Process Engineer (Various Grades)

Saur EUROPE; Bywell; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm is seeking a Senior / Principal Process Engineer in Bywell, UK. The candidate will work on designing multi-disciplinary municipal water projects while ensuring technical compliance and delivering projects on time and budget. The ideal applicant has a degree in Chemical or Environmental Engineering and at least 2 years of experience in water treatment. This role offers a competitive benefits package including a pension plan and private healthcare.

Benefits

25 holidays plus bank holidays

Pension plan

Private healthcare eligibility after probation

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years' experience in water treatment.
• Experience in a design/project role with multi-discipline design teams.
• Proven track record of delivering projects on time and within budget.

Responsibilities

• Design multi-disciplinary municipal water projects including design reviews.
• Develop process engineering design deliverables for tenders.
• Conduct planning studies and hydraulic/treatment calculations.
• Provide technical leadership to contractors.

Skills

Problem-solving

Project management

Team collaboration

Education

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

Job description

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.

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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Benefits

• 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.

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.