Senior Principal / Technical Specialist – Environmental Water Quality

Company: Stantec
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Overview

Senior technical leader in Stantec’s Environmental Water Quality Team, driving advanced solutions for water quality across UK and Ireland. You will guide multi-disciplinary programmes with clients in water, energy, and infrastructure, identifying pollution sources and pathways to protect rivers, coasts and catchments. You’ll mentor teams, liaise with regulators, and shape high-impact, sustainable outcomes. This is a chance to influence environmental change at scale and grow technical leadership.

Pay / Benefits

  • competitive salary
  • bonus schemes
  • enhanced pension plan
  • private medical insurance
  • life assurance
  • gym membership

Responsibilities

  • Lead complex, multi-disciplinary programmes delivering water quality solutions
  • Identify pollution sources, pathways and receptors across natural and urban catchments
  • Develop and implement solutions spanning the full water cycle
  • Mentor junior team members and collaborate with project managers for successful delivery
  • Engage with clients, regulators and industry colleagues to ensure outcomes
  • Contribute to projects such as WINEP studies, marine/inland water quality modelling, storm overflow investigations, and catchment risk assessments

Key requirements

  • Degree in an appropriate discipline
  • ≥10 years’ experience across the water industry
  • Proven track record delivering challenging projects mitigating environmental impacts of wastewater assets
  • Familiar with UK environmental quality legislation
  • Confident communicator with clients, regulators and colleagues
  • Clear, collaborative leadership and adaptability; outcomes-driven
  • confident communicator
  • collaborative
  • adaptable
  • water quality modelling
  • pollution source identification
  • catchment risk assessment

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Posted: October 1st, 2026