Senior Process Design Engineer – Drinking Water Solutions

Galliford Try; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous holiday entitlement

Company car or car allowance

Agile working policy

Annual pay review and discretionary/b-

Corporate discounts

Cycle to Work

Comprehensive pension plan

Save as You Earn share purchase

Private medical scheme options

Professional association membership

Job summary

Galliford Try is seeking a Process Senior Design Engineer (Drinking Water biased) based from multiple UK locations. You will lead design teams, deliver compliant process designs, mentor staff, and drive innovation with a strong focus on safety and governance.

Responsibilities include leading discipline design, ensuring quality, and collaborating with project delivery teams to balance capital and operational costs while maintaining regulatory standards.

Qualifications

• Competent at carrying out Process Calculations, Mass Balances, Heat Balances and Hydraulic Calculations.
• Competent at preparing Process Block Diagrams, PFDs and P&IDs.
• Competent at developing Process Control Philosophies and Process Commissioning Plans.
• HAZOP leadership experience desirable.
• DSEAR experience desirable.
• Educated to Degree level in Engineering or other equivalent qualification.
• Preference for Chartered Member of a recognised professional Engineering body.
• Competent with strong experience in checking & approving discipline design packages.
• Knowledge of current H&S legislation and British Standards and experience in applying them across designs.
• Excellent Communication and Stakeholder management skills.
• Excellent IT skills – with experience of using Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Cost / Performance management systems.
• Provide leadership, direction and encouragement to the design team.
• Focus to drive and deliver results.
• Attention to detail.
• Alignment with the Galliford Try values - Excellence, Passion, Integrity, and Collaboration.
• A flexible attitude to work.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Willingness and commitment to embrace innovations to assist the business.
• Ability to organise and prioritise workload to ensure that timescales are met.
• Take responsibility for personal development and enable and support the learning of others.
• Good negotiation and persuading skills.
• Able to work collaboratively with others to form strong positive working relationships with colleagues and clients.
• Able to recognise own impact on others and adapt approach where appropriate.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Demonstrate pride in work, leading by example.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical compliance and quality on design outputs. Default checker for design outputs to ensure technical assurance and quality control.
• Operate as discipline lead for a project.
• Seek optimal solutions/efficient designs that balance capital and operational cost benefits.
• Design for buildability, safe construction, and operation, working alongside project delivery peers.
• Assist in ensuring procedural governance is adhered to.
• Working as part of the Design team to ensure scheme designs adhere to client specifications and standards.
• Working as part of the Design team to ensure full compliance with relevant Health, Safety and Environmental Legislation.
• Promoting innovation, value engineering and digital design.
• Technical problem solving throughout the project life cycle, to ensure potential issues are identified and mitigated.
• Assist with pre-contract design activities.
• Provide lessons learnt on projects to the Design Team and Discipline Design Manager(s).
• Line Management of multi-disciplinary Design Engineers.
• Sharing and imparting knowledge to our teams, mentoring and developing our expanding design team.
• Developing and supporting staff to encourage accreditation with professional bodies (e.g., ICE, IET, IMechE, IChemE).

Education

Degree level in Engineering

Chartered member of a recognised professional engineering body

Tools

Excel

Outlook

PowerPoint

Cost / Performance management systems

Job description

Galliford Try is seeking a Process Senior Design Engineer (Drinking Water biased) based from multiple UK locations. You will lead design teams, deliver compliant process designs, mentor staff, and drive innovation with a strong focus on safety and governance.

Responsibilities include leading discipline design, ensuring quality, and collaborating with project delivery teams to balance capital and operational costs while maintaining regulatory standards.