Senior Principal Electrical Engineer - Water

The Opportunity

The UK water sector is entering a period of significant investment, with major programmes focused on improving resilience, sustainability and the long-term performance of critical infrastructure. At Stantec, our Electrical Engineering teams are helping deliver this transformation, providing innovative EICA solutions across some of the UK's most important water and wastewater projects.

The UK water sector is entering a period of significant investment, with major programmes focused on improving resilience, sustainability and the long-term performance of critical infrastructure. At Stantec, our Electrical Engineering teams are helping deliver this transformation, providing innovative EICA solutions across some of the UK's most important water and wastewater projects.

We're looking for a Senior Principal Electrical Engineer to join our growing Water business in Leeds
. This is a senior leadership opportunity for an experienced electrical engineer looking to influence technical direction, strengthen our regional capability and play a key role in delivering major water infrastructure across Yorkshire and the wider UK. Working alongside industry-leading specialists, you'll have the opportunity to shape project outcomes, develop future technical leaders and build strong relationships with key clients and delivery partners.

As a Senior Principal Electrical Engineer, you'll provide strategic technical leadership across complex water and wastewater infrastructure projects, ensuring engineering excellence from feasibility and optioneering through to detailed design and construction support.

• Lead the delivery of complex electrical and EICA design solutions across major infrastructure and non-infrastructure projects.
• Act as a technical authority, providing guidance on design standards, engineering approaches and project delivery.
• Oversee the production and review of key deliverables including Single Line Diagrams, Block Cable Diagrams, Network Infrastructure Diagrams, technical specifications and control philosophies.
• Collaborate with clients, project managers, contractors and multidisciplinary teams to deliver coordinated engineering outcomes.
• Provide technical mentorship and leadership to engineers, supporting capability development across the Leeds and wider regional team.
• Contribute to business growth through client relationships, framework delivery, bids and continuous improvement initiatives.

As a Senior Principal Electrical Engineer, you'll help shape the delivery of major water infrastructure programmes across Yorkshire and the wider UK. Your expertise will support clients in delivering safer, more efficient and sustainable assets while responding to increasing environmental, operational and regulatory challenges.

Beyond technical delivery, you'll help strengthen Stantec's Electrical Engineering capability in Leeds, developing people, driving innovation and sharing knowledge across the wider business. Your leadership will contribute to projects that improve resilience, protect the environment and deliver lasting benefits for communities.

• Degree qualified (or equivalent) in Electrical Engineering or a related discipline.
• Chartered or Incorporated Engineer (CEng/IEng) or actively working towards
• Extensive experience delivering electrical or EICA design within water, utilities, infrastructure or related sectors.
• Proven experience leading complex engineering projects and providing technical direction.
• Strong knowledge of electrical engineering standards, design processes and technical governance.
• Experience mentoring, developing and supporting engineers.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence clients, stakeholders and project teams.
• Experience working within the UK water sector.

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