Overview

Stantec seeks an experienced consultant to join our busy Flood and Water Management team. This position would ideally be based from our Reading office, but we would consider other locations for the right candidate. This is a key role within our team with ample scope to grow and develop your personal profile and learn new skills along the way.

We work with an excellent range of public and private clients across the UK. Our client-focused approach has enhanced our reputation as a leading infrastructure and development consultancy. We are actively recruiting to support our growing water management groups.

Our work covers a wide range of sectors and technical disciplines. Depending on your skills and interests, you will engage in projects ranging from policy and modelling-based assessments to the detailed design of flood management and river restoration schemes. Our primary interest is someone who can support our existing river restoration and development projects.

Ideally, you will have a background in geomorphology or flood risk. Your main tasks will include providing support to our Water Management Team and Project Directors, developing your role as a principal consultant. You will have responsibility to lead the whole project lifecycle from initial enquiry through to successful delivery, and manage other team members as well as wider relationships across the business. You will also provide support to our eco-services sector, delivering fluvial audits, river restoration and geomorphology assessments, and will support on some WFD Assessments, EIA, flood risk assessments, drainage designs, and option reporting for all types and scales of projects, liaising with design teams and client representatives.

Our projects range from river restoration schemes, habitat creation, flood risk assessments, and flood alleviation for public and private sector clients. You will, therefore, have an interest in enhancing the water environment, flood risk, and river engineering projects, with a focus on delivering a client-focused service.

For the right candidate, we can tailor a role to suit your experience and aspirations. We offer a competitive benefits package, a strong culture of learning and development, and a great environment to work in. There is potential for future opportunities across our diversified business lines. We offer a mix of home and office working to support work-life balance and effective teamwork. We operate as a national technical team with opportunities to work with a wide range of clients and professionals across the UK.

About You

You will be a BSc/BEng/MEng/MSc qualified and ideally chartered (or nearly chartered) through the relevant institution ICE/CIWEM. You should demonstrate significant capability in technical leadership and delivery in complex water and environmental projects, in one or more of the following areas:

• Geomorphology and fluvial audits
• River engineering, restoration/habitat improvement, flood alleviation schemes
• Habitats directive and water framework directive assessments
• Flood risk assessments, development resilience and environmental statements
• River and sediment hydraulic modelling
• Catchment-based approaches to sustainable water and sediment management

Your passion and experience delivering quality design solutions is crucial. You will be ambitious, forward-thinking and keen to advance your career.

The friendly and collaborative culture at Stantec is a core strength. We offer a competitive salary, agile and flexible working arrangements, industry-leading training, great projects, and more.

About Stantec: The Stantec community unites more than 32,000 employees in over 450 locations across 6 continents. We have worked with clients and communities in the UK for over 150 years, planning, designing, delivering and managing development and infrastructure to support sustainable, healthy communities. We provide effective and relevant solutions, translating clients’ vision into valued consents, deliverable plans, and efficient designs based on technical excellence and market insights. We are committed to equal employment opportunities and to building an inclusive workplace.

If you need any support or adjustments to be made during the recruitment process, please contact the advertised email and we will discuss how we can assist.