Graduate - Environmental Planning & Advisory - Taunton - 2027
Added 25 Aug · still live
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Salary
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£41,700
Going rate
Skilled Worker going rate
This role likely qualifies for a Skilled Worker visa
SOC 2152 (85% match) is an eligible occupation, with a going rate of £41,700, and Stantec is a licensed sponsor. That is our reading of the rules. Whether they issue a Certificate of Sponsorship is still their call.
About the role
The Opportunity
With Every Community, Stantec Redefines What’s Possible.
Application Deadline: Recruitment is ongoing. Please apply as soon as possible as the advert may close once we have sufficient applicants.
The Opportunity
Join our 2027 Graduate Programme as a Graduate-Environmental Planning & Advisory in our Taunton office, where you will be part of a multidisciplinary Environmental Services team.
About The Role
As a Graduate-Environmental Planning & Advisory, you will work alongside our ambitious Environmental team and closely with prestigious clients in the regulated water and energy sectors. You will contribute to developing innovative, sustainable, and efficient solutions that meet client needs and support a greener future, working on high-profile projects that provide plenty of scope for long-term career progression.
Your Core Responsibilities Will Include
With Every Community, Stantec Redefines What’s Possible.
Application Deadline: Recruitment is ongoing. Please apply as soon as possible as the advert may close once we have sufficient applicants.
The Opportunity
Join our 2027 Graduate Programme as a Graduate-Environmental Planning & Advisory in our Taunton office, where you will be part of a multidisciplinary Environmental Services team.
About The Role
As a Graduate-Environmental Planning & Advisory, you will work alongside our ambitious Environmental team and closely with prestigious clients in the regulated water and energy sectors. You will contribute to developing innovative, sustainable, and efficient solutions that meet client needs and support a greener future, working on high-profile projects that provide plenty of scope for long-term career progression.
Your Core Responsibilities Will Include
- Conducting environmental impact assessments (EIAs) and contributing to EIA screening, scoping, and environmental statements.
- Carrying out environmental management studies, compliance audits, and sustainability reviews across project lifecycles.
- Preparing environmental planning reports, statements, and appraisals to support regulatory approvals.
- Instrumental in managing environmental constraints, sustainability risks, and mitigation strategies across diverse projects.
- Working closely with senior team members, external clients, and statutory bodies across the regulated water and energy sectors.
- Integrating environmental considerations with engineering, planning, and design teams to deliver net-zero and sustainable solutions.
, Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM), or the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI).
Your Impact
In this role, you will be at the forefront of embedding sustainability and environmental best practice into major UK infrastructure. Supporting high-profile projects across the regulated water and energy sectors, your environmental assessments and management plans will directly contribute to climate resilience and pollution prevention. Working alongside senior specialists and clients, your daily efforts will help drive net-zero goals, safeguard natural capital, and create sustainable outcomes for communities.
Take a look at one of our projects here: Riverside Energy Park & check out our water business line here: Water (stantec.com)
About You
At Stantec, we value your potential over past experience. Along with a Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Management, Environmental Impact Assessment, Environmental Science, or Environmental Planning that is accredited by a relevant professional body (CIWEM, IEMA, or RTPI), you will be:
Your Impact
In this role, you will be at the forefront of embedding sustainability and environmental best practice into major UK infrastructure. Supporting high-profile projects across the regulated water and energy sectors, your environmental assessments and management plans will directly contribute to climate resilience and pollution prevention. Working alongside senior specialists and clients, your daily efforts will help drive net-zero goals, safeguard natural capital, and create sustainable outcomes for communities.
Take a look at one of our projects here: Riverside Energy Park & check out our water business line here: Water (stantec.com)
About You
At Stantec, we value your potential over past experience. Along with a Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Management, Environmental Impact Assessment, Environmental Science, or Environmental Planning that is accredited by a relevant professional body (CIWEM, IEMA, or RTPI), you will be:
- A Perseverer - You stay composed in the face of setbacks, approaching challenges with confidence and determination.
- An Adapter - You’re able to remain calm in new and changing situations, comfortably switching between a variety of dynamic and exciting tasks.
- A Focused Individual - You focus on what matters, tuning out distractions to perform effectively in any situation.
- A Collaborator - You work effectively with lots of different people, considering others’ perspectives to shape better outcomes.
- An Eager Learner - You learn from your experiences and the world around you, using this knowledge to anticipate how situations may unfold.
Applicants must have an unconditional right to live and work in the UK for an indefinite period without limitation.
Why Join Us?
What We Can Offer You
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About Stantec
The Stantec community unites more than 34,000 employees working in over 450 locations across 6 continents. We have been working with our clients and communities in the UK for over 150 years. 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 clients’ vision into valued consents, deliverable plans for projects and programmes, and efficient designs for delivery, based on technical excellence and deep market insights. We deal with today’s challenges, but also keep a fairer, better tomorrow in sight, looking at how we deliver clean growth, support radical changes in our economy and meet the needs of future communities.
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 opportun
Why Join Us?
What We Can Offer You
- A competitive salary
- Private medical insurance
- A range of benefits, including holiday buy and sell, group income protection and life assurance
- Permanent employment contract to demonstrate our commitment to your long-term career at Stantec
- Professional progression plan, supporting you to gain professional chartership
- A supportive and collaborative team environment and Early Careers peer group and wider ERG network (see more on our ERGs here: Stantec Employee Resource Groups )
#StantecNextGen #StantecCareers #UKGraduate
About Stantec
The Stantec community unites more than 34,000 employees working in over 450 locations across 6 continents. We have been working with our clients and communities in the UK for over 150 years. 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 clients’ vision into valued consents, deliverable plans for projects and programmes, and efficient designs for delivery, based on technical excellence and deep market insights. We deal with today’s challenges, but also keep a fairer, better tomorrow in sight, looking at how we deliver clean growth, support radical changes in our economy and meet the needs of future communities.
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 opportun
ities 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.
At Stantec we want you to perform your best at every stage of the recruitment process and are committed to ensuring it is accessible to all. If you need any support or require adjustments to be made, then please contact [email protected] and we will talk to you about how we can support you.
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.
At Stantec we want you to perform your best at every stage of the recruitment process and are committed to ensuring it is accessible to all. If you need any support or require adjustments to be made, then please contact [email protected] and we will talk to you about how we can support you.
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Where this offer sits in the market
SOC 2152 · UK · ONS ASHE 2025 · ~39k in sampleP25 £33kP75 £52k
£27kmedian £43kgoing rate £42k£52k
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