Town Planning Director

Are you a Chartered Town Planning Director looking to make a meaningful impact in the Birmingham and wider Midlands market?

We are recruiting a Town Planning Director to join our Birmingham office conveniently located in the heart of the city centre and within easy walking distance of New Street, Moor Street and Snow Hill stations.

If you’re motivated by shaping major development projects, nurturing talented teams, and driving new opportunities for growth and you’re ready for a senior leadership role where your influence genuinely matters, we’d be delighted to hear from you.

About The Team

You’ll be joining an established planning team working on a wide mix of residential, mixed-use, commercial, industrial and employment projects, covering Development Plan promotion, planning applications and appeals. With a strong platform already in place and clear potential for further growth across the Midlands, this role offers the opportunity to contribute to the next chapter of our regional strategy.

Our Planning team thrives on close collaboration with our Design & Masterplanning, Landscape, Transport, Engineering and Environmental specialists. Together, we offer a truly integrated, multidisciplinary approach, bringing diverse expertise around the table from day one to create smarter, more deliverable and better-designed outcomes for our clients and communities.

About You

You will be a Chartered Town Planner operating at Director level, or an experienced Associate Director ready to step up, with a blend of strong technical planning expertise and a commercially focused approach. A solid understanding of the Birmingham/Midlands market is key, ideally built through experience within a consultancy or private sector setting.

Experience of Local Plan Examinations, planning appeals and inquiries is welcomed, and we’re open to applicants from a range of planning backgrounds that complement our existing strengths.

You’ll play a key part in guiding and mentoring colleagues, contributing to a stable, collaborative, and supportive team environment. You’ll also work closely with the leadership team to help shape the region’s business development strategy.

Benefits

• Our People Culture: We're a close-knit team and very proud of our friendly and collaborative environment
• Great Benefits: Competitive salary, pension plan, holidays, free private medical insurance, discounted gym membership and lots more.
• Flexible / hybrid working arrangements
• Great projects and frameworks
• Industry leading training and development as well as paid for professional subscriptions

Equal Employment Opportunity

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.

Building an inspired, inclusive work environment that attracts, supports, and develops world-class talent is a crucial key to our success. If you are excited by this role but worry that your experience doesn’t exactly align, we encourage you to apply.

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