Urban Planner (Designer)

Stantec’s Buildings team is on a mission to become the world’s leading integrated design practice. Our architects, engineers, interior designers, consultants, sustainability specialists, and technologists are passionate about the power of design. Our collaborative culture and our innovative, sustainable approach to projects help us create buildings that matter to our world. Together, we are enhancing the quality of life globally through design. Join us and design your place with Stantec.

Your Opportunity

Stantec’s San Francisco office is seeking a motivated Campus / Urban Planner to join our Planning team. This role will support planning efforts for college and university campuses, with opportunities to contribute to related urban and community planning projects. The ideal candidate will have an educational background in both planning and design (architecture, landscape architecture, or urban design). Data analytics experience is preferred but not required.

Stantec’s Campus Planning practice is a national leader in higher education planning, delivering projects across a wide range of types and scales, including campus master plans; research, innovation, and medical district plans; and housing and student life studies. The firm also maintains a nationally recognized space analytics practice, providing space utilization and programming studies at the campus and building scales.

Key Responsibilities

• Support planning projects for colleges and universities, including campus master plans, district plans and site studies, as well as specialized planning studies.
• Assist with select urban and community planning projects, particularly those that interface with campus environments.
• Conduct research related to campus and urban planning topics.
• Provide technical support to planning projects, including GIS mapping, data collection and analysis, report writing, and preparation of planning deliverables such as plans, maps, diagrams, and graphics.
• Prepare graphic and written materials, including presentations, reports, and visual communication.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, including planners, architects, landscape architects, urban designers, engineers, and other planning and design professionals.
• Coordinate with campus clients, public agencies, consultants, and other project stakeholders.
• Facilitate campus and community engagement activities, such as workshops, charrettes, and stakeholder meetings.
• Support proposal development and other business development efforts.

Your Capabilities and Credentials

• Professional planning experience ideally in a higher education or institutional context. 
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in collaborative, multidisciplinary teams on planning or design projects.
• Strong work ethic with a high level of organization and attention to detail.
• Proficiency in standard planning and design software tools, including Microsoft Office, InDesign, Adobe Acrobat, and Bluebeam. Additional proficiency in SketchUp, Rhino, Photoshop, Illustrator, and AutoCAD, and working ability with AI tools is preferred. 
• Working knowledge of industry-standard GIS software, such as Esri’s ArcGIS.
• Strong written and verbal communications skills, including ability to prepare clear, concise planning reports and presentations to campus and public audiences.
• Strong graphic skills and ability to assist in the preparation of plan diagrams and graphics, including two- and three-dimensional representations at the campus, district and building scales. 
• Quantitative and data-analytic skills are preferred.

Education and Experience

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Urban Planning, Urban Design, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, or a related field, and a Master’s degree in a related discipline.

Professional certification / licensure or ability to obtain with one or more of the following: AICP, NOMA, AIA, LEED, LEED-ND, Sites AP, or other pertinent credentials.

Minimum of two years of experience in campus planning, urban planning, or related work with a private consulting firms or higher education institution is preferred.

Typical office environment working with computers and remaining sedentary for long periods of time. Field work may include exposure to the elements including inclement weather.

This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.

About Stantec

Stantec is a global leader in sustainable engineering, architecture, and environmental consulting. The diverse perspectives of our partners and interested parties drive us to think beyond what’s previously been done on critical issues like climate change, digital transformation, and future-proofing our cities and infrastructure. We innovate at the intersection of community, creativity, and client relationships to advance communities everywhere, so that together we can redefine what’s possible.