Senior Principal Process Engineer - Water/Wastewater Hybrid

Stantec Consulting International Ltd.; High Wycombe; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid / Flexible working

Competitive salary

Bonus schemes

Enhanced pension

Private medical insurance

Group income protection

Life assurance

Gym membership discount

Job summary

Stantec is seeking a Senior Principal Process Engineer to lead technical direction on UK water projects across London, High Wycombe, Reading, Brighton, Southampton and Cambridge. You will shape strategy, govern design quality and mentor senior engineers while delivering resilient water and wastewater solutions.

This role offers senior leadership, client engagement, cross-disciplinary collaboration with civil, mechanical, electrical and environmental teams, and opportunities to contribute to

Qualifications

• Degree qualified in Chemical or Process Engineering or a related discipline.
• Extensive experience in process engineering within the water, wastewater, utilities or related sectors.
• Strong technical experience across process design, calculations, mass balances, hydraulic assessments and treatment process evaluation.
• Proven experience providing senior technical leadership and assurance across complex multidisciplinary projects.
• Strong understanding of water and/or wastewater treatment processes and UK industry requirements.
• Proven ability to influence senior client stakeholders and provide credible technical advice.
• Strong leadership and people development skills.
• Experience contributing to business development, bids, frameworks and growth opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior technical leadership across complex water and wastewater projects and programmes.
• Act as a technical authority, providing expert advice, challenge and assurance across projects.
• Lead and assure process designs, calculations, mass balances, hydraulic assessments, treatment evaluations and technical specifications.
• Influence engineering strategy from concept and feasibility through to detailed design, construction and commissioning.
• Provide technical governance, identifying engineering risks and ensuring best practice and appropriate standards are applied.
• Build trusted relationships with senior client stakeholders, acting as a strategic technical adviser.
• Lead multidisciplinary teams and ensure effective integration with civil, mechanical, electrical, hydraulic and environmental disciplines.
• Contribute to investment strategies, bids, frameworks and business development opportunities across the UK water sector.
• Identify opportunities for innovation and improved ways of working.
• Mentor and develop senior engineers and future technical leaders, strengthening the wider Process Engineering community.

Skills

Degree in Chemical/Process Engineering

Extensive water/wastewater process exp

Process design, mass balances, hydraul

Senior technical leadership

People development

Business development & bids

Influence senior clients

Education

Chemical/Process Engineering degree

Job description

Stantec is seeking a Senior Principal Process Engineer to lead technical direction on UK water projects across London, High Wycombe, Reading, Brighton, Southampton and Cambridge. You will shape strategy, govern design quality and mentor senior engineers while delivering resilient water and wastewater solutions.

This role offers senior leadership, client engagement, cross-disciplinary collaboration with civil, mechanical, electrical and environmental teams, and opportunities to contribute to