Senior / Principal Hydraulics Engineer

SENIOR / PRINCIPAL HYDRAULICS ENGINEER 

Are you a Senior/Principal Hydraulic Engineer driven by complex fluid mechanics and the delivery of sustainable infrastructure solutions?

Join Stantec, a globally recognized engineering consultancy, and embed yourself within our specialist team delivering on major regulated water frameworks across the UK (including United Utilities, Yorkshire Water, Northumbrian Water, and more).

This is a mandate for technical excellence and direct impact on the UK’s most challenging capital investment programmes.

The Challenge & Scope 

You will assume technical leadership across water & wastewater, energy, and infrastructure portfolios. The core focus involves executing detailed steady-state, rapid, and long-term transient hydraulic studies and providing the technical authority for hydraulic structures and systems.

This comprehensive scope includes the full project lifecycle: from analysis and design through to reporting, monitoring, and complex troubleshooting. You will be expected to utilise advanced analysis software (e.g., Hades, Varism, Flow 3D) to engineer robust client solutions, mentor junior engineers, and ensure technical rigour in all deliverables. Furthermore, you will drive the Stantec fluid mechanics community and foster key industry relationships

About You 

You will possess a degree in a relevant engineering discipline (or equivalent experience) and demonstrable expertise within the UK water industry. You will also be proficient in hydraulic engineering/fluid mechanics and have hands-on experience with relevant analysis software.

You will ideally have experience of mentoring more junior staff and be ready to step into a leadership role focused on technical output.

Why Stantec? 

• Specialist Team: Work directly with expert professionals within a close-knit, highly collaborative environment.
• Tier 1 Frameworks: Direct access to major, career-defining capital programmes across the UK.
• Commitment to Sustainability: Consistently recognized in the Top 10 Corporate Knights most sustainable companies in the world.
• Professional Development: Industry-leading training, paid professional subscriptions, and support for Chartered Engineer status.
• Benefits: Competitive package including private medical insurance and flexible working.

If you thrive on solving complex hydraulic equations for real-world impact, we want to hear from you.

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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, 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] we will talk to you about how we can support you.

ReqID: 8141