Principal Process Engineer

OUTSIDE IR35

Trafford Park

Day Rate negotiable

Role Overview

An opportunity has arisen for an experienced Senior Process Engineer to join a well established engineering consultancy delivering complex projects across the UK regulated water industry. The role focuses on wastewater process design and technical leadership across a varied project portfolio.

Project Exposure

Projects include but are not limited to:

• Upgrades to wastewater treatment works including UMON 3 and 4 schemes

• Design of new wastewater treatment works and capacity increases at existing assets

• Non infrastructure clean water projects

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure the design team produces deliverables that meet safety, quality, and regulatory requirements

• Identify appropriate and efficient process design solutions from scopes and site visits and communicate these to the client and wider project team

• Direct, mentor, and develop engineers and graduate engineers

• Review and approve design deliverables, design risk assessments, reports, and specifications

• Check and approve mass balance calculations, process sizing, hydraulic calculations, process flow diagrams, control philosophies, and commissioning strategies

• Guide design in compliance with relevant technical, professional, and water company standards

• Ensure all project design changes are fully implemented and formally recorded

• Ensure work is undertaken in line with defined processes and procedures

• Estimate design hours and input into project planning

• Attend and present designs at HAZOP, ALM, KM meetings, and similar technical forums

• Review, interpret, and brief technical standards, procedures, and updates, providing expert guidance to project teams and tenders

Candidate Requirements

• Minimum of 10 years relevant design experience within the regulated UK water industry

• Extensive experience in wastewater unit processes and treatment plant design

• Proven track record delivering wastewater process design projects

• Degree, HND, or equivalent experience from technician level

• Chartered Engineer status or working towards chartership

• Strong IT skills and experience working with engineering design tools

Why Apply

• Long term, stable workload within the regulated water sector

• Technically challenging projects with real impact on critical infrastructure

• Opportunity to lead designs and mentor developing engineers

• Flexible working options available for the right candidate