comprehensive planning and development projects, including Official Community Plans, Zoning Bylaws, Master Plans, Development Permits, redevelopment and neighborhood plans and strategies, and municipal policy projects.
Support private-sector clients in moving their land development projects through the approval process.
Supports business development and marketing initiatives including proposal pursuit and preparation, preparation of on-line marketing content and social media monitoring.
Develops high quality reports, policies, and presentations.
Plans and facilitates public engagement on a wide range of topics using different techniques.
Communicates effectively with clients to resolve technical project issues, present and explain reports and designs and provide service to meet client’s goals.
Manages projects and teams and coordinates work within defined project scopes, budgets and schedules.
Performs other duties of a similar nature and level as assigned.
