Stantec

Senior Regional Planner – Community Development

Stantec

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: San Antonio • Texas • United States

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Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Drive key business development efforts and help secure high-profile pursuits
  • Mentor and inspire emerging planners and designers
  • Foster a collaborative, interdisciplinary culture across planning, landscape architecture, mobility, and resilience teams
  • Serve as a trusted advisor to public- and private-sector clients
  • Build lasting relationships through thoughtful communication, responsiveness, and leadership
  • Direct multidisciplinary teams to deliver complex, impactful planning projects
  • Provide strategic guidance on land use, zoning, mobility, resilience, and sustainable community development
  • Oversee the creation of compelling planning documents, policy reports, and urban design studies
  • Lead inclusive engagement processes that elevate local voices and broaden participation
  • Translate technical analyses into clear, actionable, and inspiring recommendations for diverse audiences

Requirements

  • AICP or related certification strongly preferred
  • Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary teams on large, complex projects
  • Expertise in comprehensive planning, mobility, transit-oriented development (TOD), and resilience
  • Excellent written, verbal, and visual communication skills
  • Proficiency in GIS and Adobe Creative Suite; familiarity with emerging planning tools and technologies
  • Spanish language skills highly desirable
  • Bachelor’s degree in Planning, Urban Design, Landscape Architecture, or a related field required; Master’s degree preferred
  • 8+ years of planning and project management experience
Benefits
  • Regular full-time and part-time employees (working at least 20 hours per week) have access to medical, dental, and vision plans
  • 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
  • Paid family leave
  • Ten paid holidays each calendar year
  • Accrue vacation between 10 and 20 days per year
  • Eligible for paid sick leave
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
comprehensive planningmobilitytransit-oriented developmentresilienceproject managementurban designland usezoningtechnical analysisplanning documentation
Soft Skills
leadershipcommunicationmentoringcollaborationstrategic guidanceresponsivenessinspirationengagementrelationship buildingadvisory skills
Certifications
AICP