Process Engineer - Peterborough

BALFOUR BEATTY; Peterborough; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction company in Peterborough seeks a motivated Process Engineer to support process design activities for innovative water solutions. Ideal candidates will hold a degree in engineering and possess strong communication skills, a passion for sustainability, and some experience in the water sector. This role offers exceptional career growth and includes smart working arrangements.

Benefits

25 days paid annual leave

Up to 40% remote working options

Family-friendly policies and generous maternity leave

Pension and share incentive plan

Qualifications

• Some experience within the water sector or related industry.
• A good understanding of process design principles and standards.
• Familiarity with health, safety, and environmental requirements.

Responsibilities

• Support delivery of process design activities meeting safety and quality.
• Prepare design deliverables, including mass balances and hydraulic calculations.
• Promote sustainable design practices across project delivery.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Problem-solving skills

Sustainability interest

Education

Degree in Chemical, Mechanical or Process Engineering

Job description

About the role

Process Engineer - Balfour Beatty (@one Alliance)

Location

Peterborough

Balfour Beatty plays a key role as part of the {(6) Anglian Water's @one Alliance: Overview | LinkedIn} @Anglian Water’s one Alliance. The Alliance is a ground‑breaking collaboration between Anglian Water and eight industry‑leading partners: Balfour Beatty, Barhale, Binnies, MMB, MWH Treatment, Skanska and SWECO. And together, we deliver around 40% of Anglian Water’s capital investment programme.

As we enter AMP8, our most ambitious Asset Management Period yet, we’re taking on nature‑based, sustainable solutions like wetlands and urban drainage schemes. We’re setting global benchmarks in environmental infrastructure and empowering our people with exceptional career growth opportunities.

What you’ll be doing

• Support the delivery of process design activities, ensuring they meet safety, technical, and quality requirements.
• Prepare and contribute to design deliverables, including mass balances, hydraulic calculations, P&IDs, and process flow diagrams.
• Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams to support design reviews and incorporate feedback.
• Assist with design development tasks, contributing to the resolution of technical challenges.
• Ensure designs follow relevant health, safety, and environmental standards, including hazardous area regulations (DSEAR).
• Contribute to continuous improvement by applying innovative design approaches and supporting digital tools.
• Support engagement with stakeholders and suppliers as required to progress design work.
• Promote sustainable design practices and support carbon‑reduction objectives across project delivery.

Who we’re looking for

We’re seeking a motivated and conscientious Process Engineer with a desire to develop their technical expertise.

• A degree in Chemical, Mechanical, or Process Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• Some experience within the water sector or a related process‑driven industry.
• A good understanding of process design principles, standards, and environmental considerations.
• Experience producing or contributing to technical design deliverables.
• An interest in progressing towards chartership (support provided).
• Familiarity with health, safety, and environmental requirements within engineering projects.
• Strong communication and problem‑solving skills, with a collaborative and proactive approach.
• A genuine interest in sustainability and delivering environmentally responsible engineering solutions.

Depending on your skills, experience and interests, you could be aligned to one of the Alliance’s four business units

Place Based Thinking

The Place Based Thinking team delivers some of the largest and most complex projects across the @one Alliance. Made up of six Senior Project Manager teams, we oversee 19 catchments, covering key sites such as Whitlingham, Flag Fen, Great Billing, Cotton Valley, Bedford, Colchester, and Ipswich Cliff Quays. These projects involve managing all parts of the network from rising and gravity mains, pumping stations, high spilling overflows, and water recycling centres.

Water

The Water Business Unit provides strategic support across the clean water network, covering both system performance and infrastructure planning.

We assess the future hydraulic state of the network in response to population growth and increased demand, support the design and delivery of capital and infrastructure schemes to ensure hydraulic resilience, and work with optimisation teams to enhance overall network efficiency.

Water Recycling (East and West)

Our Water Recycling Business Unit, split into East and West regions, is responsible for the collection, conveyance, and treatment of wastewater across an extensive network.

We operate over 76,000 km of sewerage infrastructure and 1,163 treatment centres, ensuring safe and sustainable discharge to the environment while driving innovation and environmental performance.

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

Why join us?

• Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
• Family‑friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…

About us

Balfour Beatty’s Highways business delivers major schemes including motorway upgrade programmes, complex national infrastructure projects and regional investment programme works for National Highways. We have a strong orderbook and a positive pipeline of opportunities, we put the road user, at the heart of everything we do. We work safely, reduce carbon emissions and added social value to the communities within which we work.

Diversity and inclusion

At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background.

To find out how we are making this a reality, visit www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion

To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, ENEI, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long‑term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/

We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at: [e-mail]