Senior Process Commissioning Engineer

Advance Training & Recruitment Services; West of England; On-site; GBP 59,000 - 72,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits package

Job summary

Advance Training & Recruitment Services is seeking a Senior Process Commissioning Engineer to join the Avonmouth site on a major £200m capital project. You will lead commissioning activities for wastewater assets, coordinating with the project team and operations to ensure readiness and regulatory compliance.

The role requires extensive experience in large-scale process commissioning in the UK water sector, including anaerobic digestion knowledge and strong HSE leadership.

Qualifications

• Extensive multi-year experience in process commissioning on large projects.
• Experience in wastewater within the UK water sector.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute commissioning plans for new wastewater assets.
• Develop and review PRAs and RAMS.
• Manage commissioning costs, resources and delivery schedules.
• Support outage planning and live operational integration activities.
• Coordinate interfaces between project teams, operations, contractors and suppliers.
• Verify commissioning readiness and site acceptance criteria.
• Lead pre-commissioning, dry testing and wet testing activities.
• Coordinate process start-up, optimisation and performance testing.
• Develop sampling and laboratory testing plans.
• Analyse commissioning data to support optimisation.
• Ensure regulatory compliance and environmental permits.
• Lead environmental risk mitigation and health, safety leadership.

Skills

Extensive experience

Wastewater expertise

Stakeholder management

Team leadership

Job description

Job Role: Senior Process Commissioning Engineer

Location: Avonmouth – Site Based

Salary: CIRCA £65k + benefits package

About the Role:

We are currently looking for an experienced Senior Process Commissioning Engineer to work alongside an existing commissioning team on a major £200m capital investment programme in Avonmouth.

This is a flagship programme with significant stakeholder engagement, offering an excellent opportunity for an experienced commissioning professional to take a key role in the successful delivery of the programme.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and execute commissioning plans for new wastewater assets.
• Develop and review Process Risk Assessments (PRAs) and RAMS.
• Manage commissioning costs, resources and delivery schedules.
• Support outage planning and live operational integration activities.
• Coordinate project, operations, contractor and supplier interfaces.
• Verify commissioning readiness and site acceptance criteria.
• Supervise pre-commissioning, dry testing and wet testing activities.
• Coordinate process start-up, optimisation and performance testing.
• Develop and manage process sampling and laboratory testing plans.
• Analyse commissioning and performance data to support optimisation.
• Ensure compliance with environmental permits and regulatory requirements.
• Lead pollution prevention and environmental risk mitigation activities.
• Promote and demonstrate strong health, safety and wellbeing leadership.
• Challenge unsafe behaviours and ensure compliance with safe systems of work.
• Deliver operational training and support competency transfer.
• Coordinate asset handover and operational readiness activities.
• Produce commissioning reports, trackers and progress updates.
• Escalate programme, safety and delivery risks where necessary.
• Develop effective relationships with project teams, operations and contractors.
• Contribute to continuous improvement, standardisation and lessons learned.
• Mentor junior engineers and support team capability development.
• Provide technical leadership throughout design, delivery, commissioning and handover.

About You:

• Extensive multi-year experience in process commissioning on large projects.
• Experience in process commissioning and wastewater within the UK water sector.
• Experience in anaerobic/mesophilic and acid phase digestion.
• Experience in gas production and associated process safety and MOC requirements.
• Technical knowledge of Sequence Batch Reactors, including operation and commissioning.
• Awareness of COMAH is essential.
• Willingness to lead critical hazard studies prior to and during commissioning.
• Level 4 WAMITAB is desirable but not essential.
• Previous experience in laboratory testing of wastewater samples would be advantageous but not essential.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively with project teams, operations, contractors and suppliers.
• Strong commitment to health, safety and wellbeing.
• The successful candidate will need to be site based.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.