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The Opportunity
It’s an exciting time for Stantec! With AMP 8 well underway and a number of frameworks to support across the UK & Ireland, including Yorkshire Water’s Storm Overflow Alliance, Northumbrian Water’s Strategic Technical Partnership, United Utilities’ Design Development Partnership and more!
- Yorkshire Water Storm Overflow Alliance to deliver AMP8 capital investment programme
- Northumbrian Water appoints Stantec as strategic technical partner for AMP8
- United Utilities appoints Stantec to Design Development Partners Framework for AMP8
Thanks to these appointments and a range of ongoing projects such as Coire Glas and Cruachan, we are looking to continue growing our team in Newcastle & Leeds
We are seeking a Senior Principal Dams Engineers, to join a supportive & collaborative team delivering innovation & excellence to complex industry challenges. Your role will involve providing technical solutions & advice, with your technical expertise ensuring that projects are delivered to cost, schedule, technical and quality standards.
Our work spans from front end design to design & build projects, including both new build reservoirs such as Cheddar & SESRO, and existing reservoir maintenance.
This is an exciting opportunity for you to join a global engineering firm that is expanding and growing our Dams team. You will work within professional and collaborative teams all with the same aim of delivering world class solutions for our clients and the communities around us. On a personal level, you will learn and develop, and our goal is to aid your career progression and increase your job satisfaction.
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About You
We are interested in speaking with degree qualified Engineers, who have achieved Chartered status with a relevant engineering institution e.g. IEI, ICE, CIWEM.
- You will have extensive experience in dam engineering, hydraulic stresses & hydropower and ideally have achieved Supervising Engineer accreditation, though support can be provided to achieve this.
- Preferably, you’ll have previous consultancy experience, along with experience managing civil engineers and co-ordinating with other technical professionals to achieve holistic technical outcomes.
- Most importantly, you’ll embody our values and ethos of client focus and service excellence.
About Stantec
The Stantec community unites more than 31,000 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.


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