Senior Principal Process Engineer - Clean Water

Stantec; Brighton; Hybride; GBP 90 000 - 120 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Stantec in the UK is seeking a Senior Principal Process Engineer – Clean Water to lead strategic process design across major infrastructure and treatment programmes. You will guide projects from early feasibility and optioneering through detailed design, delivery and operational optimisation, delivering robust, safe and sustainable water solutions.

Based in London, High Wycombe, Reading, Brighton, Southampton or Cambridge, you will mentor engineers, set technical standards and build trusted

Qualifications

• Degree in Chemical Engineering, Process Engineering or a related discipline.
• Experience leading clean water projects and teams.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and client relationship skills.

Responsabilités

• Lead the development and assurance of clean water treatment designs (calcs, mass balances, specs).
• Provide technical authority on treatment processes: clarification, filtration, disinfection.
• Guide upgrades and resilience schemes for water treatment works and assets.
• Oversee assessments of drinking water quality, performance and supply security.
• Provide senior technical oversight across multidisciplinary projects.
• Support feasibility studies, optioneering, design reviews and commissioning.
• Build trusted client relationships and advise on investment for asset performance.
• Lead and mentor engineers; strengthen standards and succession planning.
• Contribute to bids, framework delivery and expansion of the clean water portfolio.
• Champion innovation and low‑carbon solutions across projects.

Connaissances

Technical leadership

Water treatment expertise

Project management

Regulatory knowledge

Formation

Degree in Chemical/Process Engineering

Description du poste

As investment in the UK water sector accelerates, delivering reliable, high-performing clean water treatment and supply infrastructure has never been more important. At Stantec, our Process Engineering teams are helping water companies strengthen resilience, improve treatment performance and secure sustainable drinking water supplies for the communities they serve.

We’re looking for a Senior Principal Process Engineer – Clean Water to join our growing teams in London, High Wycombe, Reading, Brighton, Southampton or Cambridge . This is an opportunity to take a leading role in shaping clean water process engineering across major infrastructure and treatment programmes, bringing together technical expertise, strategic thinking and a passion for engineering excellence.

You’ll work across projects involving water treatment works, treatment process upgrades, asset optimisation and network resilience, helping clients address increasingly complex challenges around water quality, capacity and security of supply. Alongside providing technical authority, you’ll influence investment decisions, develop client relationships and play a key role in growing our clean water capability across the UK.

ABOUT THE ROLE

As a Senior Principal Process Engineer, you’ll provide strategic and technical leadership across clean water projects, guiding process solutions from early feasibility and optioneering through detailed design, delivery and operational optimisation.

You will:

• Lead the development and assurance of clean water treatment process designs, including treatment selection, process calculations, mass balances, hydraulic assessments and technical specifications.

• Provide technical authority on treatment processes such as clarification, filtration, disinfection and other treatment technologies appropriate to raw water quality and regulatory requirements.

• Guide the development and optimisation of water treatment works, including capacity upgrades, process improvements, asset replacement and resilience schemes.

• Oversee technical assessments relating to drinking water quality, treatment performance, process efficiency and security of supply.

• Provide senior technical oversight across multidisciplinary projects, ensuring process solutions are safe, robust, sustainable and deliverable.

• Support feasibility studies, optioneering, investment planning, design reviews, commissioning and operational performance investigations.

• Build trusted relationships with clients, providing strategic advice on treatment challenges, infrastructure investment and long‑term asset performance.

• Lead and mentor engineers, strengthen technical standards and support succession planning within the Process Engineering community.

• Contribute to business development, bids, framework delivery and the continued expansion of Stantec’s clean water portfolio.

• Champion innovation, low‑carbon solutions and continuous improvement across clean water process engineering.

YOUR IMPACT

Your expertise will help shape the future of clean water infrastructure, supporting the delivery of safe, high‑quality drinking water and more resilient treatment assets for communities across the UK. Through your technical leadership, you’ll help clients make informed investment decisions, improve treatment performance and develop solutions that respond to changing water quality, capacity and climate resilience challenges.

At Senior Principal level, your influence will extend across projects, clients and teams. You’ll act as a trusted technical authority, support the development of future engineering leaders and help establish best practice across our clean water work. Your contribution to client relationships, strategic planning and business growth will also play an important role in strengthening Stantec’s position in the UK water sector.

ABOUT YOU

Essential

• Degree qualified in Chemical Engineering, Process Engineering or a related discipline.