Location
Truro, London, Edinburgh, and Bristol

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Competitive, commensurate with experience

About the Role
We are seeking an Associate Engineer to join our growing renewable energy advisory team. This key role supports the expansion of our Independent Engineering (IE), Owner’s Engineering (OE), and Technical Advisory (TA) services, working with a diverse portfolio of solar PV, wind, and energy storage projects. You will join a dynamic and ambitious team with a strong pipeline of early-stage project work and significant opportunities to shape and grow our service offering. This role is ideal for someone looking to step into a client-facing, leadership-oriented position within a collaborative and developing team environment.

You will lead and deliver FEED, IE, OE, and TA assignments across the full project lifecycle from concept and design through to construction, financing, and acquisition. Key responsibilities include:
- Managing project delivery for project finance, tax equity, sales, and acquisition mandates
- Reviewing technical and commercial documentation including contracts, schedules, and financial models (CAPEX/OPEX)
- Conducting site visits, construction monitoring, and witness testing
- Managing risks, schedules, deliverables, and documentation across multiple projects
- Producing high-quality technical advisory reports in accordance with industry standards outlining risks and recommendations
- Supporting clients with contract administration, variations, and claims
- Leading client and stakeholder meetings with developers, lenders, EPCs, investors, and internal teams
- Leading Pre-FEED and FEED design teams for wind, solar, and BESS projects
- Leading Owners Engineering service delivery
- Using your existing network to provide Business Development support for Stantec

Your Impact
In this role, you will play a critical part in ensuring the successful delivery of complex renewable energy projects by:
- Providing technical leadership and quality assurance across internal project teams
- Identifying and mitigating key technical and commercial risks
- Acting as a trusted advisor to clients across design, procurement, and construction phases
- Supporting financial close by delivering robust technical due diligence
- Strengthening client relationships and contributing to repeat business
- Mentoring junior team members and helping build technical capability within a growing, relatively early-stage team

Why Join Us
We put people first: a friendly, inclusive, and collaborative environment where everyone feels valued and driven to succeed.
We are driven to achieve: named in the top 50 companies to work for by Glassdoor 2025, recognised by Corporate Knights as one of the world's top 10 most sustainable companies 2025, and awarded ‘Best Place to Work’ and ‘International Consulting Firm of the Year’ at the NCE Awards 2024.
We do what is right: industry-leading training and development, paid professional subscriptions, and a clear progression plan supporting you toward chartership (ICE).
We are better together: a supportive and collaborative team environment with access to early careers networks and employee resource groups.
Growth: an exciting growth journey across the UK, and we want you to be part of it.
Great Benefits: competitive salary, bonus schemes, enhanced pension, flexible annual leave, private medical insurance, group income protection, life assurance, discounted gym membership, and more.
Hybrid / Flexible working: enjoy a healthy work-life balance with our hybrid and flexible working approach.

About Stantec
The Stantec community unites more than 34,000 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 while keeping a fairer, better tomorrow in sight, focusing on clean growth, supporting radical changes in our economy, and meeting the needs of future communities.

Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants and prohibits discrimination on any grounds. Building an inspired, inclusive work environment that attracts, supports, and develops world-class talent is a crucial key to our success. We encourage applications from all backgrounds and are committed to ensuring an accessible recruitment process.

Experience
- 5+ years’ experience in renewable energy including IE/OE/TA, development, construction, O&M, or M&A
- Experience supporting projects through financial close with lenders or investors
- Strong understanding of project delivery, contracts, and risk management

About You
- Motivated and commercially aware professional
- Excellent communication and client-facing skills
- Ability to manage multiple complex projects independently
- Proactive, organised, and solution-oriented mindset

Qualifications
- Degree or equivalent experience in electrical engineering, civil engineering, construction management, or a related field