Lead Process Engineer – Desalination Plant Start-up

Stantec Australia; Western Australia; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

ACCIONA is leading the Alkimos Seawater Desalination Plant in Perth, Western Australia, delivering a major $2.8 billion project. This role supports commissioning, start-up, performance testing and initial operation, coordinating with control room and field teams to ensure a safe, efficient start-up.

You will work across control room monitoring and field-based troubleshooting, building technical, operational and leadership capability on a large-scale water infrastructure project with real

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Chemical, Process or Instrumentation & Control.
• Experience commissioning or operating water treatment/desalination plants.
• Ability to read and interpret PFDs, P&IDs and control philosophies.
• Working knowledge of SCADA or DCS control systems.
• Willingness to be fully site-based for the commissioning phase.

Responsibilities

• Develop working knowledge of assigned process systems and control logic.
• Support safe execution of commissioning activities to spec and procedure.
• Collaborate with operators, mechanical, electrical and instrumentation teams.
• Conduct system walkdowns, punch listing and completion verification.
• Support loop checks, sequence testing and cause-and-effect matrix testing.
• Review process trends and data to inform commissioning decisions.
• Apply HSSE systems including PTW, LOTO and risk assessments.

Skills

PFDs & P&IDs

SCADA/DCS knowledge

Commissioning experience

Water treatment/desalination

Control philosophy reading

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Chemical, Process or Instrumentation & Control

Job description

ACCIONA is leading the Alkimos Seawater Desalination Plant in Perth, Western Australia, delivering a major $2.8 billion project. This role supports commissioning, start-up, performance testing and initial operation, coordinating with control room and field teams to ensure a safe, efficient start-up.

You will work across control room monitoring and field-based troubleshooting, building technical, operational and leadership capability on a large-scale water infrastructure project with real