Process Engineer (Various Grades) Engineering & Expertise ·

Saur Group; England; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative firm is seeking a Senior/Principal Process Engineer to join their dynamic team in the UK & Ireland. This full-time role offers the opportunity to design and develop multi-disciplinary municipal water projects, ensuring technical compliance and delivering cost-effective solutions. You will collaborate with various engineering departments, lead projects, and maintain strong client relationships. With hybrid and remote options available, this position allows for flexibility while contributing to impactful environmental goals. If you're passionate about engineering and eager to make a positive difference, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

25+ holidays plus bank holidays

Private Healthcare eligibility

Pension scheme

Group Income Protection

Death in Service benefit

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in water treatment and multi-discipline design teams.
• Proven ability to deliver projects on time and within budget.

Responsibilities

• Design municipal water projects and prepare engineering deliverables.
• Ensure compliance with client requirements and maintain quality standards.

Skills

Problem-solving

Project management

Technical leadership

Interdepartmental collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering

Master's degree in 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.
• 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.