Senior Consulting Engineer

ZipRecruiter; Stockport; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior or Lead Consultant to join their dynamic engineering team in Stockport. This role offers the chance to work on innovative energy projects that contribute to the path towards net zero. The ideal candidate will have significant industrial experience and a strong background in Chemical or Mechanical Engineering. You will be part of a collaborative environment where your expertise will help shape the future of energy infrastructure. With a competitive salary and a robust bonus scheme, this opportunity is perfect for those looking to make a meaningful impact in the energy sector while enjoying a supportive workplace culture.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Bonus scheme up to 20%

Electric vehicle leasing scheme

Share purchase option

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

Cycle to work scheme

Social events

Milestone scheme

Qualifications

• Significant industrial experience in operational, commissioning, or construction roles.
• Good degree in Chemical or Mechanical Engineering, Chartered Engineer status.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and review process plant documentation including PFDs and P&IDs.
• Ensure compliance with industry standards and best practices.

Skills

Industrial experience

Operational role

Commissioning role

Construction role

Process safety principles

Education

Degree in Chemical Engineering

Degree in Mechanical Engineering

Chartered Engineer

Tools

Heat exchangers

Distillation columns

Compressors

Pumps

Job description

Job Description

Fichtner Consulting Engineers Ltd is a leading technical consultancy with a reputation built on over 30 years of successful projects in the UK and Ireland. Our purpose is to facilitate the investment and delivery of energy infrastructure projects that positively influence the road to net zero.

Our success comes from the unique combination of skills and experience that continuously evolves. Our Engineers and Consultants support some of the most innovative energy projects across the UK and Ireland, providing design, intellectual, and engineering services to developers, investors, and owner-operators.

We have over 175 employees that we are proud to have represent us, operating from our offices in Manchester, Belfast, Dublin, and Glasgow. As the business grows from strength to strength, we are now looking to further extend our engineering team by recruiting an experienced Senior or Lead Consultant who has extensive industrial projects experience to be based from our Stockport office with some UK travel.

We are looking for:

1. Significant industrial experience working in an operational, commissioning, or construction role;
2. A good degree in Chemical or Mechanical Engineering;
3. A Chartered Engineer;
4. Full right to work in the UK;
5. The ability and willingness to travel both in the UK and occasionally overseas.

With sector experience in one or more of the following areas:

1. Oil or gas refining;
2. Industrial gas production;
3. Fine chemical production.

Additional requirements:

1. Detailed working knowledge of applicable standards and best industry practice for industrial process components, in particular:
2. Distillation columns;
3. Compressors;
4. Pumps;
5. Heat exchangers;
6. Ability to prepare and review typical process plant documentation, i.e., heat & mass balances, PFDs, P&IDs, basis of design documents, process calculations, functional descriptions, data sheets, and cause/effect charts;
7. Good understanding of the principles of process plant layout with a working knowledge of pipework routing and arrangement;
8. Working knowledge of quality control systems applicable to process plant design, manufacturing, and construction;
9. Good understanding of process safety principles.

What you can expect from us:

1. A competitive salary with a leading bonus scheme of up to 20% of salary;
2. Company electric vehicle leasing scheme;
3. Share purchase option after 12 months' service;
4. Private medical & life assurance;
5. Cycle to work scheme;
6. Team and company social events;
7. Milestone scheme celebrating years spent as part of the Fichtner team.