Senior Associate / Associate - Utilities

Stantec; Northampton; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Bonus schemes

Private medical insurance

Enhanced pension

Discounted gym membership

Job summary

Stantec is seeking a Senior Associate / Associate – Utilities to lead their Midlands Utilities team based in either Birmingham or Northampton. This role involves providing technical and strategic leadership across various projects, delivering utility advice, and managing multidisciplinary teams.

The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in the utilities sector, strong client management skills, and a background in Civil, Mechanical, or Electrical Engineering. Stantec offers competitive benefits including a flexible hybrid working model, bonus schemes, and health insurance.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience within the Utilities sector, particularly across the Midlands region.
• Strong client relationship and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience in delivering high-quality infrastructure solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of utility advice across projects.
• Manage multidisciplinary project teams to ensure success.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders.

Skills

Client relationship management

Team leadership

Negotiation skills

Utility infrastructure knowledge

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering

Job description

The Opportunity

At Stantec, we recognise that utilities are fundamental to every community. Without essential resources like power, water and telecommunications, building the communities of the future is impossible. That's why we've built a specialist Utilities team that works alongside developers, utility providers and public sector organisations to deliver innovative infrastructure solutions that unlock development.

About The Role

As the Midlands Utilities Lead, you’ll provide both technical and strategic leadership across a diverse portfolio of projects, working closely with clients, multidisciplinary teams and utility providers to develop innovative infrastructure solutions. We’re looking for a Senior Associate / Associate – Utilities to lead our Midlands Utilities team, based in either our Birmingham or Northampton office.

You’ll Be Responsible For

• Leading the delivery of technical and strategic utility advice across masterplanning, feasibility studies, environmental impact assessments, procurement and project delivery.
• Managing and coordinating multidisciplinary project teams and resources to ensure successful project outcomes.
• Leading and developing a Midlands-based team of four, while contributing to the wider UK Utilities team.
• Building and maintaining strong relationships with clients, local authorities, utility providers and contractors.
• Identifying project risks, opportunities and infrastructure constraints, negotiating with utility providers to secure practical and sustainable solutions.
• Supporting major regeneration, infrastructure and land development projects across the Midlands and nationally.
• Collaborating with colleagues across Sustainability and Energy to develop innovative future energy and utility solutions.
• Ensuring projects are delivered safely, efficiently and in line with relevant legislation, regulations and client expectations.

Your Impact

In this leadership role, you’ll help grow and shape our Utilities business across the Midlands while delivering solutions that have a lasting impact on communities.

You’ll

• Lead a high‑performing regional Utilities team.
• Strengthen and develop client relationships across both the public and private sectors.
• Influence the successful delivery of major regeneration and infrastructure projects.
• Help create sustainable utility strategies that enable future development.
• Work collaboratively across Stantec’s national network of technical specialists.
• Play an important role in the continued growth of our Utilities business across the UK.

About You

We’re looking for an experienced utilities professional with a passion for delivering high‑quality infrastructure solutions and developing successful client relationships.

You’ll Ideally Have

• Extensive experience within the Utilities sector, particularly across Birmingham and the wider Midlands region.
• Experience leading teams and managing technical resources effectively.
• Strong client relationship and stakeholder management skills.
• In‑depth knowledge of utility infrastructure networks and utility services design.
• A good understanding of utility regulations, supply requirements and infrastructure constraints.
• Experience negotiating with utility service providers to deliver practical and sustainable solutions.
• Experience working with a broad range of clients including private developers, contractors, local authorities and public sector organisations.

Ideally You’ll Also Have

• A Bachelor's or Master's degree in Civil, Mechanical or Electrical Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Incorporated or Chartered status (or be working towards professional registration) with a relevant institution such as ICE, IET or IMechE.
• Membership of a relevant professional institution.

Great Benefits

Competitive salary, bonus schemes, enhanced pension, annual leave with the option to buy or sell additional days, private medical insurance, group income protection, life assurance, discounted gym membership and much more.

Hybrid / Flexible Working

Enjoy a healthy work‑life balance through our flexible hybrid working approach.

EEO Statement

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.