Principal Process Engineer
Listed on 2026-10-16
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Engineering
Process Engineer, Chemical Engineering, Environmental Engineer
Principal Process Engineer – Synthetic Fuels
An innovative UK clean technology company developing modular synthetic fuel plants, is looking for a Principal Process Engineer to join its engineering team in South London
, on a permanent basis.
The ideal candidate will have 10+ years of process engineering experience
, with a strong track record designing, building and commissioning process plants and the ability to take ownership of complex, first-of-a-kind systems from concept through deployment.
The key skills required for the Principal Process Engineer:
- 10+ years of experience in process engineering and process plant design
- Proven experience taking process systems from concept through construction and commissioning
- Strong process safety experience, including HAZOP, FMEA and hazard assessments
- Expertise in P&n, process simulation, mass and energy balances
- Experience designing and commissioning large-scale or multi-megawatt process plants
- Strong understanding of complex process systems and process architecture
- Experience working with reactors, electrolysers, DAC or related industrial technologies is highly desirable
- Ability to make engineering decisions for first-of-a-kind technologies and rapidly scaling systems
- Hands-on approach with strong ownership and problem-solving skills
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced, engineering-led environment
You will own process engineering across Rivan's reactor, electrolyser and Direct Air Capture systems
, leading process safety and system design from early architecture through to deployment and commissioning. This is an opportunity to join an engineering-first company at an early stage of scaling a novel synthetic fuel technology from MW-scale deployment towards 50MW+ systems
.
Key words: Principal Process Engineer / Process Engineering / Process Plant / Process Design / Process Safety / HAZOP / FMEA / P& / Process Simulation / Mass Balance / Energy Balance / Commissioning / Plant Design / Reactor / Electrolyser / Electrolysis / Direct Air Capture / DAC / Sabatier / Synthetic Fuels / Methane / Hydrogen / CO2 / Clean Energy / Industrial Engineering / London
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