Senior Civil Engineer - Water

Stantec; Belfast City District; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

Pension plan

Training & development

Flexible working

Job summary

Stantec in Belfast seeks a driven Civil Engineer to lead technical delivery of local water infrastructure projects across Northern Ireland, Scotland and beyond, turning client requirements into robust, sustainable designs.

You will work in agile, multi-disciplinary teams with process, structural, MEICA and environmental specialists, build strong stakeholder relationships, and support career progression within a culture of collaboration and excellence.

Qualifications

• Degree in Civil Engineering or equivalent required.
• Chartered status or working toward chartered status desired.
• Knowledge of water and wastewater infrastructure and networks.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and delivery of local NI water projects from concept to construction.
• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams including MEICA and environmental specialists.
• Build and maintain strong external stakeholder relationships with water utilities and partners.

Skills

Civil Engineering

Water/Wastewater design

Project delivery

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering

Job description

Do you have a passion for Civil Engineering and are you driven to create solutions for the unprecedented climate, environmental, and efficiency challenges facing our communities? Then make a real difference and join the award-winning team at Stantec!

Stantec is experiencing phenomenal growth in our UK & Ireland Water sector, and we are expanding our Northern Ireland team which is based in Belfast’s vibrant cathedral quarter.

We are looking for passionate, driven professionals to join our incredible growth story and deliver truly impactful projects across Northern Ireland, Scotland and beyond.

We partner with clients like Northern Ireland Water on vital frameworks and our long history working with Scottish Water is advancing with Stantec operating as a primary designer for the multi-billion pound Scottish Water Enterprise.

About the Role

In this role, you will be at the heart of our technical delivery, taking ownership of complex engineering challenges and transforming client requirements into resilient, sustainable water infrastructure. While your primary focus will be on delivering critical local schemes across Northern Ireland, you will also have the unique opportunity to collaborate on major resilience and environmental improvement projects across the whole of the UK and Ireland, giving you exposure to a diverse range of high-profile engineering assets.

You will play a vital, hands‑on role in our growing team—developing robust technical solutions, providing expert advice to clients, and ensuring our projects hit the highest benchmarks for quality, cost, and schedule performance. Working within agile, multi‑disciplinary teams alongside process, structural, MEICA, and environmental specialists, you will help drive design excellence from early concept and feasibility through to detailed design and construction support.

Crucially, this is a highly collaborative role where you will build and foster long‑term relationships with key external stakeholders, water utilities, and supply chain partners. On a personal level, we are deeply committed to aiding your career progression and job satisfaction. Your day‑to‑day responsibilities will be varied, dynamic, and challenging, providing the perfect environment to learn from our national and global subject matter experts while taking your career to the next level.

Your Impact

• Protecting Local Communities: Help safeguard public health and regional water security by designing resilient, future‑ready water supply and wastewater treatment networks that withstand climate change and population growth.

• Driving Environmental Sustainability: Play a direct role in enhancing local ecosystems and river health by minimizing pollution risks, reducing carbon footprints in design, and implementing sustainable drainage and circular water solutions.

• Shaping Next-Generation Infrastructure: Directly influence how critical infrastructure is delivered across Northern Ireland and the UK during AMP8—helping modernize aging assets with smart, efficient, and innovative civil engineering solutions.

• Building Lasting Legacy: Leave a tangible, positive footprint on the environment and society, delivering essential public assets that will safely serve communities for generations to come.

About You

We are looking for individuals who embody our values of client focus and service excellence and have a passion for making a difference in the Water sector and have the following:

• Degree qualified (or equivalent) in Civil Engineering or a relevant subject.

• Experience working within the regulated water industry is an advantage, we would also look at transferrable skills from the infrastructure or energy sectors.

• You are chartered, or actively working toward chartered status (e.g., IEI, ICE, CIWEM).

• Knowledge of water and wastewater infrastructure, networks, and treatment processes

• Experience in areas such as Clean Water and Wastewater Treatment, and Trunk Mains and Large Diameter Pipeline Design.

Why Stantec? Our Award-Winning Workplace

We believe our people are our greatest strength. Join a friendly, inclusive, and collaborative environment where you can thrive. Our Belfast office is a vibrant, collaborative hub that has been growing year on year and we want you to be part of our story. Here are just some of the reasons to consider joining us:-

• Industry Recognition: Named in the Top 50 Companies to Work for by Glassdoor 2025 and a Corporate Knights Top 10 Most Sustainable Companies 2025. Named Delivery Partner of the year at the Utility week Awards in 2025.

• Career & Culture: Named ‘Best Place to Work’ and ‘International Consulting Firm of the Year’ at the NCE Awards 2024.

• Office and Working Environment: Our Belfast office is an amazing place to do your best work in the heart of the Belfast. We have a great team that help make our office a vibrant and welcoming place to work in.

• Flexible Working: Arrangements and locations to suit your needs.

• Great Benefits: Competitive salary, great pension, private medical insurance, and industry-leading training and development.

• Projects: We have an incredible amount of work in our pipeline for the coming years and we can offer you some of the best projects in the water industry to work on.

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 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.

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 [e-mail] we will talk to you about how we can support you.