Senior Consultant- Asset Management & Regulatory Advice - Water Sector

Our Regulatory Advice team, part of the Stantec Advisory Services Group, has a significant track record of successful delivery across the Water and Infrastructure sectors. We support our clients to help them drive performance and realise financial and social value from their assets. We do this by working with clients in a collaborative environment to provide strategic, resilient, sustainable, and innovative solutions to their performance issues. We work with client teams and stakeholders to unlock hidden data and provide insight into the performance of their asset base, helping them to work more effectively and make systems based, informed and timely decisions.

Our continued success in supporting many of the UK’s main utility providers and major infrastructure developers, brings significant growth across the group. As a result, we have opportunities for Senior Consultants to join our Asset Management and Regulatory Advice teams. The Senior Consultant roles can be based in any of our 40 offices in major cities UK, with hybrid working allowing for a great work-life balance.

ABOUT THE ROLE

As a Senior Consultant – Regulatory Advice, you will play a key role in delivering high‑quality regulatory advice to clients operating in regulated sectors. You will lead workstreams within larger engagements or deliver smaller assignments independently, producing clear, evidence‑based analysis and advice on regulatory requirements, price controls, performance frameworks, and assurance. You will work closely with Principals and Directors while supporting the development of junior colleagues.

YOUR IMPACT

An important part of your role will be to identify wider improvement opportunities for clients to reduce risk and/or improve their effectiveness and efficiency. You will build internal and external relationships to guide and influence client’s strategic thinking and raise the profile of our Advisory Services group, with the overall aim of building and growing the Stantec business.

If you are looking for an opportunity to accelerate your career forward within a highly supportive organisation, delivering exceptional solutions for clients then we want to hear from you. 

ABOUT YOU

• Experience working in a regulated sector or regulatory consulting environment (utilities preferred).
• Good understanding of regulatory frameworks, price controls, or performance and incentive regimes.
• Experience supporting price reviews or revenue‑setting processes.
• Familiarity with assurance, audit, or governance concepts.
• Understanding of benchmarking, or performance measurement.
• Experience facilitating workshops or supporting senior stakeholder discussions.
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to work confidently with data and evidence.
• Excellent written communication skills, with experience producing regulator‑ or board‑facing documents.
• Ability to manage tasks and priorities across multiple workstreams.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and collaboration skills.

Why join us?

• We put people first: We're proud of our friendly, inclusive and collaborative environment where everyone feels valued and driven to succeed.
• We are driven to achieve: 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.
• We do what is right: Industry leading training and development as well as paid for professional subscriptions. A professional progression plan, supporting you to become chartered with ICE.
• We are better together: A supportive and collaborative team environment and Early Careers peer group and wider ERG network (see more on our ERGs here: Stantec Employee Resource Groups)
• Growth: We're on an exciting growth journey across the UK - 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 / Flexible working: Enjoy a healthy work-life balance with our hybrid approach to flexible working.

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.