Chemical Engineering Specialist

Fichtner Consulting Engineers Limited; Cheadle; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technical consultancy is looking for a Senior Consultant based in Stockport, UK. This role requires a postgraduate degree in Chemical Engineering and chartered status. The successful candidate will have practical experience in operations or commissioning within oil/gas refining or technical consultancy. Key benefits include a competitive salary, a discretionary bonus scheme, and significant training and career growth opportunities. Travel within the UK and occasionally overseas is required.

Benefits

Competitive salary and holiday package

Discretionary bonus scheme of up to 20%

Training and career growth opportunities

Company car leasing scheme

Private medical & life assurance

Cycle to work scheme

Team and company social events

Milestone scheme for years of service

Qualifications

• A Chartered Engineer with practical experience in operations/commissioning.
• Experience in oil/gas refining, industrial gas production, or technical consultancy.
• Ability to prepare and review heat & mass balances, PFDs, and P&IDs.

Skills

Postgraduate degree in Chemical Engineering or equivalent

Chartered Engineer

Practical experience in operations or commissioning

Detailed working knowledge of industrial process standards

Ability to prepare and review process documentation

Good understanding of process plant safety principles

Education

Postgraduate degree in Chemical Engineering

Job description

Overview

Fichtner Consulting Engineers Ltd is a leading technical consultancy with a reputation built on over 34 years of successful projects in the UK and Ireland. Our purpose is to facilitate the investment and delivery of energy infrastructure projects that positively influence the energy transition. Our success comes from our unique combination of skills and experience that continuously evolves. Our Engineers and Consultants support some of the most innovative energy projects across the UK and Ireland; providing design, intellectual, and engineering services to developers, investors, and owner-operators.

We have over 180 employees that we are proud to have represent us, operating from our offices in Manchester, Belfast, Dublin, and Glasgow. As the business grows from strength to strength, we are now looking to further extend our team by recruiting an experienced Senior Consultant to be based from our Stockport office with some travel in the UK, Ireland, and EU.

Qualifications

• a postgraduate degree in Chemical Engineering (or equivalent field)


• a Chartered Engineer


• practical experience in operations, commissioning or a construction role in one or more of the following industries:
  
  
  
  • oil or gas refining
  
  
  • industrial gas production
  
  
  • technical consultancy
  
  
  
  


• detailed working knowledge of applicable standards and best industry practice for industrial process components, in particular:
  
  
  
  • pressurised vessels
  
  
  • pumps, compressors and heat exchangers
  
  
  
  


• ability to prepare and review typical process plant documentation, i.e., heat & mass balances, PFDs, P&IDs, basis of design documents, process calculations, functional descriptions, data sheets and cause/effect charts


• good understanding of the principles of process plant layout with a working knowledge of pipework routing and arrangement


• working knowledge of quality control systems applicable to process plant design, manufacturing, and construction


• good understanding of process safety principles


• have full right to work in the UK


• the ability and willingness to travel both in the UK and occasionally overseas

Benefits

• A competitive salary and holiday package, with discretionary bonus scheme of up to 20% of salary


• Significant training, development, and career growth opportunities


• Company electrical vehicle car leasing scheme


• Private medical & life assurance


• Cycle to work scheme


• Team and company social events


• Milestone scheme celebrating years spent as part of the Fichtner team