Process Engineer

NUKEM Ltd.; Warrington; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private Medical Scheme

Employee Share Scheme

Salary Sacrifice Schemes: EVs, tech, &

25 days holiday + 3 personal days

Long service awards

Employee Assistance Programme

Job summary

NUVIA UK is seeking a Process Engineer to join a multidisciplinary team delivering process designs for nuclear-related projects. You will work within a hybrid setup, coordinating with cross-functional teams and fielding inputs from various engineering and non-engineering functions.

Responsibilities include developing safety cases, evaluating effluent handling, and delivering detailed design documentation under regulatory constraints. Prior experience in nuclear safety is advantageous.

Qualifications

• Working with process engineers across disciplines to deliver designs on medium/large projects.
• Strong communication and collaboration with multi-discipline teams.
• Good report writing and concise documentation of findings.
• Ability to work under tight time and cost constraints.

Responsibilities

• Deliver project items in line with schedule while reporting to client process lead.
• Regularly report progress to Project Management and Engineering Manager.
• Collaborate with design team and non-engineering functions.
• Gather information on effluent routes and set safe discharge limits with coordinators.
• Assess flushing systems for new container types and identify required modifications.
• Develop sampling systems for ponds and container activity releases.
• Develop safety cases and present designs at assurance reviews.

Skills

Team collaboration

Communication

Report writing

Time & cost management

Fluid systems design

Hazard analysis

Nuclear safety culture

Education

Masters/Bachelor's in Chemical Engineering

Job description

ENGINEERING/DESIGN STUDIES/METHODS - Process Engineer

Job Title

Process Engineer

Contract Type

Permanent

Telework

Hybrid (telework possible)

Description of the Assignment

Position – Process Engineer

Reference – 2658

Location – Warrington / Cumbria

Travel – Hybrid

Arrangement – Staff/Contract

NUVIA UK's Technical Services & Consulting department is fast growing with hybrid opportunities available up and down the country. We're striving to create a multidisciplinary team to offer our clients the best range of talent.

BPSS clearance will be required at basic level. Prior clearance will not be transferrable.

Profile

Principal Accountabilities:

• Working in a small team of process engineers to deliver the items listed above against the project schedule, reporting to client process lead.
• Regular reporting on process team progress to Project Management and Engineering Manager
• Working closely with a multi-discipline design team, including other engineering disciplines as well as non-engineering and non-design functions (Project Management, Programme Delivery, Technical Support Safety Assessors, Plant Side Engineering, Plant Operations, Commissioning etc.)
• Information gathering about existing effluent routes and their capabilities/compatibilities. Engagement with effluent co-ordinators to identify safe discharge limits and agree required arrangements to be in place to allow discharges.
• Assessment of existing flushing system for use with a new container type, including pressure and flow characteristics, identifying potential issues and identifying modifications where required, up to and including full replacement.
• Development of a range of sampling systems for bulk pond condition, individual container sampling, and an intermediate level to enable location of activity releases within a very large pond.
• Development of radiological, environmental and non-nuclear safety cases for relevant hazards. Working in a highly regulated environment with an emphasis on nuclear safety. Working within existing safety cases and ensuring that design fits within those requirements and identifying if this is not achievable. Presentation of design at regular assurance reviews with process design intelligent customer, as well as at technical committee, management.

Knowledge, Skills, Qualifications & Experience:

• Working with teams of process engineers, other engineering disciplines and non-engineering disciplines in delivering process designs on medium/large-scale projects
• Good communication skills and ability to work with other team members / disciplines.
• Competent report writing skills: clearly and concisely reporting findings.
• Comfortable working under time and cost constraints.
• Designing/assessing fluidic systems to transfer radioactive liquors and effluent streams
• Understanding of technologies to enable taking and handling of samples of hazardous liquids and Safety assessment techniques (e.g., HAZOP).
• Production and checking of: Basis of Design, Process Description, Feed and Effluent Descriptions, Process Calculations (fluidics), Process Data Sheets, Basis of Process Safety (BoPS)
• Masters/Batchelors Degree in Chemical Engineering
• Working with and adherence to client processes and procedures, in particular checking and approval procedures
• Nuclear safety case development and provision of nuclear substantiation

Benefits

Employee Staff Benefits:

• Private Medical Scheme
• Employee Share Scheme
• Salary Sacrifice Schemes: Electrical Vehicles, Technology and Cycle to Work
• 18 Weeks Full Maternity Pay (+21w SMP)
• 25 days holiday (increasing to 28 days after 5 years’ service, 31 days after 10 years’ service)
• Option to buy, sell and carry over up to 5 days annual leave per year
• In partnership with trade unions
• Personal Development & Further Education Support
• Long Service & Recognition Awards
• Free Employee Assistance Programme

*After 1 year of service.

Nuvia UK is committed towards equality in employment.

Job Location

Europe, United Kingdom, England, North West

Warrington