"Strong communities don’t just happen—they’re creatively imagined, collaboratively planned, and readied to face tomorrow with optimism. At Stantec, 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 Senior Urban Planner for Stantec’s SW Ontario Community Development Team based out of the Waterloo office, you will have the opportunity to lead a range of community-building projects for public and private sector clients. Projects include – developing plans for new communities, mixed-use redevelopment, entitlements (e.g., site plans, zoning and official plan amendments), support to municipalities (e.g., secondary plans, specialized zoning studies and Community Improvement Plans), public consultation, as well as planning support for major transit, public space, urban design and infrastructure projects. As a Senior Urban Planner, you will have an opportunity to be a part of a global practice within Stantec Urban Places Sector that focuses on tackling complex urban challenges and creating exceptional urban places. Urban Places is an interdisciplinary hub comprising planners, urban designers, landscape architects, architects, engineers, climate resiliency specialists – and more – who have extensive experience working together and collaborating to reinvent and reimagine urban places. Everywhere we work — in cities and suburbs alike — we hear from our clients that they need a new approach to the challenges they face — one that’s integrated, innovative and inspired — and our Urban Places team provides just that.
Your Key Responsibilities
Act as a Senior Urban Planner on complex and challenging planning assignments;
Lead or support multi-disciplinary teams of planners, architects, urban designers, landscape architects, engineers
Manage the processing and approval of development applications; including Official Plan Amendments, Zoning Bylaw Amendments, Site Plan Applications, minor variances and consent applications, and Plans of Subdivision;
Utilize your knowledge of provincial and local planning policy in the preparation and management of planning policy studies for public sector clients;
Prepare comprehensive plans and manage complex design projects;
Collaborate with practitioners in other disciplines within Stantec, and/or externally, to deliver high quality deliverables;
Maintain and strengthen client relationships and play a key role in client management and satisfaction;
Manage and organize public consultation programs including making recommendations of key findings to the client;
Plan, schedule, conduct, and coordinate the technical aspects of projects for the team;
Coordinate with clients, agencies and others to obtain and determine project requirements and approvals;
Travel between southwestern Ontario and Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area offices and communities for project coordination, client meetings, team meetings, and other responsibilities;
Act as a mentor to junior level planners and support their career development;
Assist senior leadership in managing and maintaining team workload/backlog, staffing expectations, collaboration with other disciplines and achieving financial performance indicators; and
Lead marketing initiatives including strategic planning, opportunity identification, proposal pursuit and preparation, client liaison, preparation of on-line marketing content and social media monitoring. "
