Stantec
Principal Electrical Engineer - Water Sector
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The Opportunity
As investment across the UK water sector continues to grow, Stantec is delivering the engineering solutions that will improve water security, environmental performance, and infrastructure resilience for decades to come.
We're looking for a Principal Electrical Engineer to join our Water team based in London, High Wycombe, Reading, Brighton, or Southampton. This is an opportunity to lead the delivery of complex EICA projects while working alongside recognized industry specialists on nationally significant programmes. You'll provide technical leadership, strengthen client relationships, and help develop our growing Electrical Engineering capability within one of the UK's leading multidisciplinary consultancies.
About The Role
As a Principal Electrical Engineer, you'll provide technical leadership across major water and wastewater infrastructure projects, ensuring high-quality EICA delivery throughout the project lifecycle.
You Will
- Lead electrical and EICA design from feasibility and concept development through to detailed design and construction support.
- Provide technical oversight, governance, and quality assurance across project delivery.
- Review and approve key electrical design documentation, calculations, and specifications.
- Build strong relationships with clients, contractors, and multidisciplinary project teams.
- Mentor engineers, support business growth, and contribute to bids and framework opportunities.
- Champion engineering best practice and continuous improvement across the discipline.
YOUR IMPACT
As a Principal Electrical Engineer, you'll play a leading role in delivering infrastructure that improves water security, enhances environmental performance, and supports resilient communities across the UK. Your technical leadership will help clients deliver major investment programmes while ensuring engineering excellence across complex multidisciplinary projects.
Beyond project delivery, you'll influence the future of our Electrical Engineering discipline by developing people, strengthening client partnerships, and driving innovation across our growing Water business. Through your expertise, you'll help shape engineering solutions that leave a lasting legacy for both our clients and the communities they serve.
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ABOUT YOU
Essential
- Degree qualified (or equivalent) in Electrical Engineering or a related discipline.
- Chartered Engineer (CEng) or Incorporated Engineer (IEng), or equivalent experience.
- Significant experience delivering electrical or EICA design within the water sector or comparable infrastructure industries.
- Proven experience leading multidisciplinary engineering projects.
- Strong understanding of electrical engineering standards, technical governance, and quality assurance.
- Excellent client relationship, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
- Experience mentoring and developing engineering teams.
Desirable
- Experience leading HAZOPs and multidisciplinary design reviews.
- Knowledge of DSEAR requirements and hazardous area design.
- Experience supporting bids, framework delivery, or business development.
- Experience implementing digital engineering tools and modern methods of project delivery.
WHY JOIN US
- We put people first: We're proud of our friendly, inclusive, and collaborative environment where everyone feels valued and driven to succeed.
- We are driven to achieve: Named in the top 50 companies to work by Glassdoor 2025. Recognized by Corporate Knights as one of the world's top 10 most sustainable companies 2025. Named 'Best Place to Work' and 'International Consulting Firm of the Year' at the NCE Awards 2024.
- We do what is right: Industry-leading training and development as well as paid professional subscriptions. A professional progression plan, supporting you to become chartered with ICE.
- We are better together: A supportive and collaborative team environment and Early Careers peer group and wider ERG network (see more on our ERGs here: Stantec Employee Resource Groups).
- Growth: We're on an exciting growth journey across the UK—we want you to be part of it!
- Great Benefits: Competitive salary, bonus schemes, enhanced pension plan, annual leave with the option to buy/sell additional days, private medical insurance, group income protection & life assurance included as standard, as well as discounted gym membership and lots more.
- Hybrid / Flexible working: Enjoy a healthy work-life balance with our hybrid approach to flexible working.
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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, color, 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, please contact [email protected], and we will talk to you about how we can support you.
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