Principal Civil Engineer - Water

Stantec Consulting International Ltd.; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm in Scotland is seeking a Principal Civil Engineer to join their Water Team. The successful candidate will manage and deliver projects throughout the lifecycle, from planning to detailed design, ensuring quality standards are met. A degree in Civil Engineering is essential, along with experience in the water industry and leadership skills. This role offers opportunities for professional development and contributing to sustainable water projects.

Qualifications

• Degree qualified in Civil Engineering or equivalent with experience in the water industry.
• Incorporated or Chartered member of a relevant engineering institution.
• Experience in leading and developing civil engineers.

Responsibilities

• Deliver projects across the entire project lifecycle.
• Provide technical expertise to meet project standards.
• Manage and mentor engineers within the team.

Skills

Client focus

Service excellence

Leadership

Education

Degree in Civil Engineering or relevant subject

Job description

Here at Stantec our ongoing work with Scottish Water, coupled with a number of successful framework bids across the North of England and beyond means that we have a diverse and challenging pipeline of work to look forward to.

Within our Glasgow and Edinburgh based teams, we are currently supporting our clients in delivering projects across areas including wastewater infrastructure, storm water overflows and treatment works. In addition to this, our Scottish teams also have the opportunity to support our colleagues across the country, working on projects for Northumbrian Water, Yorkshire Water and United Utilities.

In order to continue delivering our high-level expertise, we are looking to recruit a Principal Civil Engineer into our Water Team in Scotland. You’ll have the opportunity to work across the entire project lifecycle in asset planning / strategy, concept design, outline design and detailed design. You will provide technical expertise to ensure that projects are delivered to cost, schedule, technical and quality standards to meet both client and Stantec expectation, whilst also taking responsibility for the management and mentoring of engineers within the team.

You can find out more about our work in the water sector here: Stantec Water Jobs

About you

To be considered for this opportunity you must be degree qualified (or equivalent) in Civil Engineering or other relevant subject with experience within the water industry. You must also be an Incorporated or Chartered member of a relevant engineering institution e.g. ICE, CIWEM.

Ideally, you’ll have previous consultancy experience and experience of leading and developing civil engineers and managing other technical professionals to achieve holistic technical outcomes. Most importantly, you’ll embody our values and ethos of client focus and service excellence.

We are seeking civil engineers across all areas of water and wastewater infrastructure / networks and treatment.