Civil Engineering - Expressions of Interest

Stantec; Reading; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading design firm in the UK is seeking a Civil Engineer to join their water industry team. The role involves tackling infrastructure challenges, improving water quality, and ensuring projects are completed on time and within budget. Ideal candidates will have a degree in Civil Engineering and experience in drainage or SuDS design. This position provides the opportunity to work collaboratively with teams on impactful projects and is open to individuals at all levels of experience.

Qualifications

• Degree-qualified (or equivalent) in Civil Engineering.
• Experience in drainage or SuDS design.
• Ability to take projects from feasibility to detailed design.

Responsibilities

• Tackle infrastructure challenges and improve water quality.
• Support or lead other engineers and deliver quality work.
• Work collaboratively across disciplines on impactful projects.

Skills

Drainage design

SuDS design

Project management

Education

Degree in Civil Engineering

Job description

The Opportunity

If you're a civil engineer with experience in drainage or SuDS, there's never been a better time to bring those skills into the water industry. Stantec is hiring at all levels across our UK water offices—your role will tackle big infrastructure challenges, improve water quality, reduce flood risk, and build resilient systems that communities will rely on for decades. You'll work alongside respected teams on projects that have real impact and have significant room to grow.

Find out more about our projects and team: [Water link]

About You

You are degree-qualified (or equivalent) in Civil Engineering, ideally Chartered or working towards Chartered status. You have solid experience in drainage or SuDS design, and are comfortable taking projects from feasibility through to detailed design. You are accustomed to working across disciplines, can support or lead other engineers, and consistently deliver quality work on time and within budget.

If you are ready for a new challenge, we'd love to hear from you.

About Stantec

The Stantec community unites more than 34,000 employees working in over 450 locations across 6 continents. We have served the UK for over 150 years, planning, designing, delivering and managing the development and infrastructure needed to support the creation of sustainable, healthy and prosperous communities.

Our teams provide effective and relevant solutions, translating our client’s 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 and look to a fairer, better tomorrow, focusing on 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, prohibits discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, and all other protections. We ensure compliance with laws and regulations and equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment.

We seek to create an inspired, inclusive work environment that attracts, supports, and develops world‑class talent. If you are excited by this role but worry that your experience doesn’t exactly align, we encourage you to apply.

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, please contact [email protected] and we will discuss how we can support you.