Principal Civil Engineer - Water

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Across the entire business, we’re building on top of what’s already been a highly successful period of growth. Our strategy within the Water division for 2025 and beyond is creating a number of new exciting opportunities across the business. We partner with the top water clients across the south region and the UK, work on some of the largest, most iconic water projects in the industry, and we promise to design with community in mind by reducing environmental impacts and improving social impacts.

We enable the delivery of sustainable development and infrastructure projects that adapt to and mitigate the effects of climate change. Within the High Wycombe, Reading, and London teams, we are supporting our clients in delivering projects across Water and Wastewater treatment, Water and wastewater networks, Storm Water overflows, and urban drainage.

We have a diverse and challenging pipeline across the project lifecycle ranging from asset planning/strategy, concept design, outline design, and detailed design. Our partnership with contractor partners gives us the opportunity to work on major Design and Build projects. Our team also has the opportunity to support our colleagues across the country and become part of the UK-wide team, redefining our landscape with sustainability, the environment, and the communities we serve at the heart of everything we do.

About the Role

To continue solving challenging problems and delivering high-level expertise, we are looking for a Principal Civil Engineer who enjoys working on exciting and impactful projects to join our team in High Wycombe, Reading, and London. You’ll be responsible for leading the project’s civil engineering design and working alongside our overall project design leads to ensure successful project delivery and outcomes for our client.

You will take responsibility for the leadership and mentoring of engineers within the project and support the leadership of the civil engineering wider team. You will also have access to Stantec’s world-class expertise to help you deliver cutting-edge design.

About You

We are interested in speaking with passionate engineers with extensive design experience within the UK water industry. You will be degree qualified (or equivalent) in Civil Engineering or other relevant subject and ideally hold a professional qualification (i.e., Chartered or Incorporated member) with a relevant professional body such as ICE or CIWEM.

You’ll have a passion for the water and environment sector and supporting our developing civil engineers. You’ll also be experienced in successful project delivery and working collaboratively with project teams to develop innovative solutions. Finally, you will have experience of working in a client-facing role, leading client engagement and collaboration on a regular basis.

Why Join Us

This is an exciting time to join Stantec, with the opportunity to tackle challenging new projects across the region and growth plans extending throughout the AMP cycle. In addition, all employees have access to our company-wide benefits, including:

  • Individualised development plan alongside company-wide org structure highlighting pathway for progression, ensuring you always know where your career is heading
  • Private medical insurance, group income protection, and life assurance included as standard
  • Flexi-working and hybrid working pattern to help you find the right work-life balance for you
  • Lucrative employee referral scheme
  • Culture of inclusivity, where we celebrate diversity and put “doing what’s right” at the forefront of everything we do
  • Award-winning consultancy with a commitment to achieving our ambitious environmental goals

Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibits discrimination on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.

We are committed to ensuring it is accessible to all. If you need any support or require adjustments to be made, then please contact careers.uk@stantec.com, and we will talk to you about how we can support you.

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Location:
Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
Salary:
£100,000 - £125,000
Job Type:
FullTime
Category:
Engineering

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