Senior or Principal Civil Engineer - Rivers & Coastal

Stantec; Exeter; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm is seeking a skilled Civil Engineer to join their River and Coastal Team in the Southwest, specifically in Exeter, Taunton, Bristol, or Cardiff. This role involves designing and managing a range of river and coastal development projects aimed at sustainable community impact. Candidates should hold a Civil Engineering degree and possess strong communication skills, with a background in infrastructure design. The position offers support for career development within a collaborative team environment.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in an Infrastructure or Environmental Design role.
• Experience producing Flood Risk Assessments and design of sustainable drainage systems (SuDS).
• Ability to work independently and represent the employer in a client-facing role.

Responsibilities

• Prepare designs for drainage strategies and flood risk management.
• Engage with stakeholders to obtain necessary approvals.
• Support projects during the construction stage, including site queries.

Skills

Experience in river and coastal management

Strong communication skills

Project coordination

Client-facing role

Education

Civil Engineering degree

Chartered professional status or close to application

Tools

AutoCAD/Civils 3D

InfoDrainage/MicroDrainage

Job description

The Opportunity

Are you a Civil Engineer located in the Southwest with experience of river, coastal or flood risk management in the infrastructure design or environmental sector? Do you have a passion for delivering sustainable projects that have a lasting impact on our communities?

This opportunity is ideal for an engineer looking to join our River and Coastal Team in either Exeter, Taunton, Bristol, or Cardiff as a Senior or Principal Engineer, with full support provided for your career development and advancement.

This position offers the opportunity to be involved in the design and management of a diverse portfolio of river, coastal and land development projects. These may include flood risk, river engineering, and supporting wider strategic land development schemes for a variety of public and private sector clients.

For more info on our projects, please click on the link:- Taunton, UK Proj, cts

We’re looking for someone with a strong background in the design, optioneering, coordination, and successful delivery of projects with excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with clients, consultants, contractors, and public bodies. You’ll bring hands‑on experience across all project stages from concept to completion including project coordination and making sound engineering decisions.

Why Stantec?

When we say community, we mean everybody with a stake in the work we do from the clients we collaborate with across many sectors, to the populations we reach, to the thousands of us working together to serve them.

Our promise, our values, and our voice support our purpose and guide us in all that we do.

We are defined by more than our services. We are defined by what we stand for, what we believe, and why we do what we do. We make a difference in the world by creating communities.

This is our purpose, learn more here: Purpose & Values | Stantec

As a key member of our River and Coastal team, your role would involve the following:

• Preparing designs for drainage strategies, flood risk management, river engineering and river restoration schemes
• Undertaking calculations and reports for planning and the design stage.
• Preparing plans and drawings at all stages of the project development cycle (concept through to construction)
• Design of Earthworks, river structures and drainage schemes and the preparation of the associated specifications
• Ensuring high quality delivery in design through QA checks
• Engaging with the Environment Agency and other stakeholders to obtain necessary approvals
• Liaising with clients, third party bodies and multi-disciplinary teams and disciplines on all relevant aspects of projects
• Supporting projects during the construction stage, including site queries and inspections
• Opportunity to grow the team and mentor junior engineers, with potential for line management (experience depending)
• Project Management (experience dependent, however training available)

About You

• Civil Engineering degree, or similar
• Chartered professional status, or close to application.
• Previous experience in an Infrastructure or Environmental Design role.
• Experience producing Flood Risk Assessments, design of sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) with good knowledge of relevant current standards and guidelines and contemporary environmental solutions.
• Experience of working with other disciplines and interested parties with regards to the design and detailing of works.
• Ability to represent the employer on in a client‑facing role.
• Able to work independently.

Advantageous Experience

• AutoCAD/Civils 3D
• InfoDrainage/MicroDrainage or similar
• Project management
• Line management

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.

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.