Senior / Principal Structural Engineer

The Opportunity

Are you a Structural Engineer with experience in the buildings sector? Do you have a passion for delivering projects for a variety of clients?

Join the UK’s leading Structural Engineering team.

At every step, our structural design work is focused on commercial, operational, and environmental goals, as well as realising the aesthetic vision for a building so it’s at one with its immediate community.

About the Role

We have an excellent opportunity for an experienced Senior / Principal Structural Engineer to join our highly regarded, award winning Civil & Structural team within Cardiff. The role focuses on delivery and management, with increasing business development responsibilities.

Your Impact

This role sits at the centre of delivering the resilient infrastructure that communities depend on every day. As a Senior or Principal Structural Engineer within Stantec’s UK engineering team, you will shape the design and delivery of complex infrastructure projects that strengthen water networks, protect communities from climate and environmental challenges, and modernise essential assets across the country.

Working alongside multidisciplinary specialists, you will guide technical solutions that improve reliability, sustainability, and long-term performance of infrastructure systems, influencing how projects are delivered from concept through to construction. Your leadership will support clients facing increasingly complex regulatory and environmental pressures while mentoring the next generation of engineers, ensuring the knowledge, innovation, and technical excellence within our team continues to grow. Through this work, you will play a key role in delivering infrastructure that supports sustainable communities and safeguards critical resources for the future.

About You

·       MEng or BEng in civil or structural engineering.

·       Chartered membership/ Associate membership of the IStructE/ ICE OR working towards Chartership.

·       Significant experience in building structures design.

Why Join Us

Our People Culture: We're a close knit team and very proud of our friendly and collaborative environment

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 in all of our sectors across the UK&I

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

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 [email protected]  and we will talk to you about how we can support you.