Associate Highways Engineer

Stantec have ambitious growth plans, and our portfolio of work is expanding. We’re now looking for an experienced Associate Civil Engineer (senior level vacancy). Playing a prominent role in our team in Scotland, you will lead quality projects to our public and private sector clients.

Do you have a passion for urban transport and the roads that link our cities?  Are you up to the challenges we face to balance the social benefits roads provide with our commitments to reducing our impact on our environment? Can you lead, motivate and engage with everyone as we innovate to solve these challenges?  Then come join our team! 

Stantec’s integrated transport team spans the whole of the UK. Our workload is strong and our increasing portfolio of highways projects means that we are looking to expand.  With exciting growth plans in place for both the Transport team and for the wider business, there has never been a better time to consider joining us.

About The Role:

The successful candidate will develop the business and will have the opportunity to help shape and grow the Civils team in Edinburgh. The role requires both management and technical expertise.

Key responsibilities:

• Manage and deliver multi-disciplinary project delivery under NEC forms of Contract  
• Leadership, training and performance management of infrastructure teams
• Overseeing significant projects from conceptual planning stage through to construction
• Engaging with and managing client needs, defining project technical specifications, managing risk and commercial requirements
• Ensure all projects are completed in a timely, cost-effective manner to ensure client satisfaction
• Assist with business development to further enhance, grow and diversify our infrastructure capabilities
• Ensure all technical aspects of the team’s project work are undertaken in accordance with the Practice’s QMS, EMS and H&S procedures as well as Construction (Design and Management) regulations (CDM).

To succeed in this role, you will need:

• Strong experience in preparing, reviewing, and administering construction contracts, ensuring projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to the highest standards.
• A proven track record of leading civil engineering teams and managing multi-disciplinary projects in a client-facing capacity, demonstrating both technical expertise and leadership presence.
• Demonstrated ability to manage teams, resources, and budgets effectively on complex, multi-disciplinary highway projects, driving delivery excellence and fostering a high-performance culture.
• Expertise in highway design, including the preparation of specifications, technical reports, and design documentation compliant with current standards and regulations.
• Experience chairing project meetings with clients, stakeholders, and regulatory authorities, providing clear guidance and ensuring alignment across all parties.
• A broad understanding of working with diverse clients, including private land developers, contractors, and local authorities, with the ability to adapt communication style to different stakeholders.
• Strong business development skills, including scoping projects, preparing written delivery methodologies, producing fee proposals, and contributing to the growth of the highways practice.
• Strategic thinking and commercial awareness, with the ability to anticipate risks, resolve issues, and drive innovation in project delivery and team performance.
• Commitment to mentoring and developing staff, fostering talent, and maintaining high standards of technical and professional excellence.

Qualifications:

• You’ll be BSc/BEng/Meng
• Working towards Incorporated or Chartered status.
• You will hold, or be working towards, formal NEC Project Management accreditations,

Why join us?

• People culture: We're proud of our friendly, inclusive and collaborative environment where everyone feels valued and driven to succeed.
• Award winning workplace: Named in the top 50 companies to work by Glassdoor 2025. Recognised by Corporate Knights as one of the world's top 10 most sustainable companies 2025. Named ‘Best Place to Work’ and ‘International Consulting Firm of the Year’ at the NCE Awards 2024.
• Growth: We're on an exciting growth journey across the UK & Ireland - we want you to be part of it!
• Great Benefits: Competitive salary, bonus schemes, enhanced pension plan, annual leave with the option to buy/sell additional days, private medical insurance, group income protection & life assurance included as standard as well as discounted gym membership and lots more.
• Hybrid working: Enjoy a healthy work-life balance with our hybrid approach to flexible working.
• Professional development: Industry leading training and development as well as paid for professional subscriptions.

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.