Graduate Urban Designer 2024

1 week ago


Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom Stantec Full time

Redefine your personal best
Have you ever thought about joining a Graduate Development Programme where you are part of a global community of 26,000 driven, passionate, and smart professionals?

Our accredited Professional Development Programme sets the standard for training and progression.

You'll have a chance to grow and develop as a future leader and innovator at one of the world's most sustainable corporations that is consistently at the forefront of planning, design and delivery of infrastructure and development in the UK and Ireland.

Start your journey with us, a top tier global consultancy. Redefine your personal best.

The Opportunity


This role is to be based in our legacy Barton Willmore Urban Design and Masterplanning team, based in our Edinburgh office.

You will be part of a thriving inter-disciplinary office environment planning and delivering projects from within a supportive team environment with exciting career opportunities.

You will have client exposure, enjoy outstanding professional development, and gain exposure to an innovative and exciting inter-disciplinary environment.

We believe that it is our people and their individual talents that make us special.

We work within a friendly, inclusive, and supportive culture and one of high support and high challenge, where we are not afraid to take on new and greater responsibilities and are each individually encouraged to grow and flourish both personally and professionally, with genuine career opportunities based on merit.

We create a working environment that offers flexibility, adopting a hybrid approach to agile working and offer a wide range of benefits including a generous pension scheme, life assurance, private health care and a flexi-benefits package allowing you to choose benefits that are truly valuable to you, including the opportunity to buy and sell holiday.


About you

To have an impact in the role you will:

  • Work collaboratively within your team and across the Graduate cohort
  • Develop Masterplanning technical knowledge and awareness of other Stantec disciplines and services
  • Have good working knowledge of AutoCAD, Sketchup, Photoshop, InDesign and Revit
  • Support with the preparation of baseline site and context analysis, including photographic surveys of sites and their surrounding areas
  • Assist with preparing designs, drawings and illustrations
  • Produce early stage concept design options to a specific brief as required
  • Assist with the coordination of project teams and project management, helping project leads to complete their tasks in delivering projects to time and budget
  • Seek opportunities to grow your own network internally and externally

To succeed in the role, it is likely that you will:

  • Have a relevant degree
  • Have a relevant postgraduate qualification (Urban Design Masters or PG Diploma)
  • Have relevant industry experiences and good knowledge of Masterplanning
  • Be committed to continuing your professional development with a willingness to learn and progress
  • Have excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Be personable and professional with high levels of motivation, ambition and drive
  • Have excellent teamworking skills
  • Be commercially minded and take on personal responsibility
  • Be committed and have an eye for detail
  • Have an ability to manage your own time and workload
  • Be proficient with Microsoft Office Suite

Step 1. Online Application

Step 2. Online Video Interview and Aptitude Tests

Step 3. Face to Face Interview

Step 4. Offer

Reasonable adjustments
We are an inclusive employer and want to ensure all our applicants have the same opportunity for success.

Please inform us of any support or 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 (for example extra assessment time, visual adjustment, special access request).


To be considered for this role, please ensure that you attach a design portfolio under the 'Cover Letter' section.

About Stantec
Stantec is a top-tier global consultancy that designs with communities in mind. The Stantec community unites approximately 26,000 employees, working in over 400 locations across 6 continents.

We have been working with our clients and communities in the UK for over 150 years.

With around 3,000 people working in integrated regional teams across the UK & Ireland, 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 client's vision into valued consents, deliverable plans for projects and programmes, and efficient designs for delivery, based on technical excellence and comprehensive market insight.

We deal with today's challenges but also keep
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