Career opportunities within the Water Sector - South Central and South-East Region

Join Stantec's Growing Water Sector Team!

At Stantec, we're building on what has been a highly successful period of growth for our water team. We partner with clients across the UK and Ireland on iconic projects, leveraging our local expertise and global presence to help clients achieve their ambitious AMP8 targets and beyond.

Why Stantec?

We pride ourselves on our diverse expertise, from designing nature-based solutions and improving water quality to reducing overflows, boosting biodiversity, and leading in hydraulic modelling, water reuse and recycling, and digital innovation. Our team is making a real impact on every facet of the water sector. 

As we gear up for AMP8, we're offering numerous career development opportunities and exciting roles for those looking to advance their careers. Joining Stantec, you could be working on award-winning projects, and collaborating with industry-renowned colleagues, making a real difference in your community. 

If improving water quality, mitigating climate change, and ensuring a resilient water supply is important to you, Stantec is the perfect place to join. With every community, we redefine what’s possible. Learn more about our projects and team here: Water. 

What we offer 

• People culture: Friendly, inclusive, and collaborative environment.
• Award winning workplace: Named ‘Best Place to Work’ and ‘International Consulting Firm of the Year’ at the NCE Awards 2024. Awarded ‘Consultancy of the Year’ at the Water Industry Awards 2023. Named ‘Utility Parter of the Year’ and ‘Built Environment Partner of the Year’ at the Utility Week Awards 2023.
• Benefits: Competitive salary, pension plan, holidays, private medical insurance, group income protection, life assurance, discounted gym membership, and more.
• Flexible working: Locations and arrangements to suit your needs.
• Revolutionary projects: Work on award-winning water sector projects across the UK and Ireland.
• Excellent team members: Collaborate with and learn from industry-renowned water sector professionals.
• Training and development: Industry-leading and first-of-its-kind training and paid professional subscriptions. 

About You

We have a wide range of opportunities in engineering, environmental services, modelling, project or programme management, digital, strategic advisory services, and related disciplines. Previous experience in the water sector is advantageous, but we welcome candidates with transferable skills eager to make an impact. 

You'll align with Stantec’s values of put people first, do what is right, we are better together, and we are driven to achieve. 

Office Locations 

We have nearly 30 locations across the UK and Ireland including operations in Brighton, Reading, Ashford, High Wycombe, Kings Hill and London, offering flexibility, no matter where you are. Within the South-East and South Central regions, Stantec is at the forefront of transformative projects, driving sustainable development and innovative water solutions. Locally, we collaborate with Southern Water, Thames Water, Affinity Water and Essex and Suffolk Water and offer opportunities to work with other water sector organisations across the UK and Ireland. 

When you join, your home office could be: 

• Ashford
• Brighton
• High Wycombe
• Kings Hill
• London
• Reading  

Learn more about our locations here: UK & Ireland Offices.

The Stantec community unites more than 31,000 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. We deal with today’s challenges, but also keep a fairer, better tomorrow in sight, looking at how we deliver clean growth, support radical changes in our economy and meet the needs of future communities. 

Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibit 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.

At Stantec we are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you require reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process then please inform a member of our Talent Acquisition team.