Lead Process Engineer – Water & Wastewater Solutions
Proftech Talent
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Job summary
Proftech Talent is seeking an experienced Principal Process Engineer to join an established engineering design consultancy serving the UK water and utilities sectors. You will take a lead role delivering process solutions for water and wastewater projects, providing technical leadership and practical design delivery.
The role focuses on wastewater treatment, process design delivery, and mentoring multidisciplinary teams to ensure client and regulatory compliance while supporting tender
Qualifications
- 10+ years' process design experience within the regulated water industry.
- Extensive knowledge of wastewater treatment processes and plant design.
- Experience delivering process design for water and/or wastewater projects.
- Chartered Engineer status.
- Degree, HND or progression from technician background.
- Strong IT and digital skills.
- Experience working on regulated water company projects.
Responsibilities
- Provide technical leadership across projects and own process design.
- Review deliverables, reports, specifications and risk assessments.
- Check mass balances, sizing, hydraulic calculations and PFDs.
- Review control philosophies and commissioning strategies.
- Mentor engineers and graduates across teams.
- Support tenders and technical proposals, ensuring compliance.
- Ensure designs meet standards and client/regulatory requirements.
- Lead design reviews and communicate standards updates.
- Drive continuous improvement of process engineering practices.
Skills
Education
Job description
Proftech Talent is seeking an experienced Principal Process Engineer to join an established engineering design consultancy serving the UK water and utilities sectors. You will take a lead role delivering process solutions for water and wastewater projects, providing technical leadership and practical design delivery.
The role focuses on wastewater treatment, process design delivery, and mentoring multidisciplinary teams to ensure client and regulatory compliance while supporting tender
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