Senior Principal Electrical Engineer - Water Sector in London

As a Senior Principal Electrical Engineer, you'll provide strategic technical leadership across complex water and wastewater infrastructure projects, taking responsibility for engineering quality, technical governance and successful project delivery from detailed design through to construction support.

Current projects include Faversham WTW and Morestead Road WTW, where our MEICA teams are developing multidisciplinary detailed design solutions to improve treatment performance, operational resilience and environmental outcomes. You'll help lead the electrical engineering contribution to these schemes, working alongside process, mechanical, instrumentation, control and hydraulic specialists. You'll also contribute to projects across our wider UK water business, supporting AMP8 delivery and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams across different regions.

You will:

• Lead the delivery of complex electrical and EICA design solutions across major water and wastewater infrastructure projects.

• Act as a senior technical authority, setting engineering standards, influencing design strategy and overseeing technical governance.

• Provide technical leadership across detailed design, optioneering, multidisciplinary coordination and construction support.

• Oversee the production and review of key deliverables including Single Line Diagrams, Block Cable Diagrams, Network Infrastructure Diagrams, technical specifications and control philosophies.

• Build strong relationships with clients, contractors and project stakeholders, providing technical direction and confidence in our engineering solutions.

• Lead, mentor and develop engineers, supporting the growth and capability of the wider South East team.

• Play an active role in framework delivery, business development, bids and identifying opportunities to grow our electrical engineering offering across the UK.

Southern Water's AMP8 investment programme is creating significant opportunities to deliver some of the UK's most important wastewater infrastructure improvements. Stantec is playing a leading role through the CMDP+ alliance, one of only two design partners supporting delivery of the programme. With more than 25 wastewater projects valued at over £260 million, this represents an exciting opportunity to influence a substantial portfolio of complex engineering work.

We're looking for a Senior Principal Electrical Engineer to join our growing Water business, based in London, High Wycombe, Reading, Brighton or Southampton. This is a senior leadership opportunity for an experienced Chartered Electrical Engineer ready to take ownership of technical delivery, influence engineering strategy and help shape the future of our South East electrical engineering capability.

You'll work closely with our established South East team and wider multidisciplinary engineering community, contributing to major projects across the UK. Alongside our Southern Water commitments, you'll have the opportunity to support electrical engineering delivery across Stantec's wider UK water portfolio, working on a diverse range of AMP8 projects and developing relationships with colleagues and clients nationwide.

You'll play a pivotal role in delivering Southern Water's AMP8 investment programme, helping shape engineering solutions that improve wastewater treatment, protect the environment and build resilience into essential infrastructure. Through projects such as Faversham and Morestead Road, you'll see the direct impact of your technical leadership on assets that serve communities and support long-term environmental improvements.

You'll also have the opportunity to influence electrical engineering delivery across Stantec's wider UK water portfolio, contributing to projects and programmes nationwide. Beyond individual project delivery, you'll help shape the technical direction and future capability of our South East Electrical Engineering team, develop future engineering leaders and strengthen client relationships while contributing to the continued growth of Stantec's Water business.

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• 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 ready to take a senior leadership role in shaping the future of electrical engineering within the 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. 

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