Overview

Stantec Brighton, United Kingdom. We are seeking a Principal Mechanical Engineer to join us in our Leeds or Cambridge office with hybrid working (in-office and home working).

Are you an experienced Mechanical Engineer with a passion for creating sustainable solutions? Join Stantec and help us tackle our communities' urgent climate, environmental, and efficiency challenges. We design infrastructure that mitigates climate effects and complies with regulatory requirements such as the Eel Regulations 2009.

Responsibilities

• Involve yourself in the full project life cycle from feasibility and optioneering through to detailed design and construction support, including site surveys and investigations.
• Collaborate with project managers, technical leaders, design engineers, clients, supply chain partners, contractors, planners, and other stakeholders to deliver positive project outcomes for communities.
• Manage and guide junior team members and support their development.
• Produce and review technical outputs such as specifications, reports, pumping and water system designs, and schedules.
• Provide engineering input to design outputs in collaboration with other disciplines (GA drawings, 3D models, control philosophies, P&ID).
• Deliver technical presentations to clients and design engineers and contribute to collaborative design discussions, safety reviews (including HAZOPs and ALMs) and technical workshops.
• Provide technical leadership to the Flood and Coastal Mechanical team and support junior engineers.
• Understand and assess lowland drainage pumping stations and review existing site infrastructure to develop mechanical designs; awareness of the Eel Regulations 2009 implications on flood and coastal pumping stations.
• Bring experience from the energy, infrastructure, and water sectors in a mechanical engineering capacity is desirable.
• Apply a client-focused approach and design with community needs in mind, emphasizing collaboration and service excellence.

Qualifications

• Experienced Mechanical Engineer, ideally chartered with the IMechE.
• Experience in mechanical design, pump station optioneering, construction management, and commissioning.
• Proven ability to produce and review technical specifications, reports, and pumping/water system sizing and design.
• Familiar with collaborative planning reviews and solution designs, and providing construction and commissioning services.
• Ability to contribute to multidisciplinary design outputs (GA drawings, 3D models, control philosophies, P&ID) and to communicate effectively with clients and engineers.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills and the ability to deliver technical presentations and lead workshops.
• Leadership capability to guide the Flood and Coastal Mechanical team and mentor junior engineers.
• Understanding of lowland drainage pumping stations and related regulations; knowledge of UK Eel Regulations 2009 is advantageous.

About Stantec

The Stantec community unites more than 31,000 employees in over 450 locations across 6 continents. We have supported UK clients for over 150 years, planning, designing, delivering and managing development and infrastructure for sustainable, healthy, and prosperous communities.

Our teams provide solutions that translate clients’ visions into valued consents, deliverables, and efficient designs based on technical excellence and market insights. We pursue clean growth and support radical changes to meet future community needs.

Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and prohibits discrimination on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We are compliant with laws and regulations and ensure equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment.

We aim to build an inclusive work environment that attracts, develops, and supports world-class talent. If you are excited by this role but your experience doesn’t perfectly match, we encourage you to apply. If you need any support or adjustments during the recruitment process, please contact careers.UK@stantec.com and we will discuss accommodations.