Urban Design Director

Urban Design Director

**Location:** Birmingham, GBR

The Opportunity

Are you a masterplanning expert looking to work on projects of the highest quality and make a real difference to the communities around you? Could you lead and grow a team? Are you based in or looking to relocate to Birmingham or the Midlands area? We have an exciting opportunity for an Urban Design Director/Masterplan lead to join our Midlands and West Masterplanning team and to lead our urban design offer in Birmingham whilst contributing to the strategy and growth of the region.

Our multidisciplinary Birmingham office has teams across Urban Design, Town Planning, Landscape, Transport, Water teams, and Engineering. We are conveniently located within the heart of the city center with easy access to public transport including being a short walk from New Street, Moor Street, and Snow Hill Stations.

This is an excellent opportunity to lead and develop a design team whilst contributing to the strategy and growth of our national Design offer and making a real difference to the communities around you. You will be an integral part of our innovative interdisciplinary environment with fantastic progression opportunities. In your local office, there is a well-established Town Planning team who provide excellent cross collaboration and business development opportunities.

About You

• Hold an MA or Postgraduate Diploma in Urban Design with a passion for creating new high-quality and sustainable communities.
• Experience working on large-scale UK residential and mixed-use development masterplans including new settlements and urban extensions in an Urban Design or Masterplanning role.
• Strong attention to detail and the ability to see the bigger picture.
• Proficient in AutoCAD, Adobe Creative Suite, Sketchup, and Microsoft Packages.
• Excellent team working skills with the ability to lead workshops and develop consensus amongst multiple groups of stakeholders.
• Have experience of managing or mentoring junior team members.
• Hold a full UK driving license and have access to a car.

About Stantec

Stantec is a top-tier global consultancy with approximately 28,000 employees working in over 400 locations across 6 continents. With around 3,000 people working in integrated regional teams across the UK and Ireland, we plan, design, deliver, and manage the development and infrastructure needed to support the creation of sustainable, healthy, and prosperous communities. Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibits discrimination on various grounds.

If you are interested in this opportunity, please contact Ruth Hoggett, Talent Acquisition Manager for more details.

*ReqID: 5419*