Process Engineer

Mott Macdonald; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering consultancy in Cambridge is seeking a Senior Process Engineer to provide technical direction in water treatment and supply projects. You will ensure design compliance with regulations, mentor junior engineers, and drive sustainability efforts. The ideal candidate will hold an engineering degree and have experience in water-sector projects. This position offers competitive benefits including pension matching, health insurance, and gym membership discounts.

Benefits

Pension matched by employer up to 7%

Option to purchase, sell and carry over annual leave

Life assurance / Private Medical Insurance / Critical Illness Insurance

Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption leave

Professional institution subscription payment

Gym membership discounts UK wide

Cycle to work scheme and interest-free season ticket loans

Qualifications

• Chartered status or actively pursuing chartered status is preferred.
• Experience in water-sector assets and capital projects or design/build environment.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with project teams to review designs and schedules.
• Coach and mentor junior engineers.
• Drive low-carbon designs and sustainability.
• Check technical standards and design quality.
• Conduct site visits when needed.

Skills

collaborative teamwork

design principles compliance

process documentation expertise

coaching and mentoring

sustainability practices

Education

Degree in Engineering or equivalent

Tools

Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams

3D modeling software

Job description

Working as a Senior Process Engineer, you will provide engineering technical direction to the discipline engineers in water treatment and supply projects. Part of the role involves providing design support for several water treatment and supply schemes and ensuring all designs fit within the current legislation and standards. The Senior Process Engineer will collaborate with key stakeholders and assist the multi‑disciplinary project teams to ensure the project solution is providing best value for business through being fit for purpose and completed on time, to budget, and to the correct quality. You will be responsible for the checking and reviewing of process design deliverables produced by other process engineers in Alliance to ensure the processes and procedures are followed as well as coaching and mentoring junior engineers.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the Principal Engineer, Portfolio Design Manager, and Project Design Managers to review upcoming projects and design review dates.
• Coach and mentor less experienced members of the process team.
• Drive sustainability and low‑carbon designs.
• Ensure designs comply with process standards, regulations, and Anglian Water standards.
• Check Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams and 3D models to ensure quality, safety, and technical standards are adhered to.
• Check mass balance, process sizing and hydraulic calculations and ensure they have been completed correctly and to an appropriate level of detail by the project teams.
• Check process documentation such as basis of design, process flow diagrams, control philosophies and commissioning strategies.
• Develop design alerts where lessons are to be learned.
• Provide technical knowledge and experience to the letting frameworks.
• Undertake site visits when appropriate.
• Present lessons learned and technical developments to the engineers and wider alliance.
• Embrace new digital technologies to achieve the goal of fully attributed 3D models.
• Support the team to reduce carbon and increase natural capital within design.
• Maintain portfolio awareness in technical areas and disseminate to all process engineers.

Qualifications

To be eligible for this dynamic role within Alliance, you should possess a Degree in Engineering or an equivalent qualification or be able to demonstrate a degree‑level of knowledge through relevant experience. Ideally, you will be chartered or actively pursuing chartered status, coupled with experience in water‑sector assets and capital projects or design and build environment.

Benefits

• Pension matched by employer up to 7%
• Option to purchase, sell and carry over annual leave
• Life assurance / Private Medical Insurance / Critical Illness Insurance and Health Screening options
• 26 weeks maternity leave, enhanced paternity and adoption leave / Shared parental leave
• Payment of annual professional institution subscription costs
• Gym membership discounts UK wide
• Cycle to work scheme, interest free season ticket loans and discounted dining cards also available