Location
London

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Competitive, commensurate with experience

About the Role
It’s an exciting time to be involved in water resources in the UK. The industry regulator Ofwat has announced the largest investment in infrastructure since privatisation, with £4 billion to boost water supply and £2 billion for Nature Based Solutions in the draft determination for 2025-30. This funding supports long-term national resilience, security of supply, and demand reduction through leakage reduction and smart meter installation programmes. Since 2020, Stantec’s engagement with water resource planning initiatives across the UK and Ireland has grown significantly, including work on Strategic Resource Option (SRO) investigations, Water Resource Management Plans (WRMPs), Drought Plans, and WINEP Water Resources schemes. Our water resources team collaborates with water companies, regulators, design engineers, contractors, planners, and other stakeholders to deliver positive project outcomes.

As a Senior Principal Water Resource Consultant, you will lead the planning, delivery, and implementation of water resource projects, ensuring adherence to scope, budget, timescale, quality, and regulatory requirements. You will bring your expertise to support early career team members in technical areas such as WRMP development, Regional Water Resource plans, Drought Plans, water resource modelling, demand management, options development, optimisation, regulatory environmental assessments (HRA, SEA, WFD), and SRO development through the RAPID gated process. This role involves client-facing responsibilities and requires building and growing internal and external networks to achieve successful project outcomes. You will also manage commercial projects, bids, and proposals within budget and support the wider Water and Environment department by complementing other specialisms and working flexibly across projects.

Stantec offers a versatile and fast-growing workload within the water resource team, requiring a diverse background of skills, experience, and knowledge. We encourage applicants from varied backgrounds including regulatory, water company, academia, or consultancy.

Experience
- Strong experience in water resources projects including assessment and development of WRMPs, drought plans, and regional water resource plans
- Expertise in supply-demand balance components, hydrological, hydrogeological and/or water resources assessment, demand forecasting, options appraisal, and risk and uncertainty development
- Experience with WINEP investigations, Environmental Destination, Water Framework Directive assessments, permitting and abstraction licensing, catchment management, and climate change impact assessments and options appraisals
- Extensive experience in the water industry
- Proven ability to manage commercial projects, bids, and proposals within budget

About you
- Comfortable working in fast-paced multidisciplinary teams
- Skilled at collaborating closely with clients, statutory authorities, and other stakeholders
- Client-focused with a willingness to grow internal and external networks
- Supportive of developing early career team members
- Flexible and able to work across various projects within the Water and Environment department

Qualifications
- Degree in a relevant subject such as geography, geological sciences, environmental science, civil or environmental engineering
- Preferably a postgraduate degree in hydrology, hydrogeology, and/or water resources management
- Active involvement with relevant institutions such as CIWEM, the Institute of Civil Engineers, or the Institute of Water
- Chartered status or working towards professional chartered status is desirable