Process Engineering Design Lead

Kier Group; England; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Kier Group is seeking a Process Engineering Design Lead to join their Water Engineering team. The role is flexible with UK travel, offering 37.5 hours per week.

You will lead process engineering designs for clean and wastewater projects, collaborating with construction teams and other design capabilities to deliver design excellence. The successful candidate will have Chartered status (CEng or IChem) and a strong network in the water sector, with a track record in optioneering and value

Qualifications

• Proven ability to lead process designs in water/wastewater projects.
• Strong collaboration with construction and design teams.
• Experience delivering design excellence in a DBF/ design-build environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of process engineering designs for water projects.
• Collaborate with construction teams to provide technical guidance.
• Develop and implement growth plans for the water capability.
• Participate in bids to add value and identify innovation opportunities.
• Coordinate with water companies and multidisciplinary leaders.

Skills

Process engineering

Leadership

Water/wastewater

CEng

Stakeholder mgmt

Education

Chartered Engineer (CEng)

Degree in a relevant discipline

Job description

We're looking for a Process Engineering Design Lead to join our Water Engineering team based in flexible with UK travel.

Location: Flexible with UK travel

Hours: 37.5 per week - some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us.

We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.

Kier Design consists of over 750 professional consultants delivering fully integrated and construction-focused design services across the built environment. Due to significant growth in our water sector work, we're seeking a Process Engineering Design Lead to help deliver design excellence in water engineering. This is an exciting opportunity for an entrepreneurial leader to grow a team and deliver outstanding water projects within a fully integrated design and build delivery model.

What will you be responsible for?

As a Process Engineering Design Lead, You'll Be Working Within The Water Engineering Team, Supporting Them In Delivering Design Excellence Across Clean And Wastewater Projects. Your Day To Day Will Include

• Leading the delivery of process engineering designs, ensuring excellence and client satisfaction


• Collaborating with construction teams to provide technical expertise on projects


• Shaping and implementing a process engineering growth plan for our water capability


• Participating in bid teams to bring value to clients and identify innovation opportunities


• Liaising with water companies and coordinating with multi-disciplinary design capability leaders

What are we looking for?

This role of Process Engineering Design Lead is great for you if:

• You have a strong network of relationships within the water sector with both client and design organisations


• You have significant technical capability in both clean and wastewater projects, including water company and industry standards


• You have experience working in a design and build environment with a passion for growing high-performing teams


• You possess a degree in an appropriate discipline and are Chartered (CEng or IChem) with a relevant professional body


• You bring excellent communication skills, a collaborative approach, and experience in optioneering, value engineering, and design reviews

We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferrable skills are always welcome!

Rewards And Benefits

We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here. As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.