Civil Engineer - Water Sector

The Opportunity Shape the Future of Water Resilience in Northern Ireland and Beyond Are you driven to solve the climate, environmental, and efficiency challenges facing our water infrastructure today? At Stantec, we're growing our presence in Northern Ireland, with our team based in the heart of Belfast's Cathedral Quarter — offering a vibrant, collaborative place to work. We're a key partner on Northern Ireland Water's IF182 Professional Services Framework and our Belfast team also support the Uisce Éireann Frameworks, a wide variety of AMP8 frameworks UK-wide and the Scottish Water Enterprise where Stantec were appointed as a primary designer. Now we're looking for Civil Engineers at all levels in Belfast to help us deliver transformative, future-proof water infrastructure. About The Role In this role, you will drive technical excellence by developing robust civil engineering solutions and providing strategic technical advice to major water sector clients. You will direct and support projects from feasibility through detailed design, ensuring delivery on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards. Working alongside multidisciplinary experts, you will have opportunities to mentor, guide, and develop junior engineers and technical specialists while advancing your own career through industry-leading professional development tailored to your trajectory. YOUR IMACT Joining Our Belfast Team Means Delivering Vital Resilience And Environmental Schemes Across Northern Ireland, Ireland, And The Wider UK. You Will Lead And Support Projects That

• Pioneer Nature-Based Solutions: Enhance water quality, significantly reduce storm overflows, and boost local biodiversity.
• Drive Digital Innovation: Advance hydraulic modelling, water recycling, and smart infrastructure engineering.
• Deliver Complex Assets: Support major capital projects across clean water, wastewater treatment, trunk mains, and large-diameter pipelines. About You
• Qualification: Degree (or equivalent) in Civil Engineering or a related discipline.
• Professional Alignment: Chartered or actively working toward chartership with ICE, Engineers Ireland (IEI), or CIWEM.
• Sector Experience: Ideally you will have a background in regulated water/wastewater infrastructure, network design, drainage or treatment assets. Experience in large-diameter pipeline design or trunk mains is a distinct advantage while we will also consider transferrable skills from the infrastructure or energy sector.
• Consultancy Skills: Strong communication, stakeholder collaboration, and a track record of supporting or mentoring team members.
• Purpose-Driven Mindset: A true passion for sustainable engineering, innovation, and client service excellence. Why Join us?
• Our People Culture: We're a close knit team and very proud of our friendly and collaborative environment
• Growth: We're on an exciting growth journey in Ireland and Northern Ireland - we want you to be part of it!
• Awards: Stantec were awarded the International Consulting Firm of the Year and Best place to work - Large Consulting Firms at the 2024 NCE awards as well as being consistently recognised in the top 10 Corporate Knights most sustainable companies in the world.
• Great Benefits: Competitive salary, pension plan, holidays, free private medical insurance, discounted gym membership and lots more.
• Flexible working arrangements
• Great Projects: We have secured positions on both the Uisce Eireann and NI Water Frameworks and are delivering a wide variety of projects that will make a real difference to our communities
• Industry leading training and development as well as paid for professional subscriptions To hear what some of our employees say about life at Stantec, please click on My Stantec Stories 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, 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 want you to perform your best at every stage of the recruitment process and are committed to ensuring it is accessible to all. If you need any support or require adjustments to be made then please contact [email protected] and we will talk to you about how we can support you.