Senior Process Engineer

Babcock International; Dunfermline; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Matched contribution pension with life

Digital GP and Aviva DigiCare+

Employee shopping savings portal

Payment of Professional Fees

Reservists in the armed forces – 10‑dy

Holiday Trading – buy/sell extra leave

Be Kind Day paid leave

Job summary

Babcock is seeking a Senior Process Engineer in Rosyth with a strong background in chemical process design and leadership. You will drive innovative, safe process solutions for marine LNG projects, mentor engineers, and develop critical process documentation through all design phases.

The role requires experience with PFDs, P&IDs, heat/mass balances and safety studies; hybrid working patterns are available, and you will collaborate with customers and shipyards to ensure successful project

Qualifications

• Degree in Chemical Engineering; Chartered status desirable with 8+ years of experience.
• Strong background in process design at senior/lead level; able to manage multiple projects.
• Experience with process safety studies and engineering deliverables.

Responsibilities

• Lead safe, innovative process engineering solutions for marine LNG projects with technical excellence.
• Mentor and supervise Process Engineers and Graduate Engineers; review and approve deliverables.
• Develop and maintain PFDs, P&IDs, heat and material balances, process calculations, equipment specs and datasheets.
• Contribute to design reviews and process safety studies (HAZID/HAZOP/LOPA/FMEA) and produce control philosophies.
• Collaborate with customers, suppliers, shipyards and classification societies to support testing, commissioning and delivery.

Skills

Process design

Mentoring

Project leadership

Education

Chemical engineering degree

Tools

UniSim Design

Aspen HYSYS

Job description

Senior Process Engineer

Location: Rosyth, Dunfermline, Kirkcaldy, GB, KY11 2YD

Onsite or Hybrid: Hybrid

Job Title: Senior Process Engineer

Location: Rosyth, Fife – Hybrid Working Patterns Available

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF76949

Shape the future of sustainable marine engineering.

At Babcock, we're working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Senior Process Engineer at Rosyth.

The role

As part of the Process Engineering team at Babcock LGE, you'll play a key role in delivering innovative engineering projects, driving technical excellence and ensuring high-quality design outputs.

Day-to-day, you'll be required to:

• Lead and deliver safe, innovative process engineering solutions for marine liquefied gas projects, ensuring technical excellence and continuous improvement.
• Manage, mentor and provide technical oversight to Process Engineers and Graduate Engineers, including reviewing and approving engineering deliverables.
• Develop and maintain key process engineering documentation, including PFDs, P&IDs, heat and material balances, process calculations, equipment specifications and datasheets, commissioning procedures and operating manuals.
• Participate in design reviews and process safety studies, including HAZID, HAZOP, LOPA and FMEA, while producing control philosophies and supporting the production of functional design specifications.
• Collaborate with customers, suppliers, shipyards, shipowners and classification societies to resolve technical issues and support testing, commissioning and project delivery activities.

This role is full time, Hybrid working patterns are available.

Essential experience of the Senior Process Engineer:

• Strong background in process design at Senior, Lead or Principal level, with proficiency in UniSim Design or Aspen HYSYS and the ability to manage multiple projects.

Qualifications for the Senior Process Engineer:

• Degree Qualified in Chemical Engineering (Or Equivalent) Chartered Status Desirable at least 8 years of experience

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain BPSS security clearance for this role.

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) .

What we offer

• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually.
• ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity

Babcock

We're Babcock — a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 29,000 people working together to make a difference.

Here, you'll be part of something bigger. From initial design to final decommissioning, your work will contribute to products and services that are essential to national security and public infrastructure. Together, we're building a future that lasts — not just through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance.

We call that lifetime engineering.

Join us and see how far we can go, together.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email [e-mail] with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We're committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone's free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

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