Design Engineer - Process

MWH Treatment; Exeter; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative firm is seeking a skilled Process Engineer to join their dynamic team in Exeter or Bristol. This role offers hybrid working and focuses on delivering high-quality engineering design services that minimize risks and maximize profits on turnkey contracts. You will collaborate closely with the Principal Process Engineer to produce design documents that adhere to health and safety standards while ensuring customer satisfaction. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in interpreting process flow diagrams and a relevant engineering qualification. Join a company that values your contributions and fosters a culture of excellence in engineering design.

Qualifications

• Experience in process industry with strong skills in design interpretation.
• Ability to rationalise designs and produce economic layouts.

Responsibilities

• Produce cost-effective design layouts meeting specifications.
• Monitor procedures for the smooth running of the department.
• Ensure design coordination with all relevant disciplines.

Skills

Interpreting Process Flow Diagrams

Compiling Piping & Instrumentation Diagrams

Understanding Water Treatment Principles

Technical Proposal Presentation

Data Assimilation

Education

Relevant discipline Engineering HND

Relevant discipline Engineering degree

Tools

Computer Literacy

Job description

We are looking to strengthen our engineering team with a Process Engineer based at Exeter or Bristol with hybrid working available.

You will report directly to the Principal Process Engineer and your role will be to provide superior quality Engineering Design services to allow the company to minimise risks and maximise profits on turnkey and engineering services contracts. You will co-ordinate the design and produce design documents and drawings taking due account of health and safety requirements, specifications and standards pertaining to the contract.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Produce design layouts which are cost effective, meet the requirements of the specification and which can be constructed and commissioned effectively.
• Ensure that standard practices are utilised wherever possible.
• Provide estimates and feedback for proposals department.
• Work to procedures and processes to ensure the continuing development of the department.
• Monitor and review the procedures and processes.
• Write, update and monitor efficient procedures to aid the smooth running of the department.
• Ensure co-ordination of designs with all other disciplines internal and external to MWHT in order to ensure that the design processes carried out on the contract are co-ordinated for the benefit of the contract as a whole.
• To work within a culture where satisfying the customer is recognised as the key to achieving other objectives, and that customers include everyone receiving benefit from our processes, whether end users or other departments within the company.
• Ensure designs take account of environmental issues.
• Ensure that design takes full regard of all health and safety requirements.

Essential: Experience in interpreting and compiling Process Flow Diagrams and Piping & Instrumentation Diagrams. Experience in process industry. Understand the principles of water treatment.

Minimum: Relevant discipline Engineering HND. Preferable: Relevant discipline Engineering degree.

Ability to rationalise designs and produce economic plant layouts. A flexible mind, with the ability to assimilate large amounts of different data at one time. Ability to present technical proposals clearly, confidently and convincingly. Computer literacy.