Process Engineer (Various Grades)

SAUR; Billingham; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the water treatment industry is seeking a Senior/Principal Process Engineer for its UK & Ireland division. You will be responsible for designing multi-disciplinary projects, ensuring compliance with client requirements, and leading a technical team. This role offers the opportunity to work hybrid/remote, focusing on impactful engineering designs and project delivery.

Benefits

25 + bank holidays (buy & sell scheme available)

Pension with employer contribution

Private Healthcare eligibility after probation

Group Income Protection and Death in Service benefits

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years’ experience within water treatment.
• Proven track record in delivering outputs to tight timeframes and within fixed budgets.
• Experience in a technical/design/project role with multi-discipline design teams.

Responsibilities

• Design of multi-disciplinary municipal water projects.
• Prepare detailed contract specifications, including equipment selection.
• Conduct planning studies and hydraulic/treatment calculations.

Skills

Problem Solving

Interdepartmental Coordination

Project Management

Education

Bachelor’s and/or Master’s degree in Chemical or Environmental Engineering

Job description

Location - North East England - Hybrid and Remote options available

Summary:

Nijhuis Saur Industries is actively seeking a Senior/Principal Process Engineer for full-time employment within its UK & Ireland division, reporting into our Head of Process. The individual will work closely with other engineering and technical departments to ensure we meet business and customer expectations.

Job Description:

The responsibilities of this position include:

• Design of multi-disciplinary municipal water projects including reviewing engineering design calculations in support of design packages.
• Preparation of conceptual process engineering design deliverables for tenders and studies.
• Process engineering design development based on Nijhuis Saur Industries design guidelines, providing cost-effective solutions, ensuring technical compliance with client requirements.
• Participating in HAZOP studies, and design reviews.
• Interdepartmental liaison with mechanical/piping, draughting, civil/structural, electrical and control systems engineering to assist with bid/tenders.
• Prepare detailed contract specifications including equipment selection and liaison with equipment suppliers and vendors.
• The ability to work independently on projects ensuring delivery to scope, time, budget, and quality requirement.
• Conduct planning studies, model, and hydraulic / treatment calculations.
• Provide technical leadership to contractors to ensure clients quality requirements are met by demonstrating creativity, foresight, and engineering expertise.
• Ability to work successfully with experts in multiple disciplines with a range of approaches.
• Consistently deliver on each project to achieve industry benchmarks for quality and overall project delivery.
• Effectively maintain and develop healthy client relationship throughout the project execution and close-out.
• Comfortable managing and prioritizing multiple projects and deadlines.
• Ensure Quality, Health, Safety, and Environment (QHSE) policy is adequately implemented.
  
  

Qualifications:

• A Bachelor’s and/or Master’s degree in Chemical or Environmental Engineering, or equivalent.
• A minimum of 2 years’ experience within water treatment.
• Experience in a technical/design/project role with multi-discipline design teams on moderate to complex projects.
• The ability to work independently on projects ensuring delivery to scope, time, budget and quality requirement.
• Proven track record in delivering outputs to tight timeframes and within fixed budgets.
• Enthusiasm to solve problems and enjoy working as part of a multi-national company.
• Worked within multi-disciplinary teams, co-ordinating and supporting other staff.
• Enthusiasm to line manage.
  
  

Working for us means:

• Holidays 25 + bank holidays (buy & sell scheme available)
• Probationary Period – 6 months.
• Pension – Can join immediately or auto enrolled after 3 months - Employee 5% and Employer 5% via salary sacrifice.
• Eligible to join Private Healthcare after successfully completing probation.
• Enrolled in Group Income Protection and Death in Service (4 x basic salary) upon commencement of employment.
• Notice – 1 week during probation, increasing to 1 month thereafter.
  
  

Nijhuis Saur Industries UK & Ireland are committed to maintaining Environmental & Social Impact goals:

To reach Net Zero emissions across our value chain by 2040.

To continuously meet high standards of social and environmental performance, transparency, accountability, maintaining B-Corp Certification.

To be a socially responsible company creating a positive impact to all stakeholders including workers, communities, customers, and our planet.

Nijhuis Saur Industries UK & Ireland are an equal opportunity employer; we are committed to providing equal opportunities in all aspects of employment in line with the Equality Act 2010.

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