Senior or Principal Stakeholder Engagement Consultant
Added 29 Sept · still live
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Salary
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£41,700
Going rate
Skilled Worker going rate
This role likely qualifies for a Skilled Worker visa
SOC 2493 (67% match) is an eligible occupation, with a going rate of £41,700, and Stantec is a licensed sponsor. That is our reading of the rules. Whether they issue a Certificate of Sponsorship is still their call.
We pick the code from the advert's text, so it is our best guess, not the employer's. Each code it could be has its own likelihood:
- Likely 2493 (Public relations professionals) · 67% match
- Likely 2431 (Management consultants and business analysts) · 15% match
- Likely 2452 (Chartered architectural technologists, planning officers and consultants) · 10% match
Your salary route
New graduate or PhD holder? Pick one of the lower rates.
What each route needs for this job
| Occupation code | New entrant 70% of going rate | STEM PhD 80% of going rate | Relevant PhD 90% of going rate | Standard rate 100% of going rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2493 Public relations professionals Most likely code | £33,400 | £33,400 | £37,500 | £41,700 |
2431 Management consultants and business analysts Also possible | £35,100 | £40,200 | £45,200 | £50,200 |
2452 Chartered architectural technologists, planning officers and consultants Also possible | £33,400 | £33,400 | £37,500 | £41,700 |
We use the lowest threshold across the plausible codes. Likelihood is Possible at most when the pay clears only a lower rate, or only under a less likely code. How the Home Office picks the code
About the role
The Opportunity
Help shape the conversations that deliver the UK's most important infrastructure projects.
Communities, stakeholders and public trust are at the heart of successful infrastructure delivery. At Stantec, we're looking for a Senior / Principal Stakeholder Engagement Consultant to join our growing Stakeholder Engagement & Consultation Team.
This opportunity can be based from our Belfast, Bristol, London, Manchester, Scotland, Taunton or Warrington offices, with flexible and hybrid working arrangements available.
This is an exciting opportunity to take a leading role in delivering engagement strategies for some of the UK's most complex and nationally significant infrastructure programmes. Working alongside industry-leading technical specialists, planners and environmental consultants, you'll help clients navigate challenging stakeholder environments, build meaningful relationships and deliver projects that create lasting benefits for communities and the environment.
Whether supporting major water, energy, transport or environmental programmes, you'll play a key role in ensuring stakeholders are heard, risks are managed and projects are delivered with confidence.
Your Impact
As a Senior / Principal Consultant, you'll lead stakeholder engagement and consultation activities across a diverse portfolio of infrastructure projects, providing strategic advice to clients while mentoring and supporting junior colleagues.
You'll help shape project strategies from the earliest stages of development through to delivery, ensuring engagement is effective, transparent and aligned with both regulatory requirements and community expectations.
Your Work Could Support Projects On The Scale Of
Help shape the conversations that deliver the UK's most important infrastructure projects.
Communities, stakeholders and public trust are at the heart of successful infrastructure delivery. At Stantec, we're looking for a Senior / Principal Stakeholder Engagement Consultant to join our growing Stakeholder Engagement & Consultation Team.
This opportunity can be based from our Belfast, Bristol, London, Manchester, Scotland, Taunton or Warrington offices, with flexible and hybrid working arrangements available.
This is an exciting opportunity to take a leading role in delivering engagement strategies for some of the UK's most complex and nationally significant infrastructure programmes. Working alongside industry-leading technical specialists, planners and environmental consultants, you'll help clients navigate challenging stakeholder environments, build meaningful relationships and deliver projects that create lasting benefits for communities and the environment.
Whether supporting major water, energy, transport or environmental programmes, you'll play a key role in ensuring stakeholders are heard, risks are managed and projects are delivered with confidence.
Your Impact
As a Senior / Principal Consultant, you'll lead stakeholder engagement and consultation activities across a diverse portfolio of infrastructure projects, providing strategic advice to clients while mentoring and supporting junior colleagues.
You'll help shape project strategies from the earliest stages of development through to delivery, ensuring engagement is effective, transparent and aligned with both regulatory requirements and community expectations.
Your Work Could Support Projects On The Scale Of
- The M3 Junction 9 Improvement Scheme, improving connectivity across the South East.
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What You'll Do
- Lead the development and delivery of stakeholder engagement and consultation strategies across major infrastructure projects.
- Build and maintain trusted relationships with local authorities, statutory consultees, community groups, landowners and other key stakeholders.
- Provide strategic stakeholder management advice to clients, identifying risks, opportunities and engagement approaches that support project success.
- Plan and oversee public consultation programmes, including both face-to-face and digital engagement activities.
- Produce and review high-quality consultation materials, reports, communications and stakeholder management documentation.
- Support project teams through planning, consenting and delivery phases, ensuring engagement activities align with programme objectives.
- Mentor and support junior team members, contributing to the continued growth and success of the team.
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary colleagues across planning, environmental, engineering and communications disciplines.
You'll be an experienced engagement professional who combines excellent communication skills with a strong understanding of infrastructure delivery and stakeholder management.
You'll Ideally Bring
- Significant experience in stakeholder engagement, consultation, communications, public affairs or a related discipline.
- Experience working on infrastructure, planning, water, energy, transport or environmental projects.
- A strong track record of managing complex stakeholder relationships and delivering successful engagement programmes.
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- Experience leading engagement activities for major infrastructure or nationally significant projects.
- Familiarity with digital engagement platforms and consultation tools.
- Knowledge of GIS or mapping software.
- An understanding of the political, social and community landscape across the UK, particularly within regions where Stantec delivers major infrastructure programmes.
- 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.
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.
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Where this offer sits in the market
Public relations professionals (SOC 2493) · UK · ONS ASHE 2025 · basic pay · ~38k in sampleSOC 2493
- Middle half £31,772–47,840
- Median £38,688
- Going rate £41,700
- Threshold £41,700
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About sponsorship for this role
Does this job guarantee visa sponsorship?
Not necessarily. Stantec holds a sponsor licence, but sponsorship for a specific hire is always the employer's decision. Be upfront in your application that you'll require it.
What salary is needed for this role to be eligible?
The offer must clear both the general threshold and the SOC 2493 going rate of £41,700. New-entrant and shortage discounts can lower it.