Stantec

Comprehensive Planning and Community Engagement Intern

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Overland Park, KS, USA

In-Office

Internship

Other • Real Estate • Consulting

The Role

Supports comprehensive and long-range planning projects for Northeast Kansas communities. Responsibilities include researching and analyzing land use, demographics, housing, transportation, infrastructure, and related topics; assisting with stakeholder outreach, surveys, workshops, and public meetings; and preparing maps, graphics, presentations, meeting materials, summaries, outreach content, and draft plan sections. The intern collaborates remotely with planners, technical specialists, clients, and community partners.

Summary Generated by Built In

Your Opportunity

Are you passionate about helping communities shape their future through thoughtful comprehensive planning and meaningful public engagement? Stantec is seeking a remote Comprehensive Planning and Community Engagement Intern to support communities across northeast Kansas. In this role, you will contribute to community-driven plans that address land use, housing, transportation, economic development, infrastructure, natural resources, resilience, and quality of life while helping create inclusive opportunities for residents and stakeholders to participate in the planning process.

Stantec’s planning team partners with communities of all sizes to create practical, community-supported plans that reflect local priorities and regional context. For communities across Northeast Kanas, our work recognizes the area’s distinctive landscapes, small towns, rural character, economic opportunities, infrastructure needs, and deep community connections. The intern will collaborate remotely with planners, designers, technical specialists, clients, and community partners while gaining hands-on experience in comprehensive planning and public engagement. At Stantec, we design with community in mind, bringing together expertise in planning, engineering, architecture, landscape architecture, environmental sciences, and related disciplines to help communities build a stronger and more resilient future.

Your Key Responsibilities

Support comprehensive and long-range planning projects for communities across the region, helping move assignments from research and early engagement through plan development and final deliverables.
Collect, organize, and analyze information related to land use, demographics, housing, transportation, economic development, infrastructure, natural resources, and community facilities.
Assist with community outreach activities, including stakeholder interviews, focus groups, surveys, public meetings, workshops, open houses, and online engagement designed to reach a broad range of community voices.
Prepare clear, accessible planning content, including meeting materials, summaries, maps, graphics, presentations, outreach materials, and draft plan sections.

Qualifications

Your Capabilities and Credentials

Coursework or experience related to comprehensive planning, long-range planning, land use, rural or small-community planning, zoning, or community development.
Strong research, writing, communication, and technical skills; experience with ArcGIS, data visualization, graphic design, survey tools, or the Adobe Creative Suite is beneficial.
Interest in inclusive planning and an ability to communicate respectfully with residents, local leaders, community organizations, and other stakeholders.
Strong time management, critical thinking, organization, and attention to detail, with the ability to manage assignments and meet deadlines in a remote setting.
Ability to work collaboratively with a distributed team, communicate proactively, and complete tasks independently with appropriate guidance.

Education and Experience

Applicants should be current students of an accredited bachelor’s or master’s degree program in planning, community and regional planning, urban planning, geography, public administration, landscape architecture, or a related field. #Student

This is a remote position. The employee will work primarily from a home-office environment using computers and virtual collaboration tools. Periodic travel within the Northeast Kansas region will be required to support community meetings, workshops, stakeholder engagement, field visits, and other project needs. Travel may include evening meetings and occasional exposure to outdoor elements and inclement weather conditions.

This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.

Stantec is a place where the best and brightest come to build on each other’s’ talents, do exciting work, and make an impact on the world around us. Join us and redefine your personal best.

About the Team

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

Skills Required

Current enrollment in an accredited bachelor's or master's degree program in planning, community and regional planning, urban planning, geography, public administration, landscape architecture, or a related field
Coursework or experience related to comprehensive planning, long-range planning, land use, rural or small-community planning, zoning, or community development
Strong research, writing, communication, and technical skills
Interest in inclusive planning and ability to communicate respectfully with residents, local leaders, community organizations, and stakeholders
Strong time management, critical thinking, organization, and attention to detail
Ability to work collaboratively with a distributed team, communicate proactively, and complete tasks independently
Experience with ArcGIS, data visualization, graphic design, survey tools, or Adobe Creative Suite
Ability to travel periodically within Northeast Kansas, including for community meetings, workshops, stakeholder engagement, and field visits

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HQ: Edmonton, Alberta

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What We Do

We're active members of the communities we serve. That's why at Stantec, we always design with community in mind. The Stantec community unites approximately 22,000 employees working in over 350 locations across six continents. We collaborate across disciplines and industries to bring buildings, energy and resource, environmental, and infrastructure projects to life. Our work—engineering, architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, surveying, environmental sciences, project management, and project economics, from initial project concept and planning through design, construction, and commissioning—begins at the intersection of community, creativity, and client relationships. Our local strength, knowledge, and relationships, coupled with our world-class expertise, have allowed us to go anywhere to meet our clients' needs in more creative and personalized ways. With a long-term commitment to the people and places we serve, Stantec has the unique ability to connect to projects on a personal level and advance the quality of life in communities across the globe.