Lead Process Engineer

SPX FLOW, Inc.; Madrid; On-site; EUR 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

SPX FLOW, Inc. is seeking a Lead Process Engineer to oversee the engineering design outputs for various projects. In this role, you will provide leadership to engineers, ensure compliance with safety and environmental regulations, and manage the engineering process to meet contract requirements.

The ideal candidate will have a degree in an engineering discipline and experience in relevant industries such as Food, Beverage, or Pharmaceuticals. Responsibilities also include mentoring and improving processes within the engineering community.

Qualifications

• Degree level qualification in an appropriate engineering discipline, e.g., Process or Chemical, Mechanical, Electrical.
• Experience in Food, Beverage, Pharmaceutical, and hygienic industries.
• Experience in leading a technical team.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership to engineers working on the project.
• Ensure adherence to SPX Flow procedures and practices.
• Manage engineering to meet quality and budgetary requirements.

Skills

Fluent English (spoken and written)

Excellent communication skills

Analytical and problem-solving skills

Ability to work independently

Ability to work on multiple tasks

Experience in Food, Beverage, Pharmaceutical industries

Education

Degree in Process, Chemical, Mechanical, or Electrical Engineering

Tools

Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook)

Scheduling tools (e.g. Microsoft Project)

SAP

Job description

Job Summary

The Lead Process Engineer is responsible for delivery of the engineering Process and Mechanical design outputs for projects and, where requested, bid proposals. He/she will be responsible for the technical scope of the project/proposal (or, in some cases, a sub‑area of the scope).

Principal Duties And Responsibilities

For the scope area for which they are responsible, the Lead Project Engineer must:

• Provide leadership to engineers working on that area.
• Function as the interface point for customers and also for the SPX internal organization.
• Propose / update the execution strategy within the project life to get the most relevant & efficient team.
• Ensure adherence with relevant SPX Flow procedures and practices (e.g. IDEFs).
• Manage the engineering process to ensure outputs meet schedule, budgetary and quality requirements.
• Ensure that the scope delivered from engineering is aligned with contract or proposal requirements (KPIs).

Lead Engineer

• Safety & Environment
  • Responsible for ensuring that plant designs are safe.
  • Responsible for ensuring that environmental impacts of designs have been considered appropriately.
  • ...
• Management of Engineering Design Process
  • Owning the engineering execution model throughout the project lifecycle, including adapting approach as required to suit changing requirements.
  • Establishing and leading engineering team meetings/discussions as required to achieving the project or proposal’s engineering design deliverables. Ask for approval to our customers when contractually required or just deliver documentation for information.
  • ...
• Design Ownership
  • Ensuring that the design is executed in line with:
  • Applicable legislation and regulation
  • Customer contractual requirements (or, in case of proposal, RFQ/URS requirements)
  • To deliver the acceptance criteria & prepare the acceptance criteria log sheet.
  • SPX references, standards, and best practices, where applicable
• Communication
  • Ensuring appropriate engineering attendance at customer meetings (as agreed with Project Manager or Bid Process Owner).
  • Leading communication with other SPX Flow stakeholders (e.g. PM, Project Controls, I&C, AM, Engineering resource managers, EHS & Quality). Ensuring that critical information, such as schedule delays, costs to complete… are communicated in a timely fashion.

Project or Proposal Engineering

In keeping with general “lead engineer” duties, depending on scope and scale of the project or proposal, the Lead Project Engineer may be required to undertake engineering tasks associated with their core skill base (e.g. process design, PLC coding, etc). Please refer to associated job descriptions for these specific roles for more details.

Engineering Community Member

• General Technical Support
  • Function as ‘subject matter expert’ in areas where they have appropriate experience and partake in knowledge sharing as required.
  • Mentoring of recently recruited, or inexperienced, staff.
• Continuous Improvement
  • Providing input into continuous improvement initiatives (e.g. tools development, standardisation).
  • Documenting and communicating ‘lessons learned.’

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Fluent English – both spoken and written.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to work within a Global team, whilst maintaining a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Ability to work on multiple tasks, within a matrix environment.
• Ability and willingness to work and build relationships with colleagues across multiple function and geographically diverse sites.
• Good analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• Good initiative and ability to work independently.
• The ability to meet high performance standards in a team whilst maintaining ethics and integrity.

Education And Experience

• Degree level qualification in appropriate engineering discipline (e.g. Process or Chemical, Mechanical, Electrical).
• Experience in Food, Beverage, Pharmaceutical and other hygienic industries.
• Experience of working within, and leading, a technically oriented team.
• Full driving license is a strong advantage.
• Proficient level of competence in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook).
• Experience of scheduling tools (e.g. Microsoft Project) beneficial.
• SAP experiences beneficial.