Senior Principal Process Engineer – Clean Water

Overview

As a Senior Principal Process Engineer, you provide strategic and technical leadership across Clean Water projects in the North West, shaping solutions from strategy to detailed design. You influence major investment decisions and help grow Stantec’s Clean Water capability, working with clients and multidisciplinary teams to deliver resilient water supplies. You ensure quality, safety, sustainability and value are embedded in delivery while mentoring the next generation of engineers. This role combines technical direction, client leadership and business development to improve water infrastructure on a regional scale.

Pay / Benefits

• competitive salary
• bonus schemes
• enhanced pension plan
• annual leave with buy/sell options
• private medical insurance
• life assurance

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and technical leadership across Clean Water projects from feasibility to delivery
• Set technical direction on complex treatment and water infrastructure, and provide technical assurance
• Develop process design solutions, standards and engineering approaches with emphasis on quality, safety and sustainability
• Grow Stantec’s Clean Water business in the North West through client relationships, bids and frameworks
• Mentor engineers and develop future technical leaders within the team
• Influence major investment decisions and ensure deliverable, long-term value for communities and environment

Key requirements

• Degree qualified in Chemical Engineering, Process Engineering or related discipline
• Chartered Engineer (CEng) with a relevant professional institution
• Significant experience in Clean Water process engineering within the UK water sector
• Extensive technical experience across clean water treatment, process design, optimisation or water infrastructure
• Proven technical leadership and assurance on complex, multidisciplinary water projects
• Strong understanding of UK water industry challenges, regulatory requirements and standards
• Proven ability to build trusted client relationships and influence decisions
• Experience leading, mentoring and developing engineers and technical teams

• Client relationship building
• Leadership and mentoring
• Strategic influencing and collaboration
• Clean water treatment processes
• Process design and optimisation
• Water infrastructure

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