The Opportunity

It is an exciting time for The Water Industry and for Stantec’s role within it. The scale of current and future investment in our urban drainage is unprecedented and at Stantec we are at the heart of supporting our clients across the UK in delivering at all stages of a projects life cycle to ensure they make well informed and sustainable decisions.

You will join our established team based in the Southern region working on a variety of projects focused on catchment growth, identifying and reducing flood risks and improving water quality for our clients alongside seeking opportunities for stakeholder engagement and partnership working. The work is centred around a thorough knowledge of urban drainage and its role within the wider water cycle and urban landscape.

You will deliver projects which improve water quality, manage urban pollution, and contribute to Stantec’s and our clients’ environmental commitments.

We believe that innovation is central to delivery and value your input to maintaining our position at the forefront of developing digital solutions and smart applications together with of industry recognised specialist such as Chris Digman and Elliot Gill.

This is a great opportunity to join an ambitious and innovative team of professionals, working within your urban drainage modelling specialism and contributing to multi-disciplinary projects which make a genuine difference to our communities.

You can find out more about our work in the water sector here: Stantec H2O+U - UK

ABOUT YOU

We would love to hear from you if you share our ambition.

We expect that you will be degree qualified (or equivalent) in in a relevant subject and be an active member of your chosen professional institution. You will have previous experience delivering successful projects and leading teams in an urban drainage environment and a desire to build both your own and your teams knowledge and capability. Successful candidates will demonstrate technical experience covering a wide range of urban drainage management activities and a full working knowledge of modelling, within and beyond InfoWorks ICM.

Your role will be varied and include the leading, planning, programming, and coordinating of urban drainage projects while ensuring delivery excellence, technical governance and best practices are upheld. You will demonstrate excellent communication skills through mentoring, report writing, developing and delivering presentations (external and internal), and making contacts in the industry.

You will have experience in the management and development of staff as well as the ability to integrate with and beyond our urban drainage community drawing on the multiple skill required for urban drainage projects. As an integral part of our technical team you will demonstrate leadership to colleagues.

Most importantly, you’ll embody our values and ethos of client focus and service excellence.

About Stantec

Stantec is a professional services firm. Our team of 28,000 global experts provides engineering, architecture, environmental, and project management services across all phases of the project life cycle. We’re designers, engineers, scientists, and project managers, innovating together at the intersection of community, creativity, and client relationships. Balancing these priorities results in projects that advance the quality of life in communities across the globe.

From large-scale developments to challenging neighbourhood projects, we stretch across our global network to learn from others, offer our support, and gain new experiences along the way. So while we work to help the communities around us thrive, our own people thrive too.

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.

At Stantec we are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you require reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process then please inform a member of our Talent Acquisition team.

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