Principal Process Engineer (@one Alliance

Binnies an RSK Group company is looking for a Principal Process Engineer to join us as part of our @one Alliance Partnership.

Job Title:

Principal Process Engineer

Location:

Peterborough

• 9-day working fortnight
• Competitive pension scheme
• 33 days annual leave
• Paid volunteering day each year
• Enhanced parental leave
• Private medical cover

• Annual bonus (subject to company and individual performance)

Join the @one Alliance - a collaborative partnership of eight industry-leading companies (Anglian Water, Balfour Beatty, Barhale, Binnies, MMB, MWH Treatment, Skanska, and SWECO) delivering over half of Anglian Water’s capital investment programme. As we prepare for the challenges and opportunities of AMP8 and beyond, we’re looking for exceptional leaders who can set direction, drive innovation, and shape the future of water infrastructure.

At Anglian Water, we’re Always Exploring - ensuring we remain competitive, attractive, and rewarding for both existing and prospective employees. By Doing The Right Thing, we’re committed to recognising and rewarding our people fairly and transparently, while Building Trust through a culture that prioritises health, safety, and wellbeing.

As a Principal Process Engineer, you will provide national and sector-leading expertise across the @one Alliance. Acting as the authority for the discipline, you will define standards, champion quality and innovation, and guide the development of value-driven, sustainable solutions. You’ll set the strategic direction for process engineering, support complex project needs, mentor senior engineers, and ensure the delivery of consistent, compliant, and future-focused designs that help deliver AMP8 outcomes and Anglian Water’s long-term environmental ambitions.

• Act as the process engineering authority, providing expert independent advice, arbitration, and governance across the Alliance.
• Lead the development and implementation of engineering procedures, technical standards, and quality frameworks, embedding a right-first-time approach.
• Support supplier and specialist partner selection through competency assessments, performance monitoring, and framework development.
• Identify, develop, and continuously improve standard products to enhance efficiency, consistency, carbon reduction, and natural capital outcomes.
• Undertake independent audits of design outputs to ensure quality, compliance, consistency, and adherence to specifications, addressing gaps through training and procedural improvements.
• Provide direction on complex or escalated design challenges, including sourcing external expertise where needed.
• Champion excellence in health, safety, and welfare, including CDM compliance and process-specific safety (HAZOP, DSEAR) reviews and standards.
• Mentor and develop Senior Process Engineers, lead discipline meetings, manage competency matrices, and champion professional pathways and qualifications.
• Support early-career development through apprenticeships and graduate programmes, fostering an inclusive, supportive, and high-performing environment.
• Drive a culture of innovation, digital adoption, safe experimentation, and continuous improvement, seeking external inspiration and embedding lessons learnt.
• Collaborate across Anglian Water and industry bodies to influence and improve standards, processes, and technical approaches.
• Promote sustainability, climate resilience, and carbon-reduction priorities across all process engineering practices.

We’re seeking an influential and technically authoritative Principal Process Engineer with strong leadership capability and a passion for sustainable engineering. Ideally, you will bring:

• A degree in Engineering (or equivalent).
• Chartered or Fellow Professional Engineer status.
• Extensive experience within the water sector, particularly process engineering and capital delivery.
• Significant expertise in shaping engineering procedures, managing quality, and driving consistent discipline-wide excellence.
• Proven ability to lead senior engineers, mentor teams, and support long-term professional development.
• Experience in a Design & Build environment is…