Process Engineer - Anaerobic Digestion

SLR Consulting; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated Talent Acquisition & Recruitment Specialist to join their dynamic Process Engineering team. This role focuses on delivering innovative anaerobic digestion projects across various regions, including the UK and Europe. You will have the opportunity to lead project delivery, manage client relationships, and collaborate with a team of experts to drive sustainability initiatives. With a commitment to professional development and a supportive work culture, this position offers a unique chance to contribute to impactful projects while advancing your career in a forward-thinking environment.

Benefits

Company Pension

Healthcare Offering

Travel Insurance

Life Insurance

Critical Illness Cover

Flexible Working Hours

25 Days Annual Leave

Qualifications

• Degree in Engineering or similar subject required.
• Experience in process engineering projects, preferably in a consultancy environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical input and support on anaerobic digestion projects.
• Prepare technical and procurement documentation and schematics.

Skills

Communication Skills

Project Management

Data Analysis

Technical Writing

Problem Solving

Education

Degree in Engineering

Tools

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Job description

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Talent Acquisition & Recruitment Specialist with SLR Consulting

SLR’s mission is to make sustainability happen. Supporting industry with energy transition and decarbonisation projects will make this a reality. SLR’s Process Engineering team are growing and looking to recruit an experienced engineer to focus on the delivery of anaerobic digestion projects.

The successful applicant will join an established team that continue to excel in the sector and will provide input and support on a wide range of interesting and challenging projects including new and innovative technologies.

The successful applicant will work independently and within a team to deliver projects. You will lead the delivery of projects in the UK, Europe, Africa and other global regions reporting to the internal Project Director. Opportunities will be provided to allow you to act as a project manager, write proposals and manage clients and the interface with clients and contractors.

SLR has a real in-depth understanding of anaerobic digestion / biogas / biomethane projects, and the challenges our client’s face, delivering real change in an expanding and sustainable industrial sector. We are logical thinkers with the capability to look at problems from various angles and come up with innovative, practical, cost-effective solutions. You will form a key part of the team and help build data and information into knowledge and understanding. Our Engineering service line has expertise across a range of engineering sectors including process, civil, geotechnical, transport, chemical, materials, and mechanical engineering, with particular expertise in renewable energy, solid waste management/treatment and industrial wastewater and technologies. We work with many other disciplines across SLR and on different projects in terms of their length and complexity. We provide clients with expertise at all stages of a project from concept designs to commissioning and testing and on to performance improvement and optimisation. The Process Engineering team provides clients with expertise at all project stages, including:

• Feasibility studies;
• Front End Engineering and Concept Design Studies;
• Process Design Review and Optimisation;
• Lifecycle carbon assessment;
• Owners Engineer / Lenders Technical Advisor;
• Commissioning and Performance Testing

About the role

The role will be primarily focused on providing our clients with support on anaerobic digestion projects. Projects will involve a wide range of AD technologies including wet and dry AD, biogas upgrading to biomethane, and carbon capture. Our projects involve us leading and supporting other specialists on a range of projects both in the UK and overseas.

You will work with others in the process engineering team and other disciplines across the business including the Advisory, Environmental Management and Compliance, Land and Water and Environmental Specialist Services Groups on a wide variety of different projects. Your key responsibilities will include:

• Lead the provision of technical input and support on anaerobic digestion projects across the life of a project;
• Lead the review of third-party designs, technical proposals and operational models and writing technical due diligence reports for funders;
• Preparing technical and procurement documentation and schematics/drawings;
• Leading the preparation of models to determine plant energy and mass balances, emission rates and financial/operational models including thermodynamic calculations and basic financial metrics;
• Manage staff who will undertake on-site inspection, witnessing, verification and supervision of construction, commissioning, and testing projects and troubleshooting of operational plant including waste and recycling operations (thermal, mechanical, biological) and other renewable energy and sustainability-based projects;
• Assisting other teams within SLR with technical and process engineering aspects of diverse projects.

About you

If you think this could be your next career move, we would love to hear from you.

You will have a degree in engineering and experience of decarbonisation projects. You will be able to work as part of a team and fit into SLR’s One Team culture. You will have excellent communication skills and be confident and friendly.

In order to succeed, we would envisage that you would be able to bring/demonstrate:

• Degree in Engineering or similar subject;
• Experience in process engineering projects, preferably in a consultancy environment;
• Numerate and confident with data, basic modelling with excellent report writing skills and IT literate, particularly with Excel, Word, and PowerPoint;
• Must be able to work independently and within a team;
• Well organised and logical thinker, friendly and outgoing with good communication skills;
• Full, current, clean driving licence with ability to travel;
• Chartered Engineer (or working towards a professional qualification or membership of a professional body).

About us

SLR are global leaders in environmental and advisory solutions helping our clients achieve their sustainability goals. We are a consultancy with over 3000+ staff across 6 regions – including over 1000 staff across Europe. SLR’s ‘one team’ culture is at the heart of our business; providing a collaborative and supportive environment for professional development. Along with competitive salaries, our staff enjoy a comprehensive benefits package with a company pension plus excellent healthcare offering, travel and life insurance, critical illness cover and a structured career framework with regular reviews offering outstanding opportunities for progression. Alongside 25 day’s annual leave, SLR offer flexible, agile and hybrid working which enables staff to tailor hours worked around core hours, and our family friendly policies help balance the needs of professional and family life.

Diversity, equity, and inclusion at SLR

We are committed to being an equal opportunities employer, and our expectations go beyond purely complying with legislation. Through our Regional Culture & Inclusion Committees, Global Council and Employee Networks, we foster an inclusive environment where all people regardless of their background can thrive.

We welcome applications from all individuals, regardless of their background, including those from groups that are currently under-represented at SLR, such as: LGBTQ+ people, ethnic minority groups, women, and people with visible or invisible disabilities, including those who are neurodivergent.

Should you require any special adjustments throughout the recruitment process with us, please let us know. As a Disability Confident Committed employer, we seek to ensure all applicants have equitable support when applying to SLR.

• SLR Commitment – All applicants with a disability who meet the essential requirements for the job will be guaranteed an interview in line with our Disability Confident Committed status.

To apply

If you are interested in this opportunity, we'd love to hear from you, so click apply or you can submit your application including CV and motivation letter in English at: www.slrconsulting.com/careers

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Consulting and Engineering
• Industries: Environmental Services and Engineering Services