Senior / Lead Process Engineer

Lead Process Engineer, Clean Water / Water Treatment

Location: East of England / hybrid working
Hybrid role, office base is Peterborough with hybrid working. May suit candidates based across Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex or Hertfordshire, depending on  exact location and project
Sector: Water, Clean Water, Utilities, Infrastructure
Discipline: Process Engineering

Long term contract role.

We are working with a major UK infrastructure contractor who is looking for a Lead Process Engineer to support clean water projects on a long-term water sector framework in the East of England.

This role would suit an experienced Process Engineer with a strong background in clean water, potable water, water treatment, pumping stations, dosing systems, hydraulics and control systems.

You will work closely with the project design team to develop safe, efficient and practical process engineering solutions in line with client and framework standards.

The Role:

As Lead Process Engineer, you will be involved in the design of clean water schemes including pumping stations, dosing packages, chemical dosing systems, control systems and associated process equipment.

Typical work will include process calculations, hydraulic assessments, pump calculations, capacity calculations, control valve sizing, water quality assessments, control philosophies, SCADA integration and commissioning support.

You will also contribute to process safety reviews including HAZOP, LOPA and DSEAR, ensuring safe design principles are considered throughout the design process.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop process design solutions for clean water and potable water infrastructure projects.
• Work on pumping stations, dosing packages, chemical dosing systems and control systems.
• Produce process calculations, hydraulic calculations, pump calculations, capacity assessments and technical documentation.
• Support control valve sizing, water quality assessments, control philosophies, SCADA integration and commissioning requirements.
• Contribute to HAZOP, LOPA, DSEAR and wider process safety reviews.
• Work closely with design teams, modelling teams, control strategy teams, commissioning teams and equipment suppliers.
• Ensure designs are delivered in line with CDM Regulations, technical standards and framework requirements.

About You

• Degree qualified in process engineering, chemical engineering, water/wastewater engineering or a related discipline.
• Experience in process engineering within the water sector.
• Strong clean water experience, ideally including pumping stations, dosing systems, hydraulics and system control.
• Good understanding of process safety, HAZOP, LOPA, DSEAR and CDM Regulations.
• Able to produce process calculations, datasheets, control philosophies and technical documentation.
• Strong communication skills and comfortable working within multidisciplinary design and delivery teams.

Desirable:

CIWEM membership, professional body membership or relevant MSc - highly advantageous but not essential.

Experience on AMP water frameworks, particularly on joint venture partnerships or clean water infrastructure programmes.

Experience in design and build, contractor-side engineering or multidisciplinary infrastructure delivery.

Why Apply?

This is a key clean water process engineering role supporting long-term infrastructure investment across the East of England. You will be joining a collaborative framework team, working on technically interesting schemes involving hydraulics, pumping systems, dosing, controls, SCADA integration, commissioning support and process safety.

This is a long term contract role.

Apply now or contact us for more information.

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Applicants must have the right to work in the UK.