Associate Civil Engineer - Infrastructure

STANTEC; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Competitive salary and bonus

Pension scheme

Private medical insurance

Job summary

Stantec in London is seeking an experienced Associate Civil Engineer to join our established team and lead a range of development and infrastructure projects. You will win new work, mentor junior colleagues, and deliver high-quality design outputs across residential, land, commercial and urban regeneration schemes.

You will work with multidisciplinary teams to guide strategy, manage delivery to programme and budget, and contribute to business growth through client engagement and bid support.

Qualifications

• Degree in civil/structural engineering or related field.
• Chartered status with ICE/alternative professional recognition is a plus.
• Experience leading multi-disciplinary infrastructure projects and managing client relationships.

Responsibilities

• Provide line management, mentoring and support to team members.
• Lead teams to deliver high-quality outputs across projects.
• Support recruitment, development and performance management.
• Contributes to a collaborative, high-performing team culture.
• Lead projects or provide technical input to multi-disciplinary projects from concept through to delivery.
• Build strong working relationships with clients and stakeholders.

Skills

Team management

Project leadership

Client relations

Mentoring

Job description

We’re looking for an experienced Associate Civil Engineer to join our established London team and play a leading role in our continued growth. This is a great opportunity to guide a talented group of engineers and specialists and shape strategy across a wide range of development and infrastructure projects.

You will win new work and lead project delivery from early concept through to completion, build strong client relationships, and mentor junior colleagues. You’ll work closely with our multi-disciplinary teams to produce high-quality design outputs, develop solutions and manage delivery to our private and public sector clients.

This is an exciting opportunity to help grow an established and reputable business, leading a diverse portfolio of civil engineering across the region and to be involved in projects nationwide. Locally our multi-disciplinary infrastructure team in London has a long history of delivering development planning projects to a diverse range of clients, including strategic land sites, as well as delivering to public sector clients.

Our team have a wealth of experience and will offer support development opportunities and excellent advice. Working collaboratively amongst multidisciplinary teams, you will deliver a wide variety of project work and practice with a broad range of clients.

About The Role

An Associate is a technical and delivery leader, responsible for leading projects of a variety of scales and complexities or being discipline lead on large multi-disciplinary/multi-business line projects, managing key client relationships, and supporting in business growth and team development.

As an Associate you will work across a wide range of projects from large and complex strategic land development proposals through to smaller sites, alongside strategic infrastructure and public sector commissions. You will work across residential, strategic land, commercial and urban regeneration projects.

You will communicate and work collaboratively with project teams to provide high-quality deliverables to Stantec’s clients and ensure that all documentation adheres to client and company standards and expectations.

You will also work with the leadership team to support business development - work winning will be a core part of this role.

Your Impact

Team & People Leadership

• Provide line management, mentoring and support to team members
• Lead teams to deliver high-quality outputs across projects
• Support recruitment, development and performance management
• Contributes to a collaborative, high-performing team culture

Project & Technical Leadership

• Lead projects or provides technical input to multi-disciplinary projects from concept through to delivery
• Ensure delivery to programme, budget and quality standards
• Support commercial management and project reporting
• Act as Project Manager, Technical Lead or discipline lead as required

Clients & Market Presence

• Build strong working relationships with clients and stakeholders
• Support Directors in managing key client accounts
• Represent Stantec in meetings and project discussions

Business Development & Growth

• Support work winning and opportunity identification
• Contribute to client engagement and repeat work generation
• Contribute to bids and pursuits
• Develop fee budgets for proposals

Technical & Industry Leadership

• Act as a subject matter expert within discipline
• Ensure high-quality technical outputs across projects
• Support innovation, best practice and knowledge sharing

Why Join Us

• We put people first: We're proud of our friendly, inclusive and collaborative environment where everyone feels valued and driven to succeed.
• We are driven to achieve: Named in the top 50 companies to work by Glassdoor 2025. Recognised by Corporate Knights as one of the world's top 10 most sustainable companies 2025. Named ‘Best Place to Work’ and ‘International Consulting Firm of the Year’ at the NCE Awards 2024.
• We do what is right: Industry leading training and development as well as paid for professional subscriptions. A professional progression plan, supporting you to become chartered with ICE.
• We are better together: 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)
• Growth: We're on an exciting growth journey across the UK & Ireland - we want you to be part of it!
• Great Benefits: Competitive salary, bonus schemes, enhanced pension plan, annual leave with the option to buy/sell additional days, private medical insurance, group income protection & life assurance included as standard as well as discounted gym membership and lots more.
• Flexible working: Enjoy a healthy work-life balance with our hybrid approach to flexible working.

About Stantec

The Stantec community unites more than 34,000 employees working in over 450 locations across 6 continents. We have been working with our clients and communities in the UK for over 150 years. We plan, design, deliver and manage the development and infrastructure needed to support the creation of sustainable, healthy and prosperous communities.

Our teams provide effective and relevant solutions, translating our clients’ vision into valued consents, deliverable plans for projects and programmes, and efficient designs for delivery, based on technical excellence and deep market insights. We deal with today’s challenges, but also keep a fairer, better tomorrow in sight, looking at how we deliver clean growth, support radical changes in our economy and meet the needs of future communities.

Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, job training, terminations or any other condition of employment. Stantec is in compliance with laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment.

Building an inspired, inclusive work environment that attracts, supports, and develops world-class talent is a crucial key to our success. If you are excited by this role but worry that your experience doesn’t exactly align, we encourage you to apply.

At Stantec we want you to perform your best at every stage of the recruitment process and are committed to ensuring it is accessible to all. If you need any support or require adjustments to be made then please contact [e-mail] and we will talk to you about how we can support you.