Associate Civil Engineer - Infrastructure

Stantec; Greater London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Private medical insurance

Group income protection

Life assurance

Gym membership discount

Job summary

Stantec in London seeks an experienced Associate Civil Engineer to join our team and lead a broad portfolio of development and infrastructure projects. You will guide teams from concept through to completion, win new work, and mentor junior colleagues while building strong client relationships.

You will work with multidisciplinary teams to deliver high-quality design outputs, develop solutions, and manage delivery for private and public sector clients.

Qualifications

• Lead projects of a variety of scales and complexities.
• Support business growth and team development.
• Mentor junior colleagues to develop skills and performance.
• Ensure documentation adheres to client and company standards.

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.
• Contribute to a collaborative, high-performing team culture.
• Lead projects or provide 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.
• Build strong working relationships with clients and stakeholders.
• Support Directors in managing key client accounts.
• Represent Stantec in meetings and project discussions.
• Support work winning and opportunity identification.
• Contribute to client engagement and repeat work generation.
• Contribute to bids and pursuits.
• Develop fee budgets for proposals.
• Act as a subject matter expert within discipline.
• Ensure high-quality technical outputs across projects.
• Support innovation, best practice and knowledge sharing.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Client relationship management

Project delivery

Job description

The Opportunity

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.

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
• Contribute to a collaborative, high-performing team culture

Project & Technical Leadership

• Lead projects or provide 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.

Equal Opportunity

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.