Senior​/Principal Hydraulics Engineer

The Challenge & Scope

You will assume technical leadership across water & wastewater, energy, and infrastructure portfolios. The core focus involves executing detailed steady-state, rapid, and long-term transient hydraulic studies and providing the technical authority for hydraulic structures and systems.

This comprehensive scope includes the full project lifecycle: from analysis and design through to reporting, monitoring, and complex troubleshooting. You will be expected to utilise advanced analysis software (e.g., Hades, Varism, Flow 3D) to engineer robust client solutions, mentor junior engineers, and ensure technical rigour in all deliverables. You will also drive the Stantec fluid mechanics community and foster key industry relationships.

You will possess a degree in a relevant engineering discipline (or equivalent experience) and demonstrable expertise within the UK water industry. You will also be proficient in hydraulic engineering/fluid mechanics and have hands‑on experience with relevant analysis software.

You will ideally have experience mentoring more junior staff and be ready to step into a leadership role focused on technical output.

• Specialist Team: Work directly with expert professionals within a close-knit, highly collaborative environment.
• Tier 1 Frameworks: Direct access to major, career‑defining capital programmes across the UK.
• Commitment to Sustainability: Consistently recognized in the Top 10 Corporate Knights most sustainable companies in the world.
• Professional Development: Industry‑leading training, paid professional subscriptions, and support for Chartered Engineer status.
• Benefits: Competitive package including private medical insurance and flexible working.

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.

If you thrive on solving complex hydraulic equations for real‑world impact, we want to hear from you.