Senior Process Engineer

Job Description

My Client is recruiting for a Senior Process Engineer in the Water Sector.

Location: Durham with Hybrid working; other locations may be suitable: North West, Yorkshire, Midlands.

We design, build and maintain the UK's utilities infrastructure to help transform local communities for the better. We provide cutting-edge and sustainable engineering solutions and play a critical role in helping to keep the water running, the lights on and people connected. We are an expert, responsible and agile partner, providing vital services to the water, power, and telecommunications sectors.

We work closely with our clients to help protect and improve their assets, enhance customer experience, and protect the natural environment. Everything we do is designed to drive continual improvement and move life forward.

The Role:

As a Senior Process Engineer, you will deliver the process design content of water industry projects as part of a multi-disciplined Water Design Team. You will work on a wide variety of water & wastewater projects from feasibility and optioneering through to detailed designs for construction. Your role as a Senior Process Engineer will be to work collaboratively with other engineers across the business.

Responsibilities:

1. Develop process engineering solutions to meet the requirements of the project scope and client specifications.
2. Deliver process engineering design, including process calculations, flow and mass balances, and process flow diagrams.
3. Input into Process and Instrumentation diagrams and control philosophies.
4. Analysis of sampling and site data to inform process design solutions.
5. Work collaboratively with members of the multi-disciplinary project team.
6. Prepare and review technical reports and other written documents including supplier specifications.
7. Good understanding of Water Industry Standards, statutory regulatory and non-regulatory requirements (CDM, WIMES, HAZOP, DSEAR, COSHH).
8. Active participant in SWIFT and HAZOP studies; undertake the Scribe/Secretary role when required.
9. Undertake site visits and process surveys.
10. Input into process commissioning plans and sampling programmes.
11. Provide process design support to the site team during the construction and commissioning stages.
12. Engage with the Client and other third parties, including suppliers.
13. Awareness of health & safety, environment, and sustainability within proposed designs.
14. Awareness of resource, budget, and programme requirements on projects.
15. Keep up to date with industry best practices and technical innovations, and incorporate them into design solutions where possible.
16. Supervise the work of early career process engineers, providing technical guidance and a check and review process.
17. Assist the Principal Process Engineer in developing the Process Team through training and mentoring.

Skills & Experience:

1. Demonstrable experience in the design and optimisation of water and/or wastewater treatment processes from concept to detailed design.
2. Experience of working on site to undertake site surveys, optimisation of process systems, and process commissioning.
3. Willing to travel to site and Client offices.
4. Computer literate and conversant with MS Office suite.
5. Ability to use process modelling software (desirable).
6. Experience of Water Recycling/Reuse.
7. Experience of HAZOP studies as a team member and scribe/secretary.
8. Experience of DSEAR (desirable).
9. Excellent written and oral communication skills. Able to produce technical reports in clear, concise English and communicate technical proposals clearly and concisely.
10. A team player and communicator who can provide the process technical expertise and direction to a multi-disciplinary team and adhere to project timelines.
11. Able to work on own initiative and run several projects simultaneously.
12. A desire to develop existing technical skills and an enthusiasm to embrace and participate in career development initiatives.
13. Member of the IChemE (MIChemE) and registered as a Chartered Engineer (CEng) with the Engineering Council. Equivalent grades for CIWEM acceptable.