Grounded in safety, quality, and ethics, our experts lead their fields with dedication, a creative spirit, and a vision for growth. We draw from more than 20 technical specialties worldwide and are devoted to fostering a community of diverse talents, backgrounds, and expertise. Here, you can apply your passion and collaborate with top environmental professionals on work that’s vital to our clients and the communities they serve.

Join a team that’s naturally committed to the environment.

Your Opportunity

We’re looking for a Senior Planner who thrives at the intersection of urban planning and environmental policy, someone who can manage or support the preparation of NEPA documents (EISs, EAs, CEs) and contribute to urban and regional planning projects. You’ll lead or support projects that range from transportation and infrastructure planning to NEPA environmental review. This is a unique opportunity for a planner with a NEPA background who wants to expand into pre-NEPA infrastructure planning or an urban planner who’s ready to deepen their impact through environmental compliance. You’ll be joining a collaborative team of planners, engineers, scientists, and designers working on transformative projects across the Southeast and beyond.

This position is located in Tennessee and seeking individuals within a reasonable distance to Nashville, Knoxville or Chattooga.

Key Responsibilities

Manage planning projects, supporting all aspects of a project, including client contact, budget control and invoicing, schedule, personnel allocation/planning, public interest facilitation, and technical approach and subcontractor involvement.
Contribute to urban planning projects including comprehensive plans, corridor studies, land use planning, and community engagement.
Prepare and review technical reports, planning documents, and visual materials (maps, graphics, presentations).
Provide quality assurance and quality control for all final products to ensure technical accurateness and regulatory compliance.
Coordinate with clients, agencies, and stakeholders to ensure regulatory compliance and community alignment.
Manage or support public engagement strategies, including workshops, charrettes, and digital outreach.
Support proposal development and business development efforts across planning and environmental services.

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

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Senior Planner (Environmental & Urban Planning)

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