Pipeline Engineer

Stantec; Ashford; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus schemes

Pension plan

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

Gym membership

Hybrid working

Annual leave buy/sell

Job summary

Stantec in the UK invites a Pipeline Civil Engineer to deliver critical water infrastructure projects across the UK and internationally. You will oversee technical deliverables, from material selection to structural design of buried pipelines, working closely with clients and multidisciplinary teams.

You will apply advanced analysis tools, evaluate rehabilitation options, and lead condition assessments to extend asset life.

Qualifications

• Degree in Civil Engineering or related discipline with Chartered/ Incorporated status (ICE/CIWEM) or working toward registration.
• Proven experience in pipeline disciplines: buried pipelines design, thrust restraint, trunk main design.
• Familiarity with rehabilitation, trenchless design, failure assessments, and CAESAR II or similar tools.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical engineering across the full lifecycle of major pipeline projects.
• Oversee deliverables, including material selection, structural design, and trenchless solutions.
• Contribute to proposals and produce high‑level technical reports; liaise with clients and teams.

Skills

Pipeline design

Structural analysis

Trenchless design

Pipeline rehabilitation

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering

Chartered or Incorporated status (ICE/CIWEM)

Tools

CAESAR II

Job description

THE OPPORTUNITY

Join a specialized, high-performing team at the forefront of infrastructure engineering. As part of our elite Pipe Technology Group, you will help deliver critical water infrastructure projects across the UK and internationally. Our team thrives on solving complex technical challenges in a collaborative, supportive environment where innovation is actively encouraged. If you are looking to elevate your expertise alongside recognized industry specialists on high-profile projects, this is the ideal home for your career.

About The Role

As a Pipeline Civil Engineer, you will provide critical technical engineering across the full lifecycle of major pipeline projects. Working directly with clients and multidisciplinary teams, you will oversee and execute technical deliverables including material selection, structural design of buried pipelines, thrust restraint, and trenchless technologies. Your day-to‑day focus involves applying advanced pipeline analysis tools, evaluating rehabilitation options, and leading condition and failure assessments to extend asset life across entire networks and catchments. You will also contribute to project proposals, produce high‑level technical reports, and help drive research initiatives alongside industry bodies such as UKWIR and CIRIA.

Your Impact

Your expertise will directly safeguard and modernise essential water networks for communities across the UK and beyond. Moving past standard design routines, you will tackle high‑stakes engineering challenges – from determining remaining asset life to delivering sustainable rehabilitation and trenchless solutions that minimise environmental disruption. The frameworks and innovative designs you build will help water utilities build resilient infrastructure, optimise capital investment, and deliver clean, reliable water for future generations.

About You

To succeed in this role, you will bring a strong technical grounding in water industry engineering combined with an analytical, creative approach to problem‑solving.

• Qualifications: Degree qualified (or equivalent) in Civil Engineering or a related discipline, holding Chartered or Incorporated status (or actively working toward professional registration with the ICE, CIWEM, or equivalent body).
• Technical Expertise: Proven experience across key pipeline disciplines, such as structural design of buried pipelines (BS EN 1295‑1:2019, BS 9295:2020), thrust restraint design (CIRIA C816/Report 128), trunk main design, and thermoplastic/metallic pipe materials.
• Specialist Knowledge: Familiarity with pipeline rehabilitation, trenchless design principles, failure assessments, or piping analysis software (such as CAESAR II).
• Communication & Collaboration: Excellent proposal and report‑writing skills, with the interpersonal confidence to liaise effectively with multidisciplinary peers, clients, and key stakeholders.

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 structured professional progression plan supporting your journey toward full chartership or ongoing senior fellowship.

We are better together: A supportive and collaborative team environment, 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 – 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.
• Hybrid / 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 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. 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 [email protected] and we will talk to you about how we can support you.