Junior Urban Planner

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

Stantec's Washington, DC office is looking for a motivated Urban Planner with community planning experience to come join our dynamic Community Development team. The ideal candidate will come with a background of supporting planning efforts that aim to create livable, walkable places that mitigate climate change and promote diversity and inclusion. Stantec’s Urban Places practice is a national leader in Suburban Retrofit and Downtown Revitalization, and our growing National Capital Region planning and urban design team is strongly engaged in these practices at the metropolitan and national levels.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Participate in community planning, corridor planning, comprehensive planning and similar efforts (“planning projects”) carried out mostly on behalf of local jurisdictions.
• Provide technical support to planning projects, including GIS mapping, urban design, report writing, data collection and analysis, and production of planning documents, including reports, maps, plans, and infographics.
• Interface with clients, government agencies, and other stakeholders.
• Conduct research regarding planning policy, land use, and socioeconomic topics.
• Communicate with other multidisciplinary team members on relevant aspects of projects.
• Assist with facilitation of public engagement events.
• Assist with the preparation of proposals and other business development activities.

Your Capabilities and Credentials

• Working knowledge of urban planning, including land use, urban design, social and cultural dimensions, and regulatory frameworks.
• Demonstrated ability to work well in groups of professionals developing community plans and other urban development studies.
• Strong work ethic and high level of organization in the workplace.
• Working knowledge of industry-standard GIS software such as Esri’s ArcGIS.
• Proficiency in standard urban planning software tools such as the Microsoft Office suite, InDesign, and Adobe Acrobat. Additional proficiency in SketchUp, Rhino, Photoshop, Illustrator, and/or AutoCAD is preferred.
• Presentation skills to speak to audiences ex. the public, business and municipal councils.
• Ability to prepare urban design plans and graphics, including two-dimensional and three-dimensional renderings of proposed projects at the parcel, district or city levels.
• Ability to write planning reports.
• Ability to manage databases in Microsoft Access or similar software and carry out analysis on such databases is preferred but not required.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Urban Planning or Urban Design; Master's degree in relevant field is considered an asset.
• Minimum of 2 (two) years’ experience in urban planning with private consulting firms and/or local jurisdictions is preferred.

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.

Pay Range:

• Locations in WA, DC & Various CA, MA areas-$71,600.00 - $100,300.00 Annually

Pay Transparency: In compliance with pay transparency laws, pay ranges are provided for positions in locations where required. Please note, the final agreed upon compensation is based on individual education, qualifications, experience, and work location. At Stantec certain roles are bonus eligible. Actual compensation for part-time roles will be pro-rated based on the agreed number of working hours per week.

Benefits Summary: Regular full-time and part-time employees (working at least 20 hours per week) have access to medical, dental, and vision plans, a wellness program, health saving accounts, flexible spending accounts, 401(k) plan, employee stock purchase program, life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, short-term/long-term disability plans, emergency travel benefits, tuition reimbursement, professional membership fee coverage and paid family leave. Regular full-time and part-time employees will receive ten paid holidays in each calendar year. In addition, employees will be eligible to accrue vacation between 10 and 20 days per year and eligible for paid sick leave (and if more generous, in accordance with state and local law).

Temporary/casual employees have access to 401(k) plans, employee stock purchase program, and paid leave, in accordance with state and local law.

The benefits information listed above may not apply to union positions because benefits for such positions are governed by applicable collective bargaining agreements

Primary Location: United States | DC | Washington

Organization: 2104 CommDev-US Northeast-Washington DC

Employee Status: Regular

Travel: No

Schedule: Full time

Job Posting: 12/01/2026 04:01:00

Req ID: 1003652

Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, job training, terminations or any other condition of employment. Stantec is in compliance with laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment. At Stantec we are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you require reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process then please inform a member of our Talent Acquisition team.