Principal Building Physics Engineer

• Provide expert guidance on façade performance, passive design strategies, solar control, and building fabric optimisation.

We are recruiting a Principal Building Physics Engineer to help lead and grow our national capability across the Southwest. Working closely with the senior leadership team, the role will ideally require weekly travel to the Plymouth office.

Our Building Physics specialists play a critical role in shaping our design strategy influencing early-stage decisions, driving energy performance, and ensuring our solutions stand up to technical scrutiny. We work across a broad portfolio that includes science & technology, healthcare, education, commercial, transport hubs, and regeneration projects throughout the UK and internationally.

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• Lead the technical delivery of building physics work streams across large and complex projects.
• Oversee dynamic modelling (IES-VE, TAS, Design Builder) including thermal, energy, daylight, overheating, natural ventilation, and comfort analysis.
• Develop and review energy strategies, operational energy assessments (TM54), embodied carbon considerations, and net-zero design solutions.
• Provide expert guidance on façade performance, passive design strategies, solar control, and building fabric optimisation.
• Ensure compliance with relevant UK regulations (Part L, TM52/TM59, EPC requirements) and support BREEAM/WELL/LEED credits.
• Author high-quality technical reports and present findings to clients, design partners and stakeholders.
• Strategic & Multi-Disciplinary Collaboration
• Work closely with Stantec's MEP, Architecture, Sustainability, and Digital Engineering teams to embed building physics into integrated design solutions.
• Influence early-stage design decisions including massing, orientation, façade hierarchy, glazing ratios, shading strategies and natural ventilation feasibility.
• Support the development of digital workflows and modelling best practices across the Buildings business.

• Act as a key client-facing representative for building performance and sustainability topics.
• Support bidding, project scoping, programme planning and technical strategy for major opportunities.
• Build long-term relationships with public- and private-sector clients including developers, local authorities, universities, healthcare trusts and major infrastructure bodies.

• Mentor and develop graduates, building physics engineers and early-career sustainability specialists.
• Provide internal technical training and champion excellence in building physics across the UK offices.
• Contribute to shaping Stantec’s national building physics capability, thought leadership, and innovation roadmap.

• Extensive experience delivering building physics and energy modelling work in a consultancy environment.
• Advanced proficiency in IES-VE (or equivalent) including complex simulation, calibration, and modelling QA.
• Strong technical understanding of passive design, low-carbon buildings, façade performance and dynamic environmental behaviour.
• Demonstrable project leadership experience and ability to coordinate multi-disciplinary project teams.
• Excellent communication skills with the confidence to…