Principal Engineer - Process

TN United Kingdom; Preston; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job description

We are looking to strengthen our engineering team with a Principal Process Engineer based at Preston, hybrid working available with an expectation to attend sites on a regular basis.

You will report directly to the RD and your role will be to provide superior quality Engineering Design services to allow the company to minimise risks and maximise profits on turnkey and engineering services contracts. In order to ensure the above, the individual must co-ordinate the design and produce design documents and drawings taking due account of health and safety requirements, specifications, and standards pertaining to the contract.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Produce design layouts which are cost-effective, meet the requirements of the specification, and can be constructed and commissioned effectively. The term ‘cost’ is to embrace all costs associated with the design and the subsequent construction of the design. To be cost-effective, the whole outturn cost of the design solution must be considered including design time costs, material costs, erection costs, and any impact that the design solution might have on other disciplines.
• Ensure that standard practices are utilised wherever possible.
• Provide estimates and feedback for the Proposals department.
• Work to procedures and processes to ensure the continuing development of the department.
• Assist in developing procedures and processes.
• Monitor and review the procedures and processes.
• Write, update and monitor efficient procedures to aid the smooth running of the department.
• Ensure co-ordination of designs with all other disciplines internal and external to MWHT in order to ensure that the design processes carried out on the contract are co-ordinated for the benefit of the contract as a whole.
• Maintain files and records throughout the duration of contracts.
• Assure customer satisfaction.
• Work within a culture where satisfying the customer is recognised as the key to achieving other objectives, and that customers include everyone receiving benefit from our processes, whether end users or other departments within the company.
• Assist in supervising and developing staff.
• Assist in ensuring a safe working environment for all staff.
• Reduce waste to a minimum from all departmental activities.
• Ensure designs take account of environmental issues.
• Ensure that design takes full regard of all health and safety requirements.