Process Engineer (Water)

Sweco; Cambridgeshire and Peterborough; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible and hybrid working (Flexworks

Private Medical Insurance

Discretionary Annual Bonus Scheme

Salary Sacrifice Electric Vehicle

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Job summary

Sweco in the United Kingdom is seeking a Process Engineer to contribute to AMP8 water projects, delivering process designs for water and recycling schemes. You will support senior engineers, producing design outputs and ensuring standards and objectives are met, with emphasis on sustainability and collaboration.

The role offers hybrid working and opportunities for career progression within Sweco’s multidisciplinary teams, contributing to impactful environmental projects and innovation across the

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Support the delivery of process design activities, ensuring safety, technical and quality requirements.
• Prepare and contribute to design deliverables, including mass balances and P&IDs.
• Work with multidisciplinary teams to support design reviews and incorporate feedback.
• Assist with design development tasks and resolve technical challenges.
• Ensure designs follow health, safety and environmental standards including DSEAR.
• Contribute to continuous improvement using innovative design approaches and digital tools.
• Engage with stakeholders and suppliers to progress design work.
• Promote sustainable design practices and carbon-reduction objectives across delivery.

Skills

Degree needed

Water sector experience

Process design principles

Technical deliverables

Chartership interest

Health & safety awareness

Team collaboration

Sustainability mindset

Education

Chemical/Mechanical/Process Engineering degree

Tools

P&IDs

Mass balances

Hydraulic calculations

Job description

Job Description

We are gearing up for our most exciting and challenging Asset Management Period yet, known as AMP8, this will see us deliver a programme of work larger than we’ve ever delivered before. We’ll be embarking on a new kind of project delivery focusing on nature-based solutions like wetlands and urban drainage schemes.

We are driving change, empowering us to set global benchmarks and build a better environment, with the opportunity to offer enhanced growth and development to our workforce. We’re looking to build on our existing teams with an environment built for career progression.

With such an exciting portfolio of projects planned for AMP8 to keep the water flowing across the region, our ability to manage our work and outperform against our customer’s expectations will come under greater scrutiny.

We need aspiring driven talent to help us achieve our ambitious targets, are you ready to join us as we prepare to deliver the most creative and innovative AMP we have ever seen?

About Sweco

Transforming society together, we're planning and designing sustainable communities and cities of the future.

Solving the great societal challenges of our time is more relevant, demanding and inspiring than ever before. At Sweco, we bring together experts with different perspectives and skills to develop solutions that address the challenges of urbanisation, harness the positive power of digitalisation and make societies more sustainable.

We offer our clients a combination of global expertise and local presence, adapted to their business and reality. Our ambition is to be our clients’ most relevant partner, working together to help them solve their challenges, today and into the future.

To ensure we support our objectives of collaboration across the business whilst providing our workforce with the agility to achieve a healthy work/ life balance, we are asking our employees to have office or site presence on an average of three days a week.

As a Process Engineer, you will contribute to the development and delivery of process designs for water and water recycling projects on AMP8. You’ll support senior engineers in producing design outputs and help ensure these meet required standards, specifications, and project objectives.

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.

About You

• We’re seeking a motivated and conscientious Process Engineer with a desire to develop their technical expertise. You will ideally have:
• 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.

If you believe you have the skill set required, are keen to join a business with genuine opportunities for career progression, then we’d love to hear from you.

Let’s transform society together at Sweco.

Employee Benefits

• Flexible and hybrid working (Flexworks Policy)
• Competitive pension contribution
• Life Assurance
• Private Medical Insurance
• Discretionary Annual Bonus Scheme
• Payment of two relevant professional subscriptions
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (with the option to purchase up to 5 additional days per year)
• Cycle2Work Scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme (wellbeing, mental health, financial and work advice)
• Employee discounts via Sweco Benefit Select (Faircare)
• Salary Sacrifice Electric Vehicle Scheme
• We plant a tree for all new starters!

A collaborative alliance, driving change. Empowering us to set global benchmarks and building a better environment for our customers. We strive to:

Empower our people; Delight our Customers; Embrace digital transformation; Deliver brilliance.

To bring environmental and social prosperity to the region we serve through our commitment to Love Every Drop we:

Build trust; Do the right thing; Are always exploring

Let’s transform society together at Sweco.

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

It’s important to us that that all our colleagues thrive at work - we strive to have a friendly and inclusive culture which respects the contribution individuals can bring to Sweco. We aim to promote equality, inclusivity and diversity for everyone.

Here at Sweco we positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy or maternity/paternity.

We have signed the Armed Forces Covenant to ensure those who serve or have served, and their families, are treated fairly. To find out more .

We are an accredited Real Living Wage Employer which reflects our commitment to fair pay and support for all colleagues.

We are also proud to be a Disability Confident Committed employer, and will interview applicants covered by the Equality Act 2010 that opt into the guaranteed interview scheme on the application form and meet the minimum criteria for the role.

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We have defined processes for recruitment applications and it is company policy not to accept speculative CVs. Any speculative CVs received into the business (whether to a manager or member of the resourcing team) will become the property of Sweco and the agency will not be eligible for an introductory fee.

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