Join to apply for the Senior Principal Civil Engineer - Water role at ESI Limited, now part of Stantec

Across the entire business we’re building on top of what’s already been a highly successful period of growth. Our strategy within the Water division for 2025 and beyond is creating a number of new exciting opportunities across the business.

We partner with the top water clients across the south region and the UK, work on some of the largest, most iconic water projects in the industry and we promise to design with community in mind by reducing environmental impacts and improving social impacts. We enable the delivery of sustainable development and infrastructure projects that adapt to and mitigate the effects of climate change.

Within the High Wycombe, Cambridge, Reading and London teams, we are supporting our clients in delivering projects across Water and Wastewater treatment, Water and wastewater networks, Storm Water overflows and urban drainage. We have a diverse and challenging pipeline across the project lifecycle ranging from asset planning / strategy, concept design, outline design and detailed design.

To continue solving challenging problems and delivering high-level expertise, we are looking for a Senior Principal Civil Engineer who enjoys working on exciting and impactful projects to join our team in High Wycombe, Reading, Cambridge and London. You’ll be responsible for leading the project’s civil engineering design, and work alongside our overall project design leads to ensure successful project delivery and outcomes for our client.

About You

We are interested in speaking with passionate engineers with extensive design experience within the UK water industry. You will be degree qualified (or equivalent) in Civil Engineering or other relevant subject and ideally you will hold professional qualification (i.e. Charted or incorporated member) with a relevant professional body such as ICE or CIWEM.

You’ll have a passion for the water and environment sector and supporting our developing civil engineers. You’ll also be experienced in successful project delivery and working collaboratively with project teams to develop innovative solutions.

Why Join Us

Benefits

This is an exciting time to join Stantec, with the opportunity to tackle challenging new projects across the region and growth plans extending throughout the AMP cycle. In addition, all employees have access to our company wide benefits, including:

• Individualised development plan alongside company wide org structure highlighting pathway for progression, ensuring you always know where your career is heading
• Private medical insurance, group income protection and life assurance included as standard
• Flexi-working and hybrid working pattern to help you to find the right work life balance for you
• Lucrative employee referral scheme
• Culture of inclusivity, where we celebrate diversity and put “doing what’s right” at the forefront of everything we do
• Award winning consultancy with a commitment to achieving our ambitious environmental goals

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.