Principal Process Engineer - Water AMP8

ARCADIS; Greater Manchester; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

ARCADIS in Greater Manchester seeks experienced Principal/Senior Process Engineers to join our Design & Engineering team. In this role, you will provide design inputs for frameworks across UK Water Companies and collaborate on large-scale projects.

The ideal candidate holds a degree in Chemical Engineering and has substantial technical design experience in multi-disciplinary projects. You will also be responsible for mentoring junior staff and ensuring high-quality deliverables.

Qualifications

• Degree in Chemical Engineering or suitable alternative.
• Chartered membership of an appropriate professional body.
• Strong technical design experience on multi-disciplinary projects.
• Good motivation and influencing skills.

Responsibilities

• Liaising with clients to understand requirements.
• Preparing detailed designs and construction-ready documentation.
• Developing feasibility-level design and assessments.
• Mentoring less experienced staff.

Skills

Technical design experience

People management skills

Knowledge of BIM-led design

Education

Degree in Chemical Engineering or equivalent

Chartered membership (IChemE or CIWEM)

Job description

Role description:

Our UK Resilience Water team are looking for experienced Principal / Senior Process Engineers to grow our Design & Engineering team.
An exciting opportunity has arisen to provide Optioneering, Outline and Detailed design inputs for Frameworks across UK Water Companies, alongside major large‑scale Design & Build projects with our Contractor Partners, covering diverse and technically demanding and stimulating projects in treatment process engineering.
Our Resilience GBA works to protect our natural environment and water resources, while powering our world for future generations.

Role accountabilities:

• Liaison with clients to understand their specific requirements
• Preparation of outline & detailed designs drawings and associated construction‑ready documentation
• Inputs to the development of feasibility‑level design and optioneering assessments
• Preparation of clear and well‑structured design calculations, reports, drawings and other deliverables, including outline & detailed designs drawings and associated construction‑ready documentation
• Liaison with contractors, the supply chain and other project stakeholders
• Mentoring and supporting the development of less experienced members of staff

Qualifications & Experience:

• Degree in Chemical Engineering or suitable alternative qualification
• Chartered membership of an appropriate professional body (IChemE or CIWEM)
• Strong technical design experience on multi‑disciplinary projects
• Good working knowledge and understanding of water industry clients and contractors
• Good motivation, influencing and people management skills
• Knowledge and experience of BIM‑led design and other process‑specific digital tools
• Good working knowledge and understanding of the applicable British Standards, UK industry codes of practice and water specifications

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We believe that by working together diverse people with different experiences develop the most innovative ideas. Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the heart of how we improve quality of life and we work closely with our people across six ED&I workstreams: Age, Disability, Faith, Gender, LGBT+ and Race. A diverse and skilled workforce is essential to our success.