Associate Renewable Energy Design Engineer
Stantec · Birmingham, England ·
Last confirmed by our partners on 17 Oct 2026.
Overview
In this role you lead and deliver FEED, IE, OE, and TA assignments across the full project lifecycle for solar, wind, and energy storage. You’ll work within a growing UK advisory team to shape service offerings and support deals through technical due diligence and construction phases. The position blends technical leadership with client-facing responsibilities to drive project success and growth. You’ll mentor colleagues and collaborate across internal and external stakeholders to deliver high-quality advisory outcomes.
Pay / Benefits
- competitive salary
- bonus schemes
- enhanced pension
- private medical insurance
- flexible annual leave
- hybrid / flexible working
Responsibilities
- Lead and deliver FEED, IE, OE, and TA assignments across concept to construction, financing, and acquisition phases
- Manage project delivery for project finance, tax equity, sales, and acquisition mandates
- Review technical and commercial documentation including contracts, schedules, and CAPEX/OPEX models
- Conduct site visits, construction monitoring, and witness testing
- Manage risks, schedules, deliverables, and documentation across multiple projects
- Produce high-quality technical advisory reports outlining risks and recommendations
- Support clients with contract administration, variations, and claims
- Lead client and stakeholder meetings with developers, lenders, EPCs, investors and internal teams
- Lead Pre-FEED and FEED design teams for wind, solar and BESS projects
- Lead Owners Engineering service delivery
- Provide business development support leveraging existing network
Key requirements
- Sufficient experience in renewable energy (IE/OE/TA, development, construction, O&M, or M&A)
- Experience supporting projects through financial close with lenders or investors
- Strong understanding of project delivery, contracts, and risk management
- Degree or equivalent experience in electrical engineering, civil engineering, construction management, or a related field
- Excellent communication and client-facing skills
- Ability to manage multiple complex projects independently
- Proactive, organized, and solution-oriented mindset
- strong communication
- client-facing
- proactive problem solving
- FEED
- IE/OE/TA
- project delivery
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