Senior Environmental Water Quality Consultant

Overview

As a Senior Environmental Water Quality Consultant, you join Stantec’s Water Environment Team to advance integrated catchment management. You will contribute technical leadership on investigations and nature-based solutions across UK and Ireland, collaborating with specialists in water treatment, urban drainage, and sustainability. You’ll shape proposals, supervise fieldwork, and mentor junior staff, helping deliver outcomes that protect and improve inland waters. This role offers cross-sector opportunities and a chance to influence the 25-year environment plan through evidence-led, nature-based approaches.

Pay / Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Bonus schemes
• Enhanced pension plan
• Private medical insurance
• Life assurance
• Flexibility with hybrid working

Responsibilities

• Lead catchment investigations and nature-based solutions across projects of varying scales
• Provide technical management and specialist input; review outputs and coordinate field teams
• Prepare technical proposals and reports; develop and maintain client relationships
• Pursue new business opportunities in the UK and overseas; mentor junior staff
• Collaborate with cross-disciplinary teams across water and wastewater treatment, urban drainage, sustainability and environmental economics

Key requirements

• Relevant degree in water quality, catchment science, hydrogeology, pollution management or limnology
• Postgraduate qualification preferred
• Strong understanding of water environment legislation and guidance
• Proven track record in evidence-led investigations in consulting
• Experience with nature-based solutions (wetlands, natural flood management, soil management)
• Client-facing with ability to build trusted relationships with clients, regulators and stakeholders
• Strong project management skills within time and budget
• Collaborative, multidisciplinary team player
• Experience in monitoring programmes or data analysis, GIS, coding and environmental modelling (advantage)

• Client-facing
• Collaboration
• Mentoring junior staff
• Monitoring programme design and delivery including novel/remote sensing techniques
• Data analysis
• GIS

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