Graduate Urban Designer - Reading - 2026

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Application Deadline: Recruitment is ongoing.Please apply as soon as possible as the advert may close once we have sufficient applicants.

Your role:

We are looking for a Graduate Urban Designer to be based in Reading, joining our 2026 Graduate Programme.

As a Stantec graduate, you will collaborate with your team and fellow graduates, developing your urban design and masterplanning expertise within an exciting and creative interdisciplinary environment. You will contribute to a broad range of projects, includingmedium and large scale residential and mixed-use development masterplans and layouts for UK projects. You will gain proficiency in AutoCAD, Adobe Creative Suite, Sketchup and Microsoft Packages.

As a collaborative team member, you will develop your understanding of masterplanning and urban design principles, whilst delivering high-quality designs across various applications, conducting site analysis, producing design materials, and contributing to early-stage planning and project management.

Take a look at our Urban Design business line:- Masterplanning & Urban Design () , and review the career journey of our people:- Stantec Career Stories

About you:

At Stantec, we value your potential over past experience. Along with your Bachelor's or Master's degree in Urban Design, we'd love to receive your application if you are:-

• AnAdapter - You're able to remain calm in new and changing situations,comfortably switching between a variety of dynamic and exciting tasks.

• APerseverer - You stay composed in the face of setbacks, approachingchallenges with confidence and determination.

• AnEager Learner - You learn from your experiences and the world aroundyou, using this knowledge to anticipate how situations may unfold.

• ACollaborator - You work effectively with lots of different people,considering others' perspectives to shape better outcomes.

• AProblem-Solver - You love to give your thoughts based on what you see,being unafraid to challenge conventional thinking.

Please note, we ask our graduates to come into the office 4 days per week, to ensure that you receive sufficient time with your team and receive the appropriate level of support.

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 )

Applicants must have an unconditional right to live and work in the UK for an indefinite period without limitation.

Please take a look at our Graduate FAQs ( Graduate Application FAQs ) if you have any questions. We look forward to receiving your application!