Senior Electrical Engineer - Water

About This Role

Are you an experienced Electrical Engineer with a passion for creating sustainable solutions? Join Stantec and help us tackle the urgent climate, environmental, and efficiency challenges facing our communities. We are currently seeking Principal Electrical Engineers to join our team in the South West and Midlands, based out of our offices in the South West & Wales (Exeter, Bristol or Cardiff) or the Midlands (Birmingham, Derby or Redditch).

In this role you will grow our reputation within the local community and Water Business by providing EICA design services for a range of projects. As an experienced EICA Engineer you will work in multidisciplinary teams, liaise with Project Managers, Design Managers and Design Engineers as well as clients, supply chain partners, contractors, and other stakeholders to achieve positive outcomes for the projects and community.

Your work will span from optioneering and concept design through to outline and detailed design, including feasibility studies, site surveys, and site investigations.

You will be an experienced Electrical Engineer with a degree in Electrical Engineering or a related subject, ideally holding Chartered or Incorporated status with several years’ experience in EICA engineering design within the water industry.

• Experience in writing technical specifications, control philosophies, EICA schedules and drawings, reports and be familiar with developing design solutions.
• The ability to produce Single Line Diagrams, Block Cable Diagrams, Network Infrastructure Diagrams and provide engineering input to other disciplines to enable multidisciplinary outputs such as General Arrangement Drawings, 3D models and Process & Instrumentation Diagrams.
• An understanding of DSEAR and its requirements regarding EICA design and installation would also be an advantage.

To be successful in this role you will have strong communication skills and the ability to deliver technical presentations to clients and other design engineers, as well as input into collaborative design discussions including technical workshops, HAZOPs and ALMs. You will also be expected to act as a leader and mentor to more junior Engineers.

• Our People Culture:
  We’re a close‑knit team and very proud of our friendly and collaborative environment.
• Stantec was named one of the best 50 companies to work for in the UK in the 2025 Glassdoor employee choice awards.
• Great Benefits:
  Competitive salary, pension plan, holidays, free private medical insurance, discounted gym membership and more.
• Flexible working arrangements.
• Great Projects across all of our sectors in the UK & Ireland.
• Industry‑leading training and development as well as paid professional subscriptions.

The Stantec community unites more than 34,000 employees working in over 450 locations across 6 continents. We have been working with our clients and communities in the UK for over 150 years. We plan, design, deliver and manage the development and infrastructure needed to support the creation of sustainable, healthy and prosperous communities. Our teams provide effective and relevant solutions, translating our clients’ vision into valued consents, deliverable plans for projects and programmes, and efficient designs for delivery, based on technical excellence and deep market insights.

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. 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.

We want you to perform your best at every stage of the recruitment process and are committed to ensuring it is accessible to all. If you need any support or require adjustments to be made, please contact  and we will talk to you about how we can support you.

ReqID: 8300

Other Locations:
Cardiff, Exeter, Birmingham, Derby, Redditch