Stantec
Senior Principal Electrical Engineer - Water Industry
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Senior Principal Electrical Engineer - Water Industry
The Opportunity
Are you ready to apply your technical mastery to the most urgent climate, environmental, and efficiency challenges facing our communities?
Join Stantec in a strategically pivotal role within our expanding Water Business. As a Senior Principal Electrical Engineer, you will serve as a cornerstone of our technical leadership, driving the delivery of essential infrastructure across the North of England. With the AMP8 regulatory cycle ushering in unprecedented investment and innovation, this is your opportunity to shape the future of major water frameworks, including our key partnership with Northumbrian Water.
The Challenge and Your Impact
This is a high-impact leadership position designed for a technical specialist who thrives on complexity and strategic delivery. Based in our picturesque Quayside office in Newcastle, you will be the EICA authority for the local delivery team, ensuring technical excellence across a diverse portfolio of major projects. This is a high-visibility leadership position with the potential opportunity to take on regional leadership of the discipline.
Key Responsibilities
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Strategic Technical Leadership:
- Lead the EICA design process from initial optioneering and feasibility through to detailed design and commissioning.
- Take ownership of EICA solutions to meet client and project needs.
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Team Management & Mentorship:
- Help lead and inspire a team of engineers.
- Be responsible for the professional and technical growth of your team, fostering a culture of technical excellence and high performance through management and mentoring.
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Discipline Strategy:
- Act as a key figure in the regional EICA discipline, influencing design standards.
- Ensure key outputs such as Single Line Diagrams, Network Architectures, and technical specifications are integrated to meet client and project needs.
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- Client & Stakeholder Influence:
- Serve as a trusted EICA advisor to clients including Northumbrian Water and external contractors, with further opportunities to work on schemes nationally.
- Translate complex technical concepts into strategic project advantages during high-level design discussions.
About You
You are a visionary engineer with a passion for technical excellence and people development. You seek a role that offers not just a job, but a long-term career path with significant opportunities for further progression within a global consultancy.
Qualifications & Experience
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Professional Standing:
- Chartered Engineer (CEng) with a degree in Electrical Engineering or a related discipline.
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Technical Expertise:
- Proven track record in EICA engineering design—specifically in developing control philosophies, technical specifications and constructible solutions for large-scale infrastructure.
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Leadership Capability:
- Demonstrated experience in managing engineering teams.
- Genuine commitment to mentoring the next generation of technical talent.
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Sector Background:
- While deep experience in the Water sector is highly advantageous, candidates from energy, Oil and Gas, heavy infrastructure, or environmental engineering (with transferable skills) are welcome.
Why Join Stantec?
At Stantec, we don’t just design infrastructure—we build communities. This role offers:
- The chance to lead at the forefront of the AMP8 cycle, working on some of the UK’s most significant environmental projects.
- A supportive, collaborative environment where your strategic input is valued, and your career growth is prioritised.
- A comprehensive benefits package:
- Private medical insurance.
- Professional subscriptions.
- Group income protection.
- Retail/membership discounts.
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The Stantec community unites over 34,000 employees working across 450+ locations in 6 continents. For over 150 years, we’ve been working with clients and communities in the UK to create sustainable, healthy, and prosperous communities.
Our ethos focuses on:
- Providing effective and relevant solutions that bridge vision and execution.
- Addressing current challenges while strategically planning for clean growth, economic shifts, and the needs of future communities.
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