Senior Process Engineer - Water Sector

Stantec Consulting International Ltd.; Leeds; On-site; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

An international consulting firm in Leeds is seeking a Senior Process Engineer with extensive experience in Clean Water or Wastewater treatment. The role includes leading design projects, mentoring engineers, and contributing to innovative digital delivery strategies. Candidates should ideally hold or be working towards Chartered Engineer status. This position offers a competitive salary, flexible working arrangements, and opportunities for professional growth.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Free private medical insurance

Generous paid holidays

Qualifications

• Proven experience in Water Sector engineering.
• Substantial experience in Clean Water or Wastewater treatment.
• Ability to guide the next generation of engineers.

Responsibilities

• Lead process design across multi-client projects.
• Utilize full design life cycle expertise.
• Contribute to digital delivery strategies.
• Mentor junior Process Engineers.

Skills

Process design leadership

Digital delivery strategies

Mentorship

Collaboration

Efficiency solutions

Education

Chartered Engineer status or working towards it

Job description

Are you an experienced Process Engineer ready to take the next bold step in your career?

Imagine applying genuinely new ways of working to solve unprecedented industry-wide efficiency and environmental challenges. At Stantec, that's your daily reality. We’re not just designing solutions; we're redefining what's possible in the Water sector.

This is about your journey and your impact. We're inviting a Senior Process Engineer—with a strong background in Clean Water or Wastewater treatment—to join our growing, collaborative teams in Leeds.

We’re looking for you to:

• Lead the Design: Provide process design leadership across diverse, multi-client projects, challenging conventional thinking and driving sustainable outcomes.

• Grow Your Expertise: Utilise your experience across the full design life cycle: process modelling, mass balances, P&IDs, control philosophies, and troubleshooting.

• Shape the Future: Actively contribute to our teams' digital delivery strategy, leveraging technology to provide superior client solutions.

• Mentor and Inspire: Step into a mentorship role, guiding the next generation of Process Engineers and helping them become leaders in their field.

Why Stantec? It's About Your Future.

We understand that a new role must offer more than a competitive salary—it must accelerate your career and offer genuine growth.

You'll tap into Stantec’s global network of experts, exposing you to an incredible variety of projects, clients, and technical frameworks. This is a direct pathway to rapid skill expansion and true technical leadership. We commit to your advancement with industry-leading training, development, and paid professional subscriptions to ensure your continuous journey toward excellence and defined career progression. Mentorship isn't just a requirement; it's a two‑way street for growth.

Furthermore, you'll join an award‑winning culture: we were named International Consulting Firm of the Year and a Best Place to Work (NCE Awards 2024). We support your work‑life balance with flexible working arrangements, a competitive salary, free private medical insurance, and generous paid holidays.

About You

You are proven in the Water Sector, having substantial experience delivering process engineering design with a specific focus on either Clean Water or Wastewater treatment.

You are likely a Chartered Engineer with a relevant institution (or actively working towards this professional status) and a Collaborative Leader, thriving on working with clients and stakeholders to translate their needs into genuinely innovative and efficient process engineering solutions that exceed expectations.

Finally, you are a Digital Advocate, keen to contribute to digital delivery strategies and apply new technological approaches to project outcomes.

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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.

Building an inspired, inclusive work environment that attracts, supports, and develops world‑class talent is a crucial key to our success. If you are excited by this role but worry that your experience doesn’t exactly align, we encourage you to apply.

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 [e-mail] and we will talk to you about how we can support you.