Principal Urban Drainage Modeller

The Opportunity

Join Stantec's nationally recognised Urban Drainage Modelling team and play a leading role in shaping the future of wastewater infrastructure across the UK & Ireland. As investment across the water sector continues to grow, you'll have the opportunity to lead complex, high‑profile projects while influencing technical excellence, digital innovation, and strategic project delivery.

Working alongside industry‑leading specialists within a multidisciplinary team of over 175 professionals, you'll provide technical leadership on nationally significant programmes that improve water quality, reduce flood risk, and deliver sustainable outcomes for clients and communities.

As a Principal Urban Drainage Modeller, you'll provide technical leadership across a portfolio of complex modelling projects, supporting project teams, developing client relationships, and driving innovation across the discipline.

You will lead multidisciplinary project delivery, oversee technical quality, provide strategic modelling advice, and champion best practice across the business. Working closely with clients and internal stakeholders, you'll help shape project solutions, support business growth, and mentor engineers to strengthen our technical capability.

This is an opportunity to influence the future of urban drainage modelling. Through your leadership, you'll help clients solve increasingly complex environmental and infrastructure challenges while developing innovative approaches that improve resilience, sustainability, and network performance. You'll play a key role in growing technical capability within Stantec, strengthening client partnerships, and delivering solutions that have a lasting positive impact on communities and the environment.

• A degree in Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Water Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Significant experience delivering complex urban drainage modelling projects.
• Advanced knowledge of Info Works ICM and associated GIS software.
• Experience providing technical leadership across multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong client relationship and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience reviewing technical outputs and maintaining quality standards.
• Excellent communication, mentoring, and leadership capabilities.

• Chartered status with ICE, CIWEM, or another relevant professional institution.
• Experience leading major wastewater, flood risk, catchment planning, or strategic modelling programmes.
• Experience supporting business development and technical innovation.

Alongside a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package, you'll enjoy flexible working, clear career progression, and the opportunity to help shape the future of urban drainage modelling at Stantec.

Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibits discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. Stantec is in compliance with laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment.