Senior Electrical Engineer - Water Sector in London

As a Senior Electrical Engineer, you'll be responsible for developing and coordinating electrical engineering designs across water and wastewater projects, ensuring technical solutions are delivered to a high standard and meet client and project requirements. You'll work as part of multidisciplinary teams, collaborating with colleagues across mechanical, process, instrumentation, control and hydraulic engineering.

You will:

• Develop and deliver electrical engineering designs across water and wastewater infrastructure projects, from detailed design through to construction support.

• Prepare and review engineering documentation, including Single Line Diagrams, Block Cable Diagrams, Network Infrastructure Diagrams, technical specifications and design calculations.

• Take responsibility for electrical design packages, ensuring technical quality, accuracy and compliance with relevant standards.

• Coordinate design activities with other engineering disciplines, resolving technical interfaces and contributing to integrated project solutions.

• Support technical reviews, design workshops and project meetings, engaging with clients, contractors and equipment suppliers.

• Provide technical guidance and support to graduate and junior engineers, sharing knowledge and encouraging good engineering practice.

• Assist with identifying and resolving design challenges, proposing practical and cost-effective engineering solutions.

• Contribute to successful project delivery across our water frameworks, supporting programme requirements and maintaining strong working relationships with project teams.

Behind every successful water infrastructure project is a team of engineers developing reliable, efficient and sustainable solutions to complex technical challenges. At Stantec, our Electrical Engineering teams play an important role in delivering these solutions, supporting the upgrade of essential water and wastewater assets across the UK.

We're looking for a Senior Electrical Engineer to join our growing Water business, based in London, High Wycombe, Reading, Brighton or Southampton. This is an opportunity to build on your electrical engineering experience, take ownership of design delivery and work alongside industry specialists on a varied portfolio of major infrastructure projects.

Through our involvement in the CMDP+ alliance, supporting Southern Water's AMP8 programme, you'll contribute to projects including Faversham WTW and Morestead Road WTW. Alongside this, you'll have the opportunity to support engineering delivery across our wider UK water portfolio, gaining exposure to different projects, clients and technical challenges while developing your career within a collaborative and growing team.

Your electrical engineering expertise will help deliver improvements to essential water and wastewater infrastructure, supporting better asset performance, operational efficiency and environmental protection. From detailed design on projects such as Faversham and Morestead Road to wider AMP8 schemes across the UK, you'll contribute to engineering solutions that provide lasting benefits for communities.

You'll also play an important role in strengthening our engineering capability, sharing your experience with colleagues and helping maintain the high standards our clients expect. With exposure to a diverse range of projects and technical specialists, this is an excellent opportunity to broaden your experience and progress your career within Stantec's Water business.

• Degree qualified (or equivalent) in Electrical Engineering or a related discipline.

• Incorporated Engineer (IEng), Chartered Engineer (CEng) or actively working towards professional registration.

• Experience delivering electrical engineering design within the water, wastewater, utilities or wider infrastructure sectors.

• Good understanding of electrical engineering principles, relevant standards and design processes.

• Experience producing technical documentation, specifications and engineering design deliverables.

• Ability to coordinate electrical design activities and work effectively within multidisciplinary project teams.

• Strong communication and organisational skills, with the ability to manage priorities and contribute to successful project delivery.

• 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. Recognised 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 for 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.

If you're looking to take the next step in your electrical engineering career and work on projects that are helping shape the future of the UK water sector, we'd love to hear from you.

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, colour, 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 then please contact [email protected]  and we will talk to you about how we can support you.